Category: Campgrounds

  • Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, LA: Information

    Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, LA, February 2026 For some reason, the drive from Tyler State Park to Poverty Point took longer than normal. I could have been that we left later due to the extra time needed to safely move the trailer out of the Tayler SP site which was a pull through with…

  • Tyler State Park, TX: Alternate Sites

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Yellowstone River Campground, MT: Information

    Billings, MT, May 2025 Park Information: Phone / Internet service Site Information Site Pictures Driving Directions To the park From the park

  • Deer Park Campground, WY: Information

    Buffalo, WY, May 2025 Park Information: Phone / Internet service 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, small washers and no list for…

  • Guernsey State Park, WY: Information

    Guernsey State Park, WY, April 2025 Park Information: Phone / Internet service Driving Directions (177 miles) Rest Areas Site Information Site Pictures Trail Map Driving Directions To the park From the park

  • St. Vrain SP, CO: Information

    St. Vrain State Park, CO, April 2025 General Park Information Internet / Mobile Service Campsite details Campsite pictures Driving Directions To the park From the park

  • Shady Grove CG, CO: Information

    Shady Grove Campground, CO, April 2025 One of the more notable features is a red pay phone. That actually works. This is first park with a pay phone feature especially in the days of everyone having a cell phone. My guess is that some cell phone carriers don’t have service The town did not have…