October in Colorado never disappoints! After our time near Mesa Verde, we headed up to camp outside Salida, CO. This is one of our top three destinations in CO – we’ve camped in this area dozens of times over the years. The area is always quiet, well-spaced and in October it is pretty empty. While …
As we made our way back east for the holidays, we stopped in at Mesa Verde National Park. After living in Colorado for 7 years, it seemed a bit crazy we hadn’t spent time at Mesa Verde NP nor Great Sand Dunes NP (spoiler: that will be in the next post). Our campsite for the …
After our brief trip to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, we headed north to Bryce Canyon National Park. We ended up spending 6 days at a dispersed area – Tom’s Best Spring Road. The area was wonderful – very close to the national park with plenty of big, private sites and the roads …
After ten glorious days outside Mt. Hood, it was time to head out to the coast. We made the drive southwest to Bandon for our short stay at Bullards Beach State Park. We really wanted to check out a new-ish mountain bike trail system in the area known as Whiskey Run. Thankfully, we had an …
After our week at Olympic National Park, we made our way down to Oregon – we stayed for 11 days at Trillium Lake Campground just south of Mt. Hood. The campground was very beautiful, tucked in the woods next to a lake. As with most of our location choices, this place had plenty of great …
After finishing up our week in Anacortes, we headed over to Lararbee State Park near Bellingham, WA. We’ve been on the road for 8 months at this point – I think Larrabee was the worst campground experience we’ve had yet! Our site was very difficult to get in to, it was very dark, there was …
When we left Idaho, we spent a few days on a pass just over the border in Montana. This was the start of a trend for us, escaping the heat! We found a nice spot tucked away in the woods on a forest road near Lost Trail Pass and camped for free for 3 nights. …
We were bummed to be leaving Sun Valley after 7 days, but it was time to move on. We made the one hour or so drive north to Stanley, Idaho. With lots of first come, first serve campgrounds and dispersed camping in the area, we chose to not make any reservations for our stay in …
After we left Summit County, we headed up to the Sawtooths in Idaho. A few years back, we were able to spend a couple nights in the area on a road trip in our van. Of course, two days is never enough to explore so this time we planned on spending a few weeks in …
After our adventures in the Black Hills of South Dakota, we headed down to our old stomping grounds – Summit County. We stayed at Heaton Bay campground, right on the shore of Dillon Reservoir – a beautiful campground that has a great location. We booked two weeks at site 69, which was perfectly sized for …
