17 Things I Love About Catalina State Park

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We stayed at Catalina State Park in Tucson, Arizona, last year in January, and enjoyed our stay so much that we decided to return again this year. Here is a list of 17 things that I love about Catalina State Park. The campground is on the west-north-west side of the stunningly beautiful Catalina Mountains. To the north of the campgrounds, the hills are covered with different types of … [Read more...]

A Week at McDonald Creek

McDonald Creek Provincial Park

After getting the new inverter and solar panels on our 5th wheel installed, we decided the best place to test the system out would be at McDonald Creek Provincial Park in British Columbia's West Kootenays. If you've done any camping in B.C.'s interior provincial parks, you know that means NO hook-ups --- no electricity, water or sewer --- at the site. At McDonald Creek they go that 'extra … [Read more...]

10,262.2 Kilometer Road Trip

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On May 14th, we left Penticton for Lakeview, Ohio to pick up our new trailer. As Lakeview is a mere 8-hour drive from my mother's place in Toronto, we made that our ultimate destination. On the way eastbound, (before we had the trailer), we overnighted in and saw places around: Spokane, Washington (pics) Butte, Montana (pics) Sheridan, Wyoming (pics) The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South … [Read more...]

Antelope Island State Park: Almost Heaven

The sign that greeted our arrival at the entrance to Antelope Island State Park near Layton, Utah was "the biting gnats are bad". Equipped with various forms of deet, we were not to be deterred from visiting. After a month on the road, we were ready for a 'real vacation' --- time to kick back, walk, hike, play in the water, read a book and do a little writing. I absolutely love wide open quiet … [Read more...]

See You in the Next Zip Code

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I was out taking pictures of the approaching cumulonimbus (thunder) clouds against a scenic mountain backdrop at the KOA in Rock Springs, Wyoming; with the lyrics of Cheap Trick's "Rock 'n Roll" Tonight" running through my brain when a single drop of rain hit my face. A second later, the wind picked up and the dust started to swirl. My spidey sense (and meteorological training) told me there was … [Read more...]