Category: Camping Destinations
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Heading to the Last Frontier – Day 3 on the Alaska Highway…
On our third day we traveled up the highway, starting toward Whitehorse, a town of nearly 30,000 people in Yukon Territory. The road from Teslin to Whitehorse was in decent shape and isn’t too challenging to drive because it doesn’t have a lot of tight curves to navigate.
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Heading to the Last Frontier – First 2 Days on the Alaska Highway
We left Dawson Creek early in the morning after buying some last-minute supplies the night before, knowing that towns would be few and far between the further we got up the highway. The first few hundred miles are in pretty good shape without a lot of challenging curves right up through Fort Nelson, BC.
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Heading to the Last Frontier – Driving the Alaska Highway
We’re getting ready to embark on a trip up the Alaska Highway to visit America’s last frontier. Check back for updates on our travels.
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Back from the Southwest – Visiting 4 Texas and New Mexico National Parks – Part 2
Carlsbad Caverns & Big Bend National Parks – Continuing our Trip After visiting White Sands and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks we traveled on to visit two more parks, Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico and Big Bend in Texas. Click here to view Part 1. Carlsbad Caverns National Park While staying at Guadalupe Mountains National Park…
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Back from the Southwest – Visiting 4 Texas and New Mexico National Parks – Part 1
Experiencing White Sands & Guadalupe Mountains National Parks It’s been a while since we got back (Spent the past month getting our house prepped to sell.) and I thought I’d share some of our experiences on our trip from the frozen tundra of Minnesota to sunny Texas and New Mexico back in March. We enjoyed…
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Marching to Warmth – 4 National Parks in New Mexico & Texas
Early Season Trip Gives a Chance to Try a Few New Upgrades & See Big Bend, Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns & White Sands National Parks It takes a long time for Minnesota to thaw out even when temperatures get into the 70s. We’ll be heading south and as long as no government shutdown interferes we’ll…
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A Great Place to Camp – Bear Head Lake State Park in Northern Minnesota
Bear Head Lake State Park is located in Minnesota’s Iron Range, not far from Lake Vermilion and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. In fact the park offers a kind of “Boundary Waters Light” in that although motors are allowed in the lake it has a 10 mph speed limit and outside of a boat…
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Great Hikes in Yellowstone National Park: Sevenmile Hole
The challenging hike into the canyon to Sevenmile Hole offers a chance to get to see some backcountry thermal areas and to get immersed in the colors and sights of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
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Guide to Camping in Yellowstone National Park Available Now
Plan your trip to Yellowstone with our guide to the park for campers. Get the most out of your vacation in the world’s first national park!
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Yellowstone Campground Update 2024
Yellowstone should start to get back to normal after the 2022 floods devastated much of the northern part of the park, causing road closures and several campgrounds to be closed for much of the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
