Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore wasn’t originally on our list of places to visit. We heard recommendations to go from so many different sources though that we decided to make it a stop on our way back down from the UP. I managed to get […]
Category: National Park
National Park Recap: Capitol Reef National Park
When we did our very first round-trip through Southern Utah, we basically just cruised through Capitol Reef. It was hot, the orchards in Fruita were closed, and the visitor center was closed that day. We had heard this was an amazing park, so we were […]
National Park Recap: Dinosaur National Monument
We debated going to Dinosaur before Arches but we really wanted to book a campsite with hookups to break up our dry camping. It turns out there is a season for that so we ended up going to Dinosaur after Arches within a couple days […]
National Park Recap: Arches National Park
We found one of the last available campsites in a BLM campground just south of the NP. It was $20 a night for dry camping but there was a pit toilet and the view out our windows was of the south side of the Park. […]
National Park Recap: Colorado National Monument
From Black Canyon we drove to Grand Junction and stayed for 2 nights. The car was due for regular service and we had some other house keeping things to do before our long stretches of dry camping in Utah. One afternoon we went to Colorado […]
National Park Recap: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Ben had felt bad all the previous day, and the day of travel to Black Canyon, James and I definitely felt sick. Andrew followed the next day. Unfortunately we all got covid and that put a huge damper on our visit to Black Canyon. We […]
National Park Recap: Great Sand Dunes National Park
We spent 3 days camping nearby Great Sand Dunes. Our first full day, we went to the Visitor Center, got the layout of the park, and then decided on one of the most difficult hikes, High Dune. I thought we’d hike High Dune in 2 […]
Travel Recap: Colorado Springs
We definitely crammed a ton into just 2 nights outside Colorado Springs. We arrived fairly early to our campsite, unhitched, and then drove to Garden of the Gods for a little hike/walk. There is all sorts of road construction around the Discovery Center, which was […]
National Park Recap: Rocky Mountain National Park
Andrew and I got engaged in Rocky Mountain NP about 10 1/2 years ago, so it definitely holds a special place in our hearts. We arrived late afternoon to Moraine Campground in Rocky Mountain NP. I went into town after setting up camp to rent […]
National Park Recap: Fort Smith NHS
CW- hanging gallows, historical prison cell We decided to drive to Fort Smith to both break up the drive to Oklahoma City from Buffalo River, and also to get a campsite with electrical hookups during the rain (since our solar wasn’t producing anything). This turned […]