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...]
Catalina State Park: A GREAT Place to Feel Bad
It all went downhill after Buddy, the German Pointer, from the campsite across the way ran full-force into my left knee and I toppled to the asphalt on the first day we were at Catalina State Park in Tuscon. It felt (at the time) like the nail in the proverbial coffin, following nearly a month of aches, pains and various ailments - not least of which included a needle in my eyelid when we were … [Read more...]