As on previous trips my husband has created a web page showing the passport and bonus stamps collected on this trip. Always fun for us to look back through for some great memories. Over the years...
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As on previous trips my husband has created a web page showing the passport and bonus stamps collected on this trip. Always fun for us to look back through for some great memories. Over the years...
Friday, October 24
Start: Las Cruces, NM
Finish: home - Tucson, AZ
After breakfast we drove into town to Apodaca Park to view New Mexico's Whispering Giant statue of Dineh by Peter Toth.
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Thursday, October 23
Start: Carrizozo, NM
Finish: Las Cruces, NM
Valley of Fires Recreation Area - Lava beds
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This year the...
Wednesday, October 22
Start : Espanola, NM
Finish: Valley of Fires Recreation Area (BLM), W of Carrizozo
We had started our trip in Santa Fe, can always find more to do, but time to head South...
No, I use nps.gov
This list breaks out the different types of sites. Looking through the list I've been to all in the Lower 48, Hawaii and 7 out of 16 in Alaska. Looking back over the list it...
Tuesday, October 21
Start: Walsenburg, CO
Finish: Espanola, NM
Nice treat for breakfast, there is a golf course at Lathrop Park SP with a restaurant where we enjoyed a nice hot meal. The skies...
401 is valid for NPS administered sites which includes parks, monuments, historic, etc. The 2 new sites are administered by USFS, which we also visit, as well as those administered by BLM & Fish &...
There are 372 sites administered by the National Park Service in the Lower 48 which I have now visited. I have also been to all of the sites in Hawaii and nine in Alaska. There are a total of 401 NPS...
Monday, October 20
Start: Hasty, CO
Finish: Lathrop Park State Park, near Walsenburg, CO
Mornings are getting cooler, 38 degrees this morning, even though days are in the upper 70s. With a...
Several factors caused us to miss such important stops in Hutchison, KS;
1. Cell service was excellent in KS, better than 1995.
2. Our plain white van does not attract much attention.
3. Food...
Sunday, October 19
Start: Fall River, KS
Finish: John Martin Reservoir State Park, near Hasty, CO
You know you are driving the back roads of Kansas on a Sunday morning when it took over two...
To glc- our travels plans are so fluid we seldom know where we wil be the next day and never have a thought of time. Would have been fun to meet at Neosho NFH.
-Pat
Saturday, October 18
Start: Greenfield, MO
Finish: Damsite campground (AC), near Fall River, KS
Our first stop of the day was at George Washington Carver National Monument, near Joplin, MO. He...
Donna,
Thanks for the clarification - I edited the post to make the correction. We noticed the repetition as we crossed the state. What was confusing is they also have the standard blue & yellow...
Thursday, October 16
Start: Albion, IL
Finish: Upper Peoples Creek campground (AC), Wappapello, MO
Left Albion by noon heading west on I-64, then south on I- 57. At Rend Lake we took IL 154...
Saturday, October 11
Start: Bluestone State Park, WV
Finish: Grayson Lake State Park, S of Grayson, KY
Glad there were no trees overhead as it rained off and on through the night. Luckily it was...
Thursday, October 9
Start: Carolina Hemlock campground (USFS), near Micaville, NC
Finish: Rocky Knob campground (NPS), mp 170 in VA on Blue Ridge Parkway
Great morning in camp, including a very...
Tuesday, October 7
Start: Elkmont campground, Great Smoky Mountain NP
Finish: Davidson River campground (USFS), Brevard, NC
Rained most of the night, slept (or tried to) with a persistent 'tip...
Friday - Saturday, October 3-4
Start & Finish: Kingston, TN
On Saturday we drove to Fall Creek Falls State Park, near Pikeville, Tn. This another beautiful state park with well-developed...
Thursday October 2
Start: Fort Payne, AL
Finish: Kingston, TN
Excellent sleeping weather up on the ridge in DeSoto State Park. This is a state park that has a lodge and restaurant, we find the...
Wednesday, October 1
Start: Florence, AL
Finish: DeSoto State Park, AL - near Fort Payne, AL
Another fairly quiet night along the Tennessee River, a few trains through the night. The quest...
Tuesday, September 30
Start & Finish: Florence, AL
Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area - our plan today was to visit as many of the sites we could today. It was a navigator's nightmare, I ended...
Sunday, September 28
Start: N of Dumas, AR
Finish: Tishomingo State Park, Tishomingo, MS
Cooled off nicely for sleeping, lower 60s. Pleasant morning in camp and at Arkansas Post National...
Friday, September 26
Start & Finish: Tyler Bend Campground, Buffalo National River (NPS)
Woke to an overcast sky, but a clear forecast. By the end of the day it was reaching 90 degrees. After a...
Wednesday, September 24
Start: El Reno, OK
Finish: Devil's Den State Park, near Wilson, AR
The El Reno Lake campground was a good deal, however it was a bit too close to I-40. It wasn't too...
