From the Road & More

Top Photo: Macknaw Bridge that connects lower & upper Michigan.

Found a great campsite overlooking the lake at Indian Lake State Park just outside Manistique, MI. Places like this always make the drive worth it.

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We found a great State Park just outside of Ithaca, NY. Lots of waterfalls and hiking opportunities in the area.

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We found a nice state park on Lake George in the Adirondack Park Preserve. This will be a one-nighter as we are in speed up mode at the moment.

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After a long drive, we found a State Park with an adequate campsite overlooking Locust Lake. It made the drive worth it!

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We are planning a one-nighter at Cumberland Mountain State Park before moving on in the morning. It’s a nice park, but we have places to go & people to see down the road.

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A slight detour off the Natchez Trace for a layover a Le Fleurs Bluff State Park. We will return to the Trace Sunday morning.

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We can’t believe we are already in Mississippi. Settling in for a couple of days before we start up the Natchez Trace Parkway.

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A nice state park for a couple of day layover. We got a great site overlooking Lea Lake.

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Once again, we found ourselves at a campground we enjoyed last spring. Oliver Lee is nicely tucked in at the base of the Sacramento Mountains in the Chihuahuan Desert.

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Leasburg Dam State Park: Site #31 & #6, these sites have water & electric, dump station nearby, 29 sites, 4,200 foot elevation. February 19th - 25th.

Overall Experience: smile

We arrived at Leasburg with a three-day reservation because last spring, we couldn't get in without a reservation (we don't like making reservations). We find plenty to do in the area, so we scored one of few first come/first serve sites with water & electricity to extend our stay.

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Top photo: Looking out our side window... Room with a view.

We returned to a state park we thoroughly enjoyed last spring & were greeted with a sea of little yellow flowers—one of the few state parks where rockhounds can collect rocks.

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This State Park is the site where Francisco "Pancho" Villa's Mexican revolutionary attacked Columbus, NM, and the historic Camp Furlong on March 9, 1916.

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We love short drive days – Just 88 miles! Found ourselves back at Patagonia Lake State Park, a place we enjoyed last spring.

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Top Photo: The Sixies River meets the Pacific Ocean.

Landed in Cape Blanco State Park, the most western point on the Oregon coast. We paid for two nights, but imagine our stay may be a tad longer.

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"Our stay at this top-rated state park was way too brief because we couldn’t get our site through the weekend. we hiked from the campground and kayaked from our site."

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A lot of cool rock formations can be found in this MN State Park. There’s the option to camp nestled among the rock, or as in our case, camp in a site with hookups.

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Top Photo: View of the campground as seen from the hiking trail.

Unusual NM State Park in the sense that they allow visitors to collect rocks they find. During our visit, we noticed that the park hosts were accommodating and user-friendly.

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"Our 1st campground out of Texas on this trip. Yay! There's an excellent hiking trail from the State Park. An interesting day trip from this park is White Sands National Monument."

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Top Photo: View from our campsite.

Site #48, this site has electric & water, dump station nearby, 94 sites, 5,000 foot elevation. March 5 - 7th.

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We had a very short stay at Davis Mountains State Park, which we had previously visited a few times. Due to TX spring brea...

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Site #33 & 25, these sites have water & electric, dump station nearby, 64 sites, 1730 foot elevation. February 19th - 24th.

Overall Experience: smile

The drive from Bastrop State Park to South Llano State Park should have been easy, only 175 miles, on roads we were very familiar with. But the "...

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