We love to boondock, but sometimes our route brings us to areas without a lot of boondocking opportunities. While traveling up the west coast of California, we couldn’t skip one of the most infamous national parks, Alcatraz Island. However, due to it being the 4th-most-populous city in the United States, there was no public land. We chose to stay at Tradewinds RV Park in Vallejo. What to Expect at Tradewinds
We’ve crisscrossed the southwest several times, and like to stick to public land when we can. Sometimes, however, it’s nice to break up the boondocking with a paid campsite from time to time. While trekking from the Albuquerque Balloon Festival to overwinter a second time in Quartzite, we booked a few nights at the Bluewater Campground outside of Prewitt, New Mexico. Amenities at Bluewater Campground Bluewater Lake State Park is
We stayed at the Coronado Campground when leaving the Albuquerqueballoon Fiesta. A good place to recharge and recoop before heading on.
Free camping isn’t too hard to find. But free camping with hookups is a rare treat. Our first ever time hooking up was at such a place, but that only had electricity. Rodeo Campground in Lamesa, Texas has electricity and water! This is another example of us spending a little less time behind the camera, and we got no pictures of this location. Google did, though. About Rodeo Campground Calling
This was the second private campground we stayed at on our trip back to the West Coast. However, it wasn’t planned. After staying for a few nights with a few Boondockers Welcome hosts across North Carolina, we were looking forward to another one when trouble happened. As we mentioned once before in things don’t go smooth, driving a bus isn’t as easy as driving a compact car. Except this time,
While we stayed in the historic triangle of Virginia over the summer, we made our home base at Camp Cardinal RV Resort in Hayes, Virginia. Interested in everything we did in Virginia? Now you can download our itinerary for free! Like when we stayed at Resaca de la Palma, we workamped. This allowed us to stay for free in exchange for Mom working a few hours a week in the
While we were visiting Washington, DC, we wanted a place that was a little closer than Camp Cardinal. Lucky for us, we were able to get a spot at the Pohick Bay Regional Campground, in Lorton, Virginia! Unfortunately, we were so busy exploring Washington, DC while we stayed here, that we didn’t spend much time here. We can say that the campground is clean, well-maintained, and very busy on the
We had a less then Stellar Experience staying at the Gunter Hill Campground outside Montgomery Alabama.
We stayed at Goliad State Park and Historic Site as our first stop after leaving our winter home of Resaca de la Palma State Park. Many pros to this site far outweighed the few cons we came across. As we’ve discussed many times, we love museums! Goliad State Park and Historic Site is a park and museum rolled into one! About the history The keystone of this park is the
On a little vacation from our stay at Resaca de la Palma State Park, we took a little side trip to Lake Casa Blanca State Park in Laredo, TX. This sprawling park, just outside of Laredo, Texas, is wrapped around the south end of Lake Casa Blanca. It hosts a small network of hiking and biking trails, as well as tons of day-use areas for fishing, swimming, boating, and more!