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Tyler State Park Campsite Preferences
Tyler State Park, Texas, February 2026 Most of the campsites at Tyler State Park are pull through. The catch is that they are short, have large boulders along driveway, trees in the way, or sharp turns that can make maneuvering into the site difficult. John and I walked through the campground and determined which sites…
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Hmm. How do I make these pants fit?
Tyler State Park, TX, February 2026 Maybe if I try backing in. Nope didn’t work. Driving in? Kind of works but tight fit. Now what about the rest of the stuff… When we booked at Tyler State Park the website has some not completely useful pictures. Google Maps and Bing did not have a great…
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Overnight at Lake Murray State Park
Lake Murray State Park, OK, February 2026 We are officially on the road again. Lake Murray was our first stop but only for the night 🙁 Lake Murray State Park has been on our camping list for a couple years. Last year, we cancelled the trip due to working on John’s mom’s house. This year,…
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Outlet (Melvern) Campground
Melvern Lake, KS, November 2025 Today was a day of exploring. Whenever we see a new park or campground close to where we are staying we like to take a day trip to see if the location could be a future camping site. Today’s adventure was visiting a Corp of Engineer managed area that included…
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Another Rainy Day Excursion
Pomona Lake, KS, October 2025 It’s another rainy day that should last through tomorrow afternoon. The National Weather Service has issued an advisory for high winds (20 to 39 mph with gusts up to 45) between 7 pm tonight until 10 am tomorrow, so I thought it would be a good day for a road…
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Palisades State Park
Garretson, SD, August 2025 Today was supposed to be a reasonably nice day with sun and no rain. So, we decided to visit Palisades State Park in South Dakota which is about 45 minutes from our current campground. We set the car GPS and off we went. Needless to say, the car GPS took us…
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7th Ranch RV Camp Day 1 Sunset
7th Ranch RV Camp, Gerryowen, MT, July 2025 We left Yellowstone National Park a couple days ago. The exit route we took went through the North Entrance to Gardner, MT. This route has a lot of switchbacks, turns and goes down around 2,000 feet in elevation. Needless to say, both cats got sick in the…
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Deer Park Campground Buffalo, WY to Yellowstone River Campground Billings, MT
Billings, Montana, May 2025 Park Information: Phone / Internet service Driving Directions (166 miles) Note: if you drive too far you will end up at the KOA campground. Rest Areas Site Information Site Pictures
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Guernsey State Park to Deer Park Campground, WY
Buffalo, Wyoming, May 2025 Park Information: Phone / Internet service Driving Directions (226 miles) Rest Areas Other rest stops exist but require taking interstate exit. In some instances, the road before and into the rest area has multiple animal grates to cross. bumpety bump bump 🙂 Site Information Site Pictures Laundromat facilities $2 per wash,…
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Deer Park Campground Day 1
Buffalo, Wyoming, May 2025 We are at Deer Park Campground which is a private campground off Interstate 25 and 90. It’s located just east of Bighorn National Forest. For the adventuresome, you can drive through Bighorn National Forest to get to Yellowstone. Though the mountains and road closures could be an issue. I am not…