• Campsites,  Cities,  State Park

    New Orleans

    February 27, 2023 /

    When it finally came time to begin our journey back west, I started planning our route through the south. Being on the Gulf Coast, I knew New Orleans would be a place we would want to visit. I looked over the map and the calendar. We planned to leave Alabama on Sunday, February 19th. I noticed the following Wednesday was labeled “Ash Wednesday,” the start of lent. But if Ash Wednesday is on the 22nd, that means Fat Tuesday is the 21st, so the Bellers are going to Mardi Gras. We camped on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain, at Fairview-Riverside State Park. New Orleans is located on the south…

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  • Equipment

    Finding Our Rig

    October 2, 2022 /

    In the summer of 2022, when we decided to give #RVLife a try, we owned neither an RV nor a truck capable of towing. The only two vehicles I had ever owned were SUVs, and I had only a handful of experience towing things of any kind. I towed our Kia behind a U-haul when we moved from Denver back to Sacramento, and I towed a travel trailer briefly during a recent trip to Alaska. Aside from that, the occasional small cargo trailer or boat, but even then I often handed off driving duties when backing became necessary. Christy drove a Chevy Cruze, a compact sedan intended as a commuter…

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  • Boondocking,  Campsites,  Equipment

    Mt Elbert Forebay

    September 30, 2022 /

    After a quick night at Clear Creek Reservoir, we headed back to the Twin Lakes area to find a more scenic campsite. By noon on Sunday, most of the campers had packed up and left. Despite numerous available campsites, we were hoping to take the place of the Sprinter van who had beat us to a spot by mere seconds around sunset the night before. When we arrived to the location, we were disappointed to see the Sprinter van still parked in the site. We pulled into a gravel lot just down the road. It had several rough dirt roads leading to additional campsites, but two RV’s occupied what seemed…

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  • Campsites,  Thousand Trails

    Blue Mesa

    September 25, 2022 /

    Blue Mesa Recreation Ranch was our first big destination in Colorado. It is full hookup RV park near Gunnison, Colorado and was a recent addition to Thousand Trails southwest region. It was a great place to relax and not have yo think so much about power and water. Gunnison was also a central point where old friends of ours were hunting. It gave us the opportunity to meet up and spend a few days hanging out.

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