After our month in Phoenix, we headed back to Tucson for another week at Gilbert Ray. We definitely like Tucson more than Phoenix – the outdoor opportunities are more to our liking. On Monday, I set out for a bike ride while Andrea did a bit of work in the morning. I ended up doing …
After our 2-week stay at Usery, we moved up north a little bit to McDowell Mountain Park. Still in the Phoenix area, it’s just east of Scottsdale, north of the town called Fountain Hills. On our way in, our navigation was trying to take us right through the heart of Fountain Hills – and of …
After an awesome week in Tucson, we headed up the road to Usery Mountain Park in Phoenix. This park is located east of Phoenix, near Mesa/Apache Junction. We stayed at the Buckhorn campground at Usery for 2 weeks, our first 2 week stay. It was awesome, and the stay really flew by. Thinking back now, …
We spent a week camping in Tucson at Gilbert Ray. It’s a county park that is southwest of the city proper, just outside the entrance to the Saguaro National Park – West. Gilbert Ray was a very nice campground, although considering the amount of land they have available it was surprising the sites were as …
So we hit the road on January 26th. It was a brisk 5°F when we set off on our way to Arizona, with our first stop just outside Tulsa. We decided to take it nice and easy on our way down, and we were glad we did. It gave us plenty of time to get …
It’s been over five years since the Helmigs went on a family vacation, so this was way over due! Earlier this year, we all decided to make the trek up to Maine for peak fall weather. And what a trek it was! It was a full day of travel for us with every form of …
We headed up to Dumont Lake Campground outside of Steamboat Springs for the last weekend of July/start of August. What a bittersweet trip! In preparation for our new camping digs for 2022, this was the last weekend in the 2009 Chevy camper van we converted ourselves back in 2016. On the way into the campground, …
We set out for a long weekend at the Difficult Campground in Aspen. We hit the road around 2:30pm on Thursday and landed here to site 30, our reserved site for 3 nights just south of Aspen – some place warm, where the beer flows like wine & the beautiful women instinctively flock like the …
We set out for a quick overnight backpacking trip in the Lost Creek Wilderness from the Rolling Creek Trailhead just outside of Bailey. We were looking for a pretty easy trail for our first backpacking trip since Andrea’s knee surgery and my injured achilles/sciatic nerve. And we found it! After a quick 1.5hr drive after …
A quick post today! These first photos are from camping south of Guanella Pass in some dispersed camping sites. Beautiful but VERY busy. Lots of people driving by all weekend. This shots below are from another weekend of camping & riding near Salida. Beautiful leaves and great riding! Mozzie! -Kyle
