Road Trip

Foss State Park – Foss, Oklahoma – May 5 – 13, 2023

We left Logan, New Mexico after getting our new driver-side RV tires installed and drove 278 miles to Foss State Park in Foss, Oklahoma. If you look at the Google Map screen capture in the photos you’ll notice that it says the trip should take right at 4 hours. That’s because Google Maps assumes you’ll …

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Ute Lake State Park Campground – Logan, New Mexico – April 27 – May 5, 2023

After changing the flat tire on Nomad we left Cochiti Lake Campground on Thursday, April 27, 2023 about 90 minutes later than we had intended for our 225 mile drive to Ute Lake State Park Campground in Logan, New Mexico. This state park has several campground areas. We stayed in the Yucca Campground which has …

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Cochiti Lake Campground – Santa Fe, New Mexico (Part Two) – April 15 – 27, 2023

This is Part Two of our stay at Cochiti Lake Campground and Santa Fe, New Mexico to visit our friends, Tim and Alan. Part One can be read here. Wednesday, April 19, 2023 we drove into Santa Fe to meet our long-time friends, Tim and Alan, at their timeshare for a tour of Santa Fe …

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Cochiti Lake Campground – Santa Fe, New Mexico (Part One) – April 15 – 27, 2023

We left Santa Rosa Campground late Saturday morning, April 15, 2023 and drove roughly 2 hours to Cochiti Lake Campground, about 28 miles west of Santa Fe, New Mexico. But first we stopped in Santa Fe to pick up a couple of things waiting for us in an Amazon locker. Sometimes when you’re traveling, you …

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Santa Rosa Lake Campground – Santa Rosa, New Mexico – April 8 – 15, 2023

After leaving the gravesite of Billy the Kid and the Bosque Redondo Memorial in Fort Sumner, New Mexico we drove the remaining 45 miles to our next campsite at the Santa Rosa Lake Campground in Santa Rosa, New Mexico for a 7-night stay. This was a stop where we really had nothing planned except for …

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Reddy Vineyards – Brownfield, Texas – April 7, 2023

On Friday, April 7, 2023 we left Hord’s Creek Campground in Coleman, Texas and drove 205 miles to a Harvest Host location, Reddy Vineyards in Brownfield, Texas for a one-night stay. I was excited that our route took us through Sweetwater, Texas. Fans of the squared-circled know that professional wrestling superstar Barry Windham hailed from …

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Sandy Creek Park – Jasper, Texas – March 5 – 12, 2023

Sunday morning, March 5, 2023 we left Natchez State Park in Natchez, Mississippi and drove about 4 hours to our next stop for 7 nights; Sandy Creek Park in Jasper, Texas. If it didn’t add so much mileage and time to our trip I would gladly drive around Louisiana. However, I’m happy to say we …

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Natchez State Park – Natchez, MS – March 2 – 5, 2023

Thursday morning, March 2, 2023 we got up, got everything torn down/hooked up and left Davis Bayou Campground in Ocean Springs, Mississippi for a 3 1/2 hour drive to Natchez State park in Natchez, Mississippi. This was going to be a short three-day stay so Cindy could see some old Antebellum homes, but we also …

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Davis Bayou Campground – Gulf Island National Seashore – Ocean Springs, MS – February 21 – March 2, 2023

On Tuesday, February 21, 2023 we left Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park in Niceville, Florida and drove 170 miles to another bayou…the Davis Bayou Campground in Ocean Springs, Mississippi which is part of the Gulf Island National Seashore. We would be staying here for nine days as we make our way west across the …

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Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park – Niceville, Florida (Part Two) – February 7 – 21, 2023

In 1940 the U.S. Forestry Service surrendered an 800 square-mile area of Florida Gulf Coast shoreline covered in pine trees to the War Department. The area in a largely uninhabited section of the Florida panhandle became a major site for gunnery and bombing practice by nearby Eglin Air Force base during World War II. As …

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