Category: Camping

  • Bison and OK Gardens

    Bison and OK Gardens

    Tonight we are near Bartellsville, OK at Osage Hills State Park. Arrived around 5 and jumped on our bikes. A small waterfall and an overlook built by the CCC in the 1930’s were the rewards. Nice to see trees and green. Back roads have shown us rolling hills, small towns, oil pumps, wind farms, natural…

  • Cadillac Ranch

    Cadillac Ranch

    Enjoyed showers and a haircut before heading out of New Mexico this morning. Most of today was crossing the Texas panhandle.  We stopped to stretch at Cadillac Ranch within site of the RV park where we stayed heading west. The cars were planted in 1974 and are now more paint than cars. Another RV park…

  • Navajo Nation and Santa Rosa

    Navajo Nation and Santa Rosa

    We were off to a good start at 6:30 from our free Hopi campsite and headed into the Navajo Nation. One pickup truck had joined us overnight, but the three dogs were no where to be seen. After a short drive we noticed a sign for the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, so pulled in to…

  • Hopi Hospitality

    Hopi Hospitality

    On the way out of Wahweep campground, we dumped our waste tanks and filled the fresh water. The service station in the campground had propane, but I asked the very young attendant if she was familiar with filling RV tanks. With her replying “I can give it a try,” we elected to find another place.…

  • Pipe Spring and Lake Powell

    Pipe Spring and Lake Powell

    Another day, another unplanned stop. Today we followed the signs to Pipe Spring National Monument. Showing our park pass at the visitors center, the ranger said that the guided tour of the fort was starting in 5 minutes. If you come, the tour makes the visit much more meaningful. Our guide was local to the…

  • North Rim Open!

    North Rim Open!

    Little bits of snow remained at the edges of the forest on the drive south from Jacob Lake.  Based on discovering that the next available reservation for a north rim campground in the park isn’t until the end of August, we stopped at Demotte Campground in the Kaibab National Forest and paid for a site.…