Monthly Archives: August 2011

The majority of the campgrounds allow you to make reservations but with 4 days in advance only. Which is not great for us because we like to improvise or check out the campground before making the decision to where we stay. The good thing is that in this area there are campgrounds with have of … Continue reading »

We camped in Camp Hale were a militar division was trained for World War II. The only division that has ever been trained for cold weather, ski, climb. Marks post in his facebook “Camp Hale info. 14,500 soldiers were trained there for winter warfare along with 5000 mules and 200 dogs. 990 soldiers were killed … Continue reading »

Here are some of my favorite recent pictures and some back story.   Camping along the Mississippi was one of the unexpected highlights of the trip.  The weather was great, the campground was quiet and we had a fantastic spot.  I was sitting outside the motorhome when I took this picture.   The “bird” was … Continue reading »

We stayed one day in Buena Vista at a private campground named KOA. The KOA campgrounds are kind of the best of the private ones and they are little more expensive too. They are family oriented. The people at this campground were very nice. They had horses which the dogs smelled when we were pulling … Continue reading »