Desert Breeze RV Park, Yuma Proving Grounds, Yuma, Arizona
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - We left Mesquite, Nevada at 8:00 am for a seven hour drive to the Yuma Proving Grounds (Army) near Yuma, Arizona. We had planned to stop and stay the night at Quartzite, Arizona (12 miles east of Blythe, CA), but that would be dry camping. By driving for another 50 minu...
Eureka Casino, Mesquite, Nevada
Monday, October 11, 2021 - We drive to the Eureka Casino in Mesquite, Nevada for a one or two day stay to look around the area. This is a long day for us with a drive of just over six hours. We also had a direct headwind for the last half of the drive. We are also having trouble getting a descent lo...
Castle Gate RV Park, Helper, Utah
Thursday, October 7, 2021 - WE drove for two hours to Helper, Utah to the Castle Gate RV Park. We chose this park because it has great facilities for washing clothes, their WiFi is excellent, and they also allow us to wash the RV. This would give us a chance to get caught up on some of our chores th...
Spanish Trails and Seven Mile RV Park at Moab, Utah
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - We depart the Outback RV Park and head for Moab, Utah. We have three days scheduled at the Spanish Trail RV Park as you enter the Moab outskirts to the south. The drive only took two hours and was uneventful. Bob and Charlotte drove ahead into Moab and had lunch as we...
Outback RV Park, Cortez, Colorado
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - We drove for five hours from Helper, Utah to the Outback RV Park near Cortez, Colorado. The park is actually in Mancos, Colorado, but Mancos is 17 miles from where we were. We were actually closer to Cortez. We arrived at the RV park and began to set up when Bob and C...
Castle Gate RV Park, Helper, Utah (One Night Stay)
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 - We drove for five six hours to arrive at the Castle Gate RV Park in Helper, Idaho. Drive was uneventful and set up was easy. Very nice park. Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful WiFi!! Best we have seen to date. Next to a railroad yard with trains passing through, but the no...
Snake River RV Park, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Friday, September 10, 2021 - We drive for five and a half hours from Caldwell, Idaho (near Boise) to the Snake River RV Park in Idaho Falls, Idaho. We have stayed at this RV park in the past, so we were familiar with the drive and the park. No problems getting to the park and getting checked into ou...
Abundant Life RV Park, Nampa, Idaho
Friday, September 3, 2021 - We drove for five hours from Joseph, Washington to Caldwell, Idaho and the Abundant Life RV Park. The drive was uneventful, which is how we like them. We were able to easily park the RV at the park and setup went well. The people running this park are very nice and helpfu...
City of Joseph Campsite and Fairgrounds, Joseph, Oregon
On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, we drove the short ten mile distance from Lake Wallowa State Park to the City of Joseph City Park Campsite. This was one of the shortest trips we have made from one campsite to another. We are dry camping for $20 per night. We had planned two more nights at the Lake...
Lake Wallowa State Park, Near Joseph, Oregon
On Monday, August 30, we drove for three hours from Walla Walla, Washington to the Lake Wallowa State Park near Joseph, Oregon. The drive was beautiful with excellent roads and virtually no traffic. The campsite for our first two days was a drive-through that worked out quite well for us. We had to...
Blue Valley RV Resort, Walla Walla, Washington
On Monday, August 23, 2021, Lisa and I drove from Ravenwood RV Resort in Athol, Idaho to the Blue Valley RV Resort in Walla Walla, Washington. The drive took about five hours and went through miles and miles of "already-harvested" grain fields. Very spectacular. We arrived and easily backed into our...
Ravenwood RV Resort, Athol, Idaho (near Sandpoint)
Friday, August 20, 2021 - Lisa and I depart Fairchild AFB for the relatively short drive to Ravenwood RV Resort near Athol, Idaho. Athol is about right in the middle between Sandpoint and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on Highway 95. At the RV resort, we were about 20 miles south of Sandpoint. The drive went...
Fairchild AFB, Spokane, WA
Saturday, August 14, 2021 - We arrive at Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington. Today we simply set up the RV and relax in the area. It is late in the afternoon and this makes it hard to start a trip to the community. The Camp Host is the same person who was here last year when we were here. We parked...
North American RV Park, Glacier National Park, Montana
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - We left Mel and Carol Power's home at around 12:30 because the drive to the North American RV Park near the west entrance to Glacier National Park was only two and a half hours. It was a very nice day for a drive and we even had a slight tailwind. About half way to Glacie...
Mel and Carol Power's Home in Seeley Lake, Montana
On Friday, July 30, 2021 Lisa and I departed Billings, Montana for a six hour drive to the small town of Anaconda, Montana. This was a one-night stay at the city's RV park that is located near their swimming pool and baseball field. The park has grass and you are allowed to drive up and park on the...
Billings Village RV Park, Billings, Montana
Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - We drove from Buffalo, Wyoming to Billings, Montana. Lots of smoke in the air from fires in the region created a trip with a great reduction in visibility. No problems were encountered and we were able to back into our spot pretty easily. After parking the rig, we drove ov...
Buffalo, Wyoming - Indian Campground RV Park
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 -We traveled to Buffalo, Wyoming for a one-night stay as we travel to the Seeley Lake area of Montana near Missoula. The drive took three hours and was uneventful. Nice pull-through into our parking space at Indian Campground RV Park in Buffalo. We went downtown to walk around...
Three Flags RV Park, Rapid City, South Dakota
Friday, July 9, 2021 - Drove from Nomad's View near the Badlands National Park to Three Flags RV park in Rapid City, South Dakota. The drive was a short one of only two hours, but we stopped in Box Elder (our new home of reference) to pick up our mail at Americas Mailbox. This is were we are theoret...
Nomad'sView - Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 - We drove for about five hours today from Mitchell, South Dakota due west on I-90 to our campground for the next two nights located eight miles south of Wall, South Dakota on SR-240. We stayed on public land at a camping site called Nomad's View and that is pretty true. Ther...
Betts Campground, Mitchell, South Dakota
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 - We drove to Mitchell, South Dakota from Beaver Crossing, Nebraska. Beautiful weather and green fields of corn and soybeans. At Yankton, South Dakota a front blew through with lots of wind and rain, but no lightning. We pulled off the road in Yankton and turned the RV into the...
Beaver Crossing, Nebraska (City RV Park)
Monday, July 5, 2021 - We drove from McConnell AFB in Wichita, Kansas to Beaver Crossing, Nebraska via an unusual route taking us northeast to Topeka, Kansas and then north to Highway 36, The Pony Express Road. We had heard about this route from a stranger we met on a bike ride. He recommended this...
McConnell AFB, Wichita, Kansas
Friday, July 2, 2021 - Drive to Wichita, Kansas and McConnell AFB. We drove for three and a half hours to get to McConnell AFB. The weather was awesome and we only stopped once on the way for snacks. The access to the base was relatively easy and our site is in a picturesque location. We only have p...
Washington Cove COE Park, Near Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - We left Branson and drove west to the northeastern part of Oklahoma to the Washington Cove Corp of Engineers Park near Copan, Oklahoma. This is about 25 miles from Pawhuska and 15 miles north of Bartlesville. Washington Cove is a well maintained RV and tent camping locatio...
Americas Best Campground, Branson, Missouri
Sunday, June 20, 2021 - We drove to Branson, Missouri. The drive was five hours long and uneventful. The weather was great and no issues (thank goodness) were encountered. We arrived at America's Best Campground and found our names plastered across their marquee; it seems that our name had been sele...
Onapa RV Park, Onapa, Oklahoma
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - We drove for four hours due north out of the Dallas area to the super small town of Onapa, Oklahoma. This town is located just north of Eufaula, Oklahoma and very close to Lake Eufaula, the third largest lake in the state. We had planned to go to Branson from the Dallas ar...
East Fork Corp of Engineers RV Park, Wylie, Texas
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - We drove to Wylie, Texas from Abilene in about four and a half hours. We decided to travel to the north and then east on Highway 380. This worked out quite well and we saw some great country. When we arrived, we found that the temperature was about 90 degrees and the humidity...
Ridgeview Abilene RV Resort, Abilene, TX
Sunday, June 6, 2021 - We drove for four hours from Kerrville to Abilene. The drive was uneventful with great weather and a tailwind all the way. We decided to take a more circular route to the Dallas area by going north to the Abilene and then east to Dallas. We will spend two days in Abilene. The...
Ingram/Kerrville, Texas (The Hill Country)
Sunday, May 23, 2021 - We drove from Sonora, Texas for two hours to the Johnson Creek RV Park near Ingram, Texas. This is also very close to the town of Kerrville which is larger that Ingram. It is also located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. We are looking at real estate possibilities in th...
Carlsbad Caverns, Carlsbad, New Mexico
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - We drove from Alamagordo, New Mexico (Holloman AFB) to the Sunset Reef Campground on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land about 25 miles south of Carlsbad, New Mexico and about 12 miles from the cavern. We decided to drive to Roswell on Highway 70 and then turn south to Car...
Hollowman AFB and Alamogordo, New Mexico
Monday, May 17, 2021 - We arrived at Hollowman AFB and entered at the commercial gate which made it very easy to get to the base Family Camp. The base is working to improve the way the Family Camp operates and they have hired a new manager named, Lorrie, who is working hard to provide descent servic...
Fort Bliss and El Paso, Texas
We drove from Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona for 315 miles to the Fort Bliss Army Post Family Camp in El Paso, Texas. The drive was uneventful and the day was a beautiful one. No Issues on the drive. We have contacted Sergeant-Major Elmer Feick who has become a close friend to coordinate some...
Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona
Friday, May 7, 2021 - We drove for three hours from Luke AFB near Phoenix to Davis-Monthan AFB near Tucson. The drive was uneventful and we used the L-202 loop to the west and south of Phoenix which worked out extremely well. Feels good to be back in the Tucson area since we have spent some time her...
Saguaro Skies Family Camp at Luke AFB, Glendale, Arizona
We drove for two hours from Quartzsite, Arizona to Luke AFB at Glendale, Arizona. Luke is a fighter aircraft base flying the F-16 and F-35 aircraft primarily. Last year we stopped at Luke to check out the status of the new RV park being built. It was still quite a ways from completion. It is now com...
Bear Mountain RV Park, Bakersfield, CA
We arrived at the Bear Mountain RV Park at around 6:00 in the evening Sunday, May 2nd. The drive was without issue, although the quality of Interstate 5 has not improved over the last two to three years. Really rough and bumpy in several areas. Hard on the equipment. Bear Mountain is an "FHU" locati...
Thunder Valley Casino, Rocklin, CA
The 30-minute drive from Beale AFB to the Thunder Valley Casino in Rocklin, CA was uneventful. At the casino, were allowed to park wherever we liked in one of their large parking lots. It is all "dry camping" or "boondocking." There are no services available. We use our generator for power and holdi...
Boondocking at Quartzsite, Arizona
We drove from Bakersfield, California for eight hours with three rest stops to arrive at Quartzsite, Arizona. We plan to stay at Quartzsite for two days to learn a little more about the area. As we were approaching Quartzsite, Lisa looked online for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land where we can...
Getting Ready to Leave Beale AFB, CA
Well, here we are again. It sure seems like a long time since I made my last blog entry. We have been at Beale AFB near Marysville, CA for over five months now while we visited friends and family and Lisa had some surgery on her right shoulder. This has been the longest that we have stayed in one pl...