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Continuing east, we have spent a couple of nights at Big Lagoon State Park.  This is a sister park to Perdido Key State Park, so our camping fee allowed us into both to explore and enjoy!  They are both...

The last few days have been spent in the Ocean Springs, MS area.  We are staying in the Davis Bayou Campground of the Gulf Islands National Seashore.  This is a really nice campground with paved...

In our effort to continue east, we spent only a few days in Oklahoma before continuing on into Arkansas where we spent a few days in Hot Springs. Talimena National Scenic Byway To get (partially)...

We weren’t going to do a post from here, but we have stumbled on one of the greatest museums we have ever had the pleasure of visiting, so we couldn’t skip doing at least a quick post! “Cars”...

Slowly, slowly we continue to push east.  We are currently in northern Texas, near Amarillo, and spent the day today at Palo Duro Canyon State Park. According to the state park website, Palo Duro...

We recently spent a couple of nights at the Vista Linda Campground near Jemez Springs, NM.  Our Campsite Jemez River just behind our campsite. Vista Linda Campground This is a small, quiet campground...

We are still in western New Mexico and our day today was spent at El Malpais National Monument.  This is a large national monument that would best be explored in two or three days, but we only had one,...

Well, it is the middle of November now,  which means we need to begin making our way east in earnest in order to make a few scheduled stops to visit with family, and then home for Christmas. ...

If you have been following the blog for a while, you will know that the biggest disappointment of our trip thus far was having to cancel our Grand Canyon reservations in March due to snow.  After...

Right up front, let us say this…We had a less than great experience at Great Basin National Park, but it does not mean that it isn’t an amazing place to visit.  In fact, a lot of the reasons it wasn’t...