Video: Guide to California State Parks
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Fossil Falls Campground
Little Lake, CA
2170 days ago
Sloopygirl 15 reviews
"Great BLM Campground"
This campground is just about a mile or so off Route 395 in California. Easy access and was not crowded at all when I was there. There are large sites for larger RVs and an area for vans, truck campers or cars. A hike to the falls is a definite...
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Crowley Lake Campground
Mammoth Lakes, CA
2177 days ago
Sloopygirl 15 reviews
"Great BLM campground"
This campground was sparsely populated when I was here, probably because of the weather - windy and cold with rain! The sites are nicely separated from each other, some are pull-thru and others are back-in. There are clean vault toilets,...
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Goodale Creek Campground
Independence, CA
2177 days ago
Sloopygirl 15 reviews
"Great little BLM campground off Route 395"
This seems to be a little-used campground, but for seniors or disabled who can camp for half price, it's a deal. It's far enough off the beaten track that there isn't any noise. Drinking water is available, as well as trash disposal and vault...
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Storrie Lake State Park
Las Vegas, NM
2469 days ago
Sloopygirl 15 reviews
"Never again."
Camp host allowed horribly LOUD music one night for 5 hours, claims he told them to turn it down. Also, same people were allowing foam plates and plastic bags to blow into the lake. Other end of campground better, but the locals have taken over...
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Sandpitch Campground
Manti, UT
2785 days ago
Sloopygirl 15 reviews
Stayed only one night - too crowded! Pretty setting though.
Goose Island Campground
Moab, UT
2993 days ago
Sloopygirl 15 reviews
"Great place"
Wonderful - stayed there two different times last summer. Half price with national pass, so it makes it very affordable. Check my blog for further info and a photo of my campsite. ...
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Land Cruising Adventure: El Vado State Park | New Mexico
I wasn't sure I was going to like this state park, but the scenery is great! I really enjoyed my stay here, but I sure was missing trees for shade. And the internet - there's basically no sign...
Land Cruising Adventure: Tetilla Peak Corps of Engineers | Cochiti | New Mexico
For some reason, the Rio Grande River is very muddy at this point. This area has a campground that's spacious and is miles from civilization. It looks like the river is low at this...
Land Cruising Adventure: Caballo Lake State Park | New Mexico
This is a great scene not too far from where I was camped. During the weekend, this area is packed with tents, trailers and lots of people. I love the water and there are so many p...
Land Cruising Adventure: City of Rocks State Park | New Mexico
City of Rocks is an amazing area that was created by a volcano centuries ago. The area surrounding the rocks is a flat meadow area. All the rocks are amazingly unique, I love the ones with...
Land Cruising Adventure: Snow Canyon State Park | Utah
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Land Cruising Adventure: Red Canyon | Utah
If you're headed to Bryce Canyon National Park from the west, you will pass through the Red Canyon. Before you get to the Red Canyon, you're driving through nice green meadows with patches of tr...
Land Cruising Adventure: City of Rocks State Park | New Mexico
Sometime way back about 40 million years ago, there was a volcanic eruption in area of the southwest corner of what is now New Mexico. This was the first step in producing what is now called th...
Land Cruising Adventure: Heron Lake State Park | New Mexico
Ospreys are in the southwest as well as places like Florida - I was surprised to find them here. I found a nest that I was able to photograph, after waiting patiently. She then "flew the coo...
Land Cruising Adventure: Eagle Nest State Park | New Mexico
Mornings are pretty here and I have been out taking hikes in different areas of the lake. This is a white pelican and he has black on his wings that you only see when he's flying. I have mad...
Land Cruising Adventure: Sugarite Canyon State Park | New Mexico
Sugarite Canyon State Park is outside the town of Raton in northeast New Mexico. It's really not that far out, but worlds away from the interstate and the town. It's a canyon, which means on ea...
Land Cruising Adventure: Clayton Lake State Park | New Mexico
This is Clayton Lake, and to the right are what's left of old cottonwood trees that were alive before they started building the dam. This is the type of land that I drove by to get to...
Land Cruising Adventure: Palo Duro Canyon State Park | Texas
Palo Duro Canyon has been compared to the Grand Canyon by some people. The big difference is that you're down among the rock formations, instead of standing on the rim. There isn't really a rim...
Land Cruising Adventure: Convict Lake | Crowley Lake | BLM | California
This was my first glimpse of Convict Lake in California. Supposedly, the name was given to this lake when convicts were found hiding in the area. Unfortunately, the weather was not c...
Land Cruising Adventure: Cathedral Gorge State Park | Nevada
On the way to the Cathedral Gorge State Park I passed a road that takes travelers to an overlook. As far as I know, it is outside the state park, but impressive. This area is just south of Pio...
Land Cruising Adventure: Sacramento Pass BLM Campground | Nevada
Most BLM campgrounds are wonderful, this was in the middle of almost nowhere, right off Route 50 in Nevada. And it is free! The little pond makes it interesting and that's my 5th wheel just bey...
Land Cruising Adventure: A'Le'Inn | Rachel | Nevada
This is the only sign I have seen for this highway, although it is marked as such on both my maps. There are no gas stations for many miles in either direction. When I turned onto this road, t...
Land Cruising Adventure: Nebo Loop | Ponderosa Campground | Nephi | Utah
From Nevada, I landed in Nephi, Utah. There is a great scenic drive nearby, these are some of the sights I saw on the trip around. Below is the Devil's Kitchen - you have to walk down a short t...
Land Cruising Adventure: Devil's Canyon Campground | Wilson's Arch | Utah
On one of my morning hikes, I noticed a few deer in the distance and as I kept sneaking up on them, noticed this one just sitting calmly among the others. I kept sneaking up on her, taking phot...
Land Cruising Adventure: Thompson Springs | Utah
Antelope! They seem to wander around near the train tracks in this little community. They were a little shy, but they did pose long enough for me to get this shot. This hotel has seen it's best...
Land Cruising Adventure: Strawberry Reservoir | Utah
This is a very small area of the Strawberry Reservoir. For those who are curious, I never saw any strawberries growing around here. There are 7 campgrounds scattered around this part of the la...
Land Cruising Adventure: Mud Creek | BLM | Utah
This is my view of some of my neighbors after a storm that included 3 episodes of hail and lots of rain. The storm lasted until late in the evening, but even before that, my site was full of mu...
Land Cruising Adventure: Forest Fires | Soldier Creek Forest Service Campground | Utah
Soldier Creek Campground belongs to the Forest Service, it is part of the Strawberry Reservoir but it took about 12 miles to get to the this side. It's a very nice campground, and I had a really s...
Land Cruising Adventure: Nebo Loop | Ponderosa Campground | Nephi | Utah
From Nevada, I landed in Nephi, Utah. There is a great scenic drive nearby, these are some of the sights I saw on the trip around. Below is the Devil's Kitchen - you have to walk down a short t...
Land Cruising Adventure: Ely | Ward Mountain Forest Service Campground | Nevada
Ely is proud of their murals, there are quite a few. The one above shows the railroad being built and the one below shows the Ward Charcoal Ovens, located just outside the town about 10 miles. Th...
Land Cruising Adventure: Illipah Reservoir BLM Campground | Nevada
Bureau of Land Management does a great job with campgrounds. This one is easy to find, just a mile or so off Route 50, which claims to be the "loneliest road in America". The campgro...
Land Cruising Adventure: Pioche | Nevada
Pioche is a very small town, no stop lights, no grocery store and very little traffic. But, they appreciate RV people so much that they have set aside a free campground for them, even though th...
Land Cruising Adventure: Oasis State Park | Portales | New Mexico
This is where I spent the Labor Day holiday weekend. It was a nice quiet park with prairies all around. This next shot is my campsite, actually only half of it because it was so shaded at that...
Land Cruising Adventure: Tuttle Creek Camp | BLM | Alabama Hills | California
Tuttle Creek is a BLM (Bureau of Land Management) campground about 5 miles from Lone Pine on Route 395 in California. It's a nice campground, but the spots are not very spacious and the two I tr...
Land Cruising Adventure: Sawtooth Canyon Campground | BLM | Barstow | California
Sawtooth Canyon Campground | BLM | Barstow | California This was my campsite at Sawtooth Campground, a BLM camp as well as a destinatio...
Land Cruising Adventure: Fossil Falls | BLM Campground | California
This is a small campground right off Route 395 in the Eastern Sierra Mountains in California. Volcanic rock and typical desert flora make up the scenery, as well as the mountains off in the dist...
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Land Cruising Adventure: Goodale Creek Campground | BLM | California
This was a very scenic campground, snow dusting all the mountains. Another nice BLM campground, but at least when I was there, not many campers. Snow was all over the mountain peaks, but d...
Land Cruising Adventure: Las Vegas | New Mexico | Storrie Lake State Park
This was my view at Storrie Lake State Park. It was a nice view - most of the time...... I'll come back to that later. While I was exploring the town, I found some interesting old buildings,...
Land Cruising Adventure: McPhee Reservoir, Colorado
McPhee Reservoir, Colorado I wish I could say that the above photo was the scene out my window, but it's only a short walk away. I've bee...
Land Cruising Adventure: Scenery around Moab Utah
This photo, and the one below, are my views where I've been staying in Moab. It's on BLM land, no hookups, but the scenery is spectacular. I have no idea how high this wall is, but it's across th...
Land Cruising Adventure: Fruita, Utah - Capitol Reef National Park
Fruita, Utah - Capitol Reef National Park Back in the 1880s, a few Mormon settlers moved into the canyon in the area that is now the campg...
Land Cruising Adventure: Return to Moab
After a visit to Capitol Reef National Park and a short stopover in a little town off Interstate 70, I came back to Moab to relax before heading to Albuquerque, New Mexico to meet up with a few ot...
Land Cruising Adventure: Leasburg Dam State Park, New Mexico
I spent most of last summer exploring quite a few of the state parks in New Mexico. Leasburg Dam was one I missed, so I stopped here this year on my way through. This park is easy to find, very...
Land Cruising Adventure: Quartzsite, Arizona | Camping in the Desert
I came to Quartzsite because of a propane leak and I knew the RV season here would be ending and the fix-it guys would have time to deal with it. I made contact with one of them before I left Tu...
Land Cruising Adventure: Lake Mead National Recreation Area
After some of the weather calmed down from the wind and rain, we had a few days of bright sunny days before more bad weather set in. Of course, I set out wandering around with my camera. I fou...
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