The drive from Lincoln National Forest to Joshua Tree National Park in California would have been a really L-O-N-G drive, so we had decided while planning this trip that we would stay in a hotel in Phoenix for one night to cut the drive in two. We also chose Phoenix because it had one of […]
Lincoln National Forest
Where in the US is Geoffrey the Giraffe? Have you figured it out yet? We were in Lincoln National Forest near Cloudcroft, New Mexico. We set up camp in the Apache Campground, which is the best area to camp if you want to be more secluded (so long as you don’t mind the eerie howling […]
Carlsbad Caverns
We have started our Great American Road Trip, 5,000 miles of the Western United States. Call us crazy but we are tent-camping (no fancies here, not even running water in some spots) with our 3 1/2 year-old to some of the National Forests and Parks from Texas to California and Utah for 3 1/2 weeks. […]
Texas State Railroad Trip and Camping
It’s Spring Break in our area, and we decided to take a little trip. Our first official camping trip as a family. This trip was actually a bunch of “firsts” for Luke: first camping trip, first steam locomotive ride, and of course, first campfire with smores. I made reservations back in January for the Texas […]