We stayed about an hour outside of Chicago, in Zion at the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park. There were plenty of nice campsites here, but most were too short for us. The area that was intended for big rigs was basically just a parking lot with electrical hookups. Read more…
We stayed at Pictured Rocks RV Park in Christmas, MI for four days. There wasn’t much to the campground at all, but it was quiet and had a laundry room, so it served its purpose. We passed the Munising Tourist Park Campground which had views of the lake that looked Read more…
After getting settled into the campground at Rainbow Springs State Park, we took a short walk to the river. This state park was a little confusing, with separate entrances for campground, tubing and headsprings areas. Thankfully, they warned us online to make sure we entered a specific address into the Read more…
We got off the coast and drove inland a bit to camp at Suwannee River State Park. This was the first campground that we had trouble fitting into the site. It was an older campground with smaller sites and lots of trees. We tried backing in from both directions and Read more…
After exploring CO as full-time RVers for over three months, we finally crossed the border to a different state — New Mexico! We were worried we may have gotten too spoiled by the beauty in CO, and that the other states may not seem as interesting in comparison. But our Read more…
Five nights was plenty of time to stay in the Fruita / Grand Junction area! We stayed at James M Robb Colorado River State Park, Fruita Section. It was HOT here, with temps up to 105 degrees. As long as we were in the shade or in the RV with Read more…
When we got to our campground in Montrose, Cedar Creek RV Park, their office was closed since it was Sunday. They had our site info in an envelope with our name on it that was taped to the door. But to our surprise, there was an RV parked in our Read more…
We drove further west on Hwy 50 to the Elk Creek Campground in Curecanti National Recreation Area, near Gunnison. We really got into the “great outdoors” spirit of things here, so there’s a lot to talk about. There were a couple of unfortunate reminders for us on this leg of Read more…
After practicing living without being plugged in, we felt like our solar setup was ready for real boondocking. We guessed at how much water we’d need in our fresh water tank for a few days, not wanting to overfill and increase the weight of the rig while driving, then headed Read more…
I’ve heard for years how beautiful Eleven Mile State Park is and it did not disappoint. There is not much nearby, so not much cell service either, which we weren’t quite prepared for. The next lesson we learned was to make sure we have all campsite info downloaded/offline. Without cell Read more…