Bottomless Lakes State Park Bottomless Lakes State Park is a beautiful place just 14 miles outside of Roswell, New Mexico. The blue-green lakes are sinkholes ranging from 17 to 90 feet deep. Fed by springs, the lakes overflow to wetlands areas that had just finished providing respite for migrating birds…
My love affair with Texas wildflowers continued into our next three-night stay April 27 at San Angelo State Park, in Western Texas. Large pull-through sites next to the O.C. Reservoir had good hiking trails and a bird blind next to the campground to explore. Most of the trails in the…
April 24th finds us back in Texas at Lake Whitney State Park for three nights the week after Easter. Very happy to be using our State Park Pass and enjoying the beautiful Texas parks once again! Shreveport Louisiana KOA the night before was just an expensive one-night stop at $46.76…
A festive three-night stay from April 20th over Easter at Paul B Johnson State Park just outside Hattiesburg, Mississippi Made me a little homesick for family. There was a buzz in the air with joyful activity and lots of laughing. It seemed a favorite pastime was riding around in golf…
It took 6 weeks to get the Jeep back. A week later, the rear brake controller bit the dust and we had another tow and rental car.
Thanks to Central Auto Body and the Jeep dealer in Newberg for expediting the additional repair. As we prep for our trip to see Polar Bears next week, we were sweating it! Towable cars can’t be rented, and we didn’t want to drive separately all the way to Manitoba, Canada! Next up, RV annual service in Coburg, Oregon and we are ready to load up my parents and head toward Canada!
More than 1,000 trees have been planted in parks across Michigan in recent months as part of the state’s "Happy Little Trees" program, named after late painter Bob Ross’s famous catchphrase. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has teamed up with Bob Ross Inc. for the program, which the department says was inspired by its state parks system's centennial anniversary year.
