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Food Storage Tips for campers
While the following food storage tips target RV campers, with some adjustment, they should be good for all campers. The bottomline is safe food storage for all. While the following food storage tips target RV campers, with some adjustment, they should be good for all campers. The bottomline is safe food storage for all. Cool Read More >>
Magnificient Ponderosa pine
There are few trees, IMHO, more beautiful than the Ponderosa pine. I have read the Ponderosa pine outlines the “real” American West. If you’re driving through the high desert of the Southwest, the towering mountains of Colorado, or watching an old episode of Bonanza on tv, the tree youare most likely seeing is the Ponderosa Read More >>
Lovin’ Corinth cg
I met a man at the Louisville KOA who stays only in KOA Kampgrounds. I asked if he had every tried a national forest campground. He looked at me as if I had a second head and responded, “I need full hook-ups.” As I sit here in my spacious Corinth campground site, I send up Read More >>
Thoughts on national grasslands
I love national forests but national grasslands are special and unique unto them selves. Maybe it’s because they are so open and vast and empty. They are cris-crossed by barb wire fences so cattle can safely graze on the tall rippling grass, so maybe they aren’t really so open. And as to empty? Grasslands are Read More >>
Winter is beautiful but stay safe
Snow makes everything so beautiful. White puffy pillows of snow on on trees limbs around a pristine field fresh snow is the stuff of Christmas cards. It beckons cross-country skiers to children with visions of towering snowman alike. But all the beauty hids dangers. Snow and ice on roof-tops can fail and fall suddenly, causing Read More >>
Crosbyton, TX – Nice Surprise
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times – be open to unaspected surprises. Crosbyton, Texas, with its a little campground with full hook-ups located next to their city park was such a surprise. We were on our way home. According to my calculations, it would take several more days. That was okay Read More >>
My Essentials Drawer
It maybe deep into January, but our thoughts wander to preparations for this year’s national forest/camping adventures. Two things I like to do around this time is double check my first aid box and see if anything is missing in my “Essentials” drawer. What’s an “Essentials” drawer? Well, everyone has a “Junk Draw” in their Read More >>
Caddo National Grassland – a well-kept secret
Several years ago Fred and I made a wonderful discovery – West Crockett Lake campground in the Caddo (pronounced Cad-OH) National Grassland (NG). Located in north Texas, above Dallas and on the south side of Red River seems to be pretty much undiscovered. Developed in the 1930s, Lake Crockett was built to provide the area’s Read More >>
What you can’t see can hurt you
Recently, I read “What you can’t see, you can’t escape” in a motorcycling magazine. I took from this statement that whether a motorcyclist or driver of a recreational vehicle (RV), good mirrors and using them properly is a MUST. Although the statement was directed at motorcyclist, this is a good rule-of-thumb for all drivers, including Read More >>
In the Forest – Keeping dogs safe
We get at least one email a week asking, ” Can I have my dogs in national forests?” The resounding answer is *YES* but there are things you should do to keep your dog safe. Here are some tips we have gleamed from our years in national forests and grasslands. Keep your dog leashed. There Read More >>
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Food Storage Tips for campers
While the following food storage tips target RV campers, with some adjustment, they should be good for all campers. The bottomline is safe food storage for all. While the following food storage tips target RV campers, with some adjustment, they should be good for all campers. The bottomline is safe food storage for all. Cool Read More >>
Magnificient Ponderosa pine
There are few trees, IMHO, more beautiful than the Ponderosa pine. I have read the Ponderosa pine outlines the “real” American West. If you’re driving through the high desert of the Southwest, the towering mountains of Colorado, or watching an old episode of Bonanza on tv, the tree youare most likely seeing is the Ponderosa Read More >>
Lovin’ Corinth cg
I met a man at the Louisville KOA who stays only in KOA Kampgrounds. I asked if he had every tried a national forest campground. He looked at me as if I had a second head and responded, “I need full hook-ups.” As I sit here in my spacious Corinth campground site, I send up Read More >>
Thoughts on national grasslands
I love national forests but national grasslands are special and unique unto them selves. Maybe it’s because they are so open and vast and empty. They are cris-crossed by barb wire fences so cattle can safely graze on the tall rippling grass, so maybe they aren’t really so open. And as to empty? Grasslands are Read More >>
Winter is beautiful but stay safe
Snow makes everything so beautiful. White puffy pillows of snow on on trees limbs around a pristine field fresh snow is the stuff of Christmas cards. It beckons cross-country skiers to children with visions of towering snowman alike. But all the beauty hids dangers. Snow and ice on roof-tops can fail and fall suddenly, causing Read More >>
Crosbyton, TX – Nice Surprise
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times – be open to unaspected surprises. Crosbyton, Texas, with its a little campground with full hook-ups located next to their city park was such a surprise. We were on our way home. According to my calculations, it would take several more days. That was okay Read More >>
My Essentials Drawer
It maybe deep into January, but our thoughts wander to preparations for this year’s national forest/camping adventures. Two things I like to do around this time is double check my first aid box and see if anything is missing in my “Essentials” drawer. What’s an “Essentials” drawer? Well, everyone has a “Junk Draw” in their Read More >>
Caddo National Grassland – a well-kept secret
Several years ago Fred and I made a wonderful discovery – West Crockett Lake campground in the Caddo (pronounced Cad-OH) National Grassland (NG). Located in north Texas, above Dallas and on the south side of Red River seems to be pretty much undiscovered. Developed in the 1930s, Lake Crockett was built to provide the area’s Read More >>
What you can’t see can hurt you
Recently, I read “What you can’t see, you can’t escape” in a motorcycling magazine. I took from this statement that whether a motorcyclist or driver of a recreational vehicle (RV), good mirrors and using them properly is a MUST. Although the statement was directed at motorcyclist, this is a good rule-of-thumb for all drivers, including Read More >>
In the Forest – Keeping dogs safe
We get at least one email a week asking, ” Can I have my dogs in national forests?” The resounding answer is *YES* but there are things you should do to keep your dog safe. Here are some tips we have gleamed from our years in national forests and grasslands. Keep your dog leashed. There Read More >>
