State Parks

Fort Stevens State Park, Warrenton, OR August 9 – 16, 2024

On Friday, August 9th we drove 121 miles from Milo McGiver State Park outside Portland to Fort Stevens State Park in Warrenton, Oregon for a 7-night stay. We had been to Fort Stevens a couple of years ago before we started this blog for a short, rainy 2-night stay. We were looking forward to this […]

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Jeff in front of Powell’s Books in Portland, OR

Milo McIver State Park August 5 – 9, 2024

On Monday, August 5, 2024 we left Lepage Park in Rufus, Oregon and drove 117 miles to Milo McIver State Park in Estacada, Oregon, outside of Portland. For the first time in a long time we were seeing tall, green trees. Cindy’s mood lightened and brightened in the presence of her beloved woods. Milo McIver

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Farewell Bend State Park on Snake River

Farewell Bend State Park Huntington, Oregon June 13 – 17, 2024

We departed Three Island Crossing State Park in Glenns Ferry on Thursday, June 13th around 12:45 pm and drove a little over 2 hours to Ontario, OR where we had lunch and bought groceries before arriving at Farewell Bend State Park in Huntington, Orgeon. We were eating up time because all the reviews we had

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Half Horse Jeffrey Glenns Ferry Idaho

Three Island Crossing State Park in Glenns Ferry, Idaho June 8 – 13, 2024

We left The Hitching Post RV Park in Snowville, Utah on Saturday, June 8th and drove a little over 2 1/2 hours to Three Island Crossing State Park in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. This state park sits on a portion of the Oregon Trail; specifically where the first white travelers from the Midwest crossed the Snake

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Cindy and Jeff with Alamo Lake Dam in the background.

Alamo Lake State Park in Wenden, Arizona May 2 – 10, 2024

We left Kartchner Caverns State Park late in the morning on Thursday, May 2, 2024 and drove 185 miles northwest for a one-night stop at a Cracker Barrel in Goodyear, Arizona just outside of Phoenix on our way to Alamo Lake State Park. As you know, we love our stops at Cracker Barrel. Cracker Barrel

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1,000 Days of Full Time RV’ing

Today, May 11, 2024, marks day 1,000 of Cindy and I full time RV’ing across the United States and Canada. To say it has been an experience would be an understatement. When we started we only posted our stories and photos on our Facebook Page, but since you can’t trust Facebook (or Google, or Instagram

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Cindy and Jeff Getting Ready For Bat Walk Tour at Kartchner State Park

Kartchner Caverns State Park, Benson, AZ April 25 – May 2, 2024

I know the Google map screenshot in our photo album shows it should have taken us almost 4 hours to drive from Radium Springs in New Mexico to Kartchner Caverns State Park in Benson, Arizona, but we ended up driving for almost 5 hours. Winds were sustained at 25 mph and gusts up to 40

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Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs, NM April 18 – 25, 2024

We left Davis Mountains State Park around 11 am on Thursday, April 18th and drove 265 miles to Leasburg Dam State Park in Radium Springs, NM for a 7-night stay. The previous Tuesday night, Cindy had started coming down with something. At first she thought her allergies had gone crazy, but by the time we

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Davis Mountains State Park, Fort Davis, TX April 11 – 18, 2024

Tin Roof…Rusted We left Potters Creek on Thursday, April 11th and drove a little less than 3 hours to Stadium RV Park in Sonora, Texas for a one-night stay. This stay had a first for us. The “park” was actually a scattering of sites in the middle of a residential neighborhood. The owner offered a

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Jeff, Cindy and Lauren

McKinney Falls State Park – Austin, Texas – March 13 to 28, 2024

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 we left Tickfaw State Park and drove about 235 miles to a Cracker Barrel in Beaumont, Texas for a one-night stay. We always enjoy these stops because we get a nice dinner and breakfast as well as a night’s stay to break up a long drive to our next campground. Thursday,

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