Category: By Locale

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Arriving at Lake Mead

Since leaving the Bryce Canyon area, where Moose and I boondocked a single night in the Dixie National Forest, things have been fairly uneventful. A 250 mile drive, spanning two days, resulted in us arriving at our destination of Lake Mead where we met up with a few other RVers...

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Dixie National Forest – Cabin Hollow

After spending the past two days driving through Utah, Moose and I stopped in Dixie National Forest, a few miles outside of Bryce Canyon National Park. We were told of this boondocking spot by Aluminarium who used it earlier in the year. The site comes with full bars of Verizon...

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Where’s Waldo-saurus

After a long morning at the Dog Park in Grand Junction, we drove the additional  24 miles to exit #2 on Interstate 70. Here, we planned to boondock a single night in Rabbit Valley in the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area. As a bonus, the Trail Through Time is directly...

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Rifle Falls State Park

Rifle Falls State Park’s lush vegetation and waterfalls have attracted photographers and movie crews from around the country who come to capture the area’s unique scenery… Rifle Falls State Park has 13 drive-in and seven walk-in campsites that sit to the south along East Rifle Creek. In 1998, the park underwent...

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Rifle Pond

Rifle Pond is located near the Rest Area along Interstate 70 in Rifle, Colorado. The pond is a gravel pit that was created in the early 70’s when the interstate was being built. Before that time there was a large open area here where they held the annual Easter egg...

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North Fork Trail hike

Conor, Moose, and myself spent our Sunday hiking in the National Forest on the North Fork Trail. Conor and I have hiked here  in the past, but the trail was mostly wiped out during the 2013 floods. Conor heard it had reopened so we set out to explore the meadow...

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Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Golden Gate Canyon State Park has been on my todo list for some years now, yet because of it’s proximity it all too often got pushed to the “next week” list, but this weekend I can finally add this notch to my belt. Honestly, for the life of me I...

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Brainard Lake – Blue Lake hike

Friday, midnight, Moose and I are packed into the van and driving West, up the Rocky Mountains. Our destination was only to get to Ward, Colorado were we parked the van and called it a night. At 6:30 in the morning coffee was brewing and we were only a short...

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Manday

It was not a tough choice; sit around all day or get out and do something. Moose agreed that we needed to get out and about so we headed out for a “Man” day. It was a simple plan; drive the van (which has gone long neglected these recent months)...

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Great Sand Dunes National Park

The Great Sand Dunes National Park has eluded me for years. I have attempted to visit it three times, and even though it resides in the same states as I have for these past years I have failed to make it each of those attempts. This year Imelda, Timmy, Moose,...