Don't let the pretty picture fool you, like the view did us. We camped at the EZ RV Park outside Oliver, B.C. from late May until late July 2015 and I am SO happy to be outta there. OK, it wasn't ALL bad. Here are some of the Pros: … [Read more...]
March Break at Lake Havasu
OK, yes, it's now early June and it's taken me this long (months) to get over the shock of camping at Lake Havasu during March Break. :-) Actually, the whole experience was so much fun. We rolled up in our 'big rig' (relatively speaking) to our reserved campsite at Lake Havasu State Park to see that the adjacent campsite was strewn with tents and other accoutrements obviously belonging to … [Read more...]
Mustang Island
After reading that you could drive and camp on the beach at Mustang Island State Park on the Gulf Coast of Texas, I knew we had to stop and stay there. Hmmm.... Camping on the beach is fine for tents and small vans, but probably not recommended for bigger rigs, unless you don't mind calling out the AAA to get you unstuck from the sand. The regular campground is a parking lot and a very … [Read more...]
Boondocking at Roosevelt Lake
Boondocking at Roosevelt Lake ranks as one of my favorite times during the 5 months we spent snowbirding last winter. The 4 nights we spent there, were to be the last of the trip with our friends Bill and Georgie, whom we met a Kartchner Caverns State Park about 6 weeks before. We left McDowell Regional Park near Phoenix around the same time and met up at the Tonto Basic Marketplace where … [Read more...]
17 Things I Love About Catalina State Park
We stayed at Catalina State Park in Tucson, Arizona, last year in January, and enjoyed our stay so much that we decided to return again this year. Here is a list of 17 things that I love about Catalina State Park. The campground is on the west-north-west side of the stunningly beautiful Catalina Mountains. To the north of the campgrounds, the hills are covered with different types of … [Read more...]