Category Archives: Campgrounds
Chisos Basin
February 14, 2019 We spent Valentine’s Day in an ancient volcanic caldera. How cool is that? While much of Big Bend appears to be relatively flat you can’t help but notice the Chisos Mountains, the southernmost mountain range in the … Continue reading
Big Bend East Side / Rio Grande Village
February 9-17, 2019 Big Bend National Park is BIG! We quickly learned to leave at least an hour to drive to anywhere. We started on the East Side of the park and toured that area plus the central Chisos Mountains … Continue reading
San Antonio, Texas
February 1-6, 2019 Traveler’s World RV Park Friends recommended this campground and it worked out great. We had full hookups in a nice city/country type campground with lots of activities, level gravel sites, laundry on site, bus stop right across … Continue reading
Whoopers!
January 28-31, 2019 Whoopers… aka Whooping Cranes. These are the largest birds in North America. They are on the Federal Endangered list. At one point only 15 birds were located at their southern migration point at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. … Continue reading
New Orleans – overview
November 30 – December 6, 2018 What a week it was! We decided we don’t really like cities but we LOVED New Orleans. It has great music, awesome food, lots of history and so many things we wanted to do … Continue reading
New Iberia, KOC Kampground, Konriko Rice Mill
November 27-29, 2018 New Iberia This is a small town along Bayou Teche (teche means snake so basically it is Snake River). They have a small old town main street near the river but the spot we enjoyed the most … Continue reading
Acadian Culture Center, Lafayette Visitor Center, Cajun Food, and Frog City RV Park
November 23, 2018 Acadian Culture Center THIS is where you find out what all this Acadian, Cajun, and Evangeline stuff is. It is ALL OVER this area. Roads, buildings, billboards, company names… you name it, it has Cajun, Acadian or … Continue reading
Natchitoches, Louisiana
November 15-19, 2018 We had a very busy five days in Natchitoches (pronounced Nack-a-tish). We took a guided tour of the town and a fort, visited a museum, and spent a day at the Cane River Creole National Historic Park. … Continue reading
Table Rock Lake / Mill Creek Rec Area / Dewey Short Visitor Center and Table Rock Dam
October 22-30, 2018 We LOVE Corps of Engineer Campgrounds! We were so happy with our site at Mark Twain Lake that we decided we’d try to hit more Corps lakes on our way south. In the interest of flood control … Continue reading
Ray Behrens Rec Area – Mark Twain Lake
October 11, 2018 WE LUCKED OUT! The Recreation.gov website was overhauled and is a serious mess. I went online and spent over an hour fighting with it to find a campsite near Hannibal with little success. According to the new … Continue reading
Spirit of the Woods 