We began our ultimate Upper Peninsula adventure in the largest state park in Michigan: Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. “The Porkies” encompass 60,000 acres You can find a map of the entire park here. Always check the road conditions ahead of time. They were working on 64 when we visited,Continue Reading
We often use Trinidad Lake State Park as a jumping-off point to begin or a last stop on our journies to and from Texas to Colorado. Campgrounds The state park has two campgrounds. We have never camped at the South Shore campground. This campground has ten sites with no electricity. Continue Reading
Are you looking for a place to stay on the way from New Mexico back to Texas? Santa Rosa Lake State Park is one option, but should it just be a pit stop or a place to stay for several days? This is the last post on our series aboutContinue Reading
This is the fifth post in our series about New Mexico parks, our third about day trips from Brantley Lake State Park. We visit the main entrance section of Guadalupe Mountains National Park today. We actually combined this with our trip to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Stay tuned and I’llContinue Reading
No, I didn’t misspell a word in the title. Today I am going to share why you should not camp at the Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Campground. Land Between the Lakes We love this area, and next week I will share some of the fun activities we enjoyed whileContinue Reading
Last weekend, we enjoyed catching up with friends at Lake Bob Sandlin State Park. This East Texas park offers camping, fishing, boating, hiking, geocaching and more. Click here for a map of the park. Campsites They have 75 campsites with water and electricity, and 16 primitive hike-in sites. Very fewContinue Reading
This state park is only 45 minutes from Colorado Springs, which makes it very popular. We were only able to find 2 days in the middle of a week for September, even though we started looking for September dates back in May/June. We would love to spend a whole weekContinue Reading
These incredibly beautiful sites are tempting me to try backcountry camping. We saw them as we hiked the Black Bear trail. This would be a great place to practice before you took long backcountry hikes. I’m not sure exactly how long, but it takes maybe 1/2 a mile to getContinue Reading
We ended up staying at Eleven Mile state park twice during our Colorado trip. Here is an overall map of the different campgrounds. You can find campgrounds with or without electricity, campgrounds for RV and tents, and backcountry sites. Water None of these campgrounds have water hook-ups at the sites.Continue Reading
We stayed at Eleven Mile State Park twice during our 3 week trip to Colorado. This park sits just over an hour west of Colorado Springs. Here is a brochure and the Colorado Parks & Wildlife page.. Camping Eleven Mile is a large state park that has 9 campgrounds aroundContinue Reading