Livingston, MT 9/13/12

Since we required a shower (W/H on the blink) we altered course and stayed at the Rock Canyon RV Park, just south of Livingston, MT.  Mistake-  expensive ($74 for 2 nights)-  should have stayed on Hwy 12.  Pretty setting on the Yellowstone River, but the park is small and   crowded.  Neat paved walking trail across the highway for dog walking.

Hoisington KS, 9/24/12

Well, its Kansas.  Outstanding ATT 4G connection as well as Verizon.  Zippin' around the Interwebz, for sure.

 We are staying at the Hoisington RV Park, which is actually the edge of the parking lot behind the Hoisington Recreation Center.  Perfectly servicable for all that.  50 amp electric and water hook-ups for $15.  Hoisington has a grocery store and a Mexican restaurant-  what more could you ask for?

Gothenburg, NE 9/19/12

Another little gem of a park.  City-owned Lafayette park, full of huge old cottonwoods and just a handful of people.

30 amp power (but we were able to tap both receptacles on the power pedestal) water and a dump for $15 night.  Hot showers were extra nice.  Great walking trails around Lake Helen.

The town was charming as well-  an outstanding stop along I-80.

Badlands National Park, 9/16/12

Amazing beauty in this park.

The campground leaves something to be desired.  No campsites per se, just  electrical boxes by the side of the campground road.  50 amps but no water, dump but no sewer, no showers.  $14 night with the Access Pass-  $28 would be excessive!

Very few of the campsites with power are oriented toward the view.

Beavertail Hill SP, MT 9/11/2012

Pretty park, but a little disappointing.  $25 for 50 amp electric, but no water, showers or dump.    Since our water heater is on the blink again, the NO SHOWERS thing is a problem.  Especially when our next stop will not have showers either and our fresh water tank is low...  Better planning needed.

Back to TX- first stop: Fairchild AFB 9/9/2012

Starting back to Texas -  we make it to Spokane and the Fam Camp at Fairchild.  $17/day, $100/wk.  Basic sort of campground, but a super nice camp host & hostess.  VERY windy.  We stay 2 days.

Belfair- the Case's backyard 7/28- 9/8/2012

We spend the month of August at friend Liz's place.  They are volunteering for the summer at the BSA camp, so nobody's home and we are here in the woods by ourselves, mostly-  just our cuppa tea!  Cellular reception sucks, but with a tall enough antenna...

While we're here, we replace the old torn canopy fabric-  not as hard as I'd feared.  Also work on the generator, not completely successfully, but at least we're ready to get underway again.

Fort Warden SP, Pt Townsend WA 5/1-8/1-2012

We are here for a 3 month volunteer stint at the Guardhouse giftshop and information center.  Our campsite is an old concrete slab next to the host site at the upper campground.  Wonderful!  Other volunteers are stuck in the ranger's backyard and various places-  we've lucked out.

Pacific Beach Conference Center, WA coast 4/15/2012

We stayed here until we were able to move on up to our volunteer gig at Fort Worden.

Surprisingly junky for a military facility, but nearly deserted during the week.  Weekends fill up fast.  $18/weekdays, $20 weekends for water and 30 amp.  Not a bargain but we enjoyed our stay here.

 Gave Moya a good wash and renewed the Red Max Pro-  she gleams!

Deschutes SRA, Biggs Oregon 4/14/2012

Unexpectedly verdant state park on the Deschutes just where it joins the Columbia.  Crowded for April, but not that far from Portland, so I guess its not unexpected. $16 off season, W/E.  Sites are small and crowded.

Caldwell ID -Caldwell Campground 4/12/2012

A semi-junky full-time park with a few transient sites.  Worked fine for an overnight, with great internet signal on both our ATT 4G and Verizon.  $23, full hook-ups

Snowville, Utah & Lottie Dell Campground 4/11/2012

Here's an oddity.  Just a bunch of gravel pull-throughs in a flat field.  Nobody home at the office, so you just leave your money in an envelope.  A decent laundromat at the office, which I really need to use.

One night is plenty- $21 full 30amp hookups, with Escapees discount.  Noting that later reviews REALLY liked this campground-  huh.

Little America, Wyoming

Yes, we have to boondock a night at Little America.  Free and worth it!

Fort Warren AFB , Cheyenne WY 4/8/2012

Outstanding little Fam Camp here at the Fort Warren Air Force Base-  electric only at this season but just $10/night.  Lovely cottonwoods and a herd of antelope that wanders around.

This base has hundreds of brick buildings dating to the late 19th and early 20th century.  Amazing!

Walsenburg CO and Lathrop SP 4/2/2012

Sprinting north to get to Walsenburg-  the weather forecast is changing from warm and dry to cold with precip.  The first campground we head for is still closed for the season, so we head back south to try Lathrop State Park.  We have the wind at our backs and Moya really scoots!

Stunning park, all but deserted.  We get 6" of snow during the night and next morning-  so glad we were tucked safe and warm in our campsite!

Amazing view of the Spanish Peaks-  I take dozens of pix

We end up staying about a week-  when people start to fill up the campground we leave.   Expensive at $27.night for electric only, but incomparable views.  We enjoy Walsenburg as well.

Santa Rosa SP, New Mexico 4/1/2012

There was a lake around somewhere, but we couldn't see it.

Very nice state park, with an odd system of reserved vs walk-in sites.  Warm and dry, with a wonderful scent of juniper on the breeze.  $21/night, electric only.

Looking at the Property in Cornudas, and on to Fort Bliss

After leaving Balmorrhea, we toodle on up to get our first look at the 10 acre property in Antelope Acres Estates in Cornudas.

Pleasantly surprised-  we actually have a nice view of the Guadeloupe Mountains.  We have a little scraped-out driveway along the edge of the property and the typical ocotillo/greasewood stuff.  No prickly pear.
We eat brunch at May's Cafe-  good food and a sweet, chatty waitress.

We decided to go on to El Paso rather than overnight at the property,  and we stay at Fort Bliss Fam Camp.  $18/night for full hook-ups, but they would have given us a 50% discount if I'd had the Federal Access Pass.  Packed in like sardines, but this is a highly regarded park.  We stay 2 days.

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Balmorrhea SP, Texas 3/28/2012

This is a gorgeous park in south west Texas, with a famous spring-fed CCC built rock pool which was sadly closed while we were there.

Splendid scenic backdrop of the Davis Mountains.  Beautifully designed concrete pads and adobe shelters- Texas state parks rock!  $14/night plus we got a free night, W/E only.

We spent 4 nights here and we will definitely be back.

Made a day trip to Fort Davis Nat Park-  more wonderful scenery and an interesting stop at a gen-u-ine Reptile Museum.

Trippin' North 3/27/2012

Well, it's time to start ambling north and west to our eventual volunteer gig at Fort Worden SP in Port Townsend. As it turns out this is a FABULOUS spring to motor through south Texas-  the wildflowers are simply amazing after a wet spring.

Our first night is spent at the Air Force Fam Camp at Lake Amistad,  Del Rio Texas.   Very inexpensive at $10 for 50amp hookups but rather barren and austere.  Very helpful hosts, but we only spend one night.

Before we leave CC....

We have the motor home engine tweaked at last-  she seems to be running well, but now we need new rear tires and rear shocks.  Tooling Moya around in Corpus Christi traffic is SUCH fun!

 As it turns out, the shocks Bill bought are incorrect, so we have to go back home and wait for the tire place to order the right ones

They have a miserable time getting the old ones off- takes the entire day.

 $1300 later, we are...

IB Magee County Park, Port Aransas TX 2/9/2012 to 3/9/2012

We spend a month here at this great park just off the beach on Mustang Island, 2/9/2012 to 3/9/2012.  $450/mo for water and electric.

The weather gets very damp and foggy as the month goes on, but its still a nifty place to spend the early spring.  Not sure if we want to do much boondocking on the beach-  everything is very salty here.

We head back to NAS CC to finish out the month of March.

And back we go to NAS Corpus Christi.

After Choke Canyon, we wend our way back to the Navy Base in CC.  Unfortunately, they can only find us a spot for 3 weeks, and then we'll need to find somewhere else.

As it turns out, we end up parked in the worst site in Shield's Park, next to a certified Crazy Lady, her huge dog, 2 teenage kids and a husband in a 14 foot pop-up trailer.  Leaving doesn't seem so bad after all!

While we're here, we pull out the old carpet and lay new Armstrong Snap-Lock vinyl plank flooring throughout the coach-  about $400.