Adventure Buddies

We heard from many people that we should visit this national park. We decided to make the few day stop since we were only a few short hours away.

Before we arrived at the campgrounds, we always put the address in a special GPS system for trucks/RV’s. We have a 13 foot RV and we have to make sure that we can get through areas with passes and bridges. When we put in the address we found online to get us to the campground, the address was wrong. We were on the west side of the park and the location we needed to be at was on the east side. We spent an additional 50 minutes traveling through the park to get to our destination.

We knew this place would be super hot and there was no pool. We warned the kids of no pool. The place we just left had the best pool and outdoor area. We also knew that we’d be in the car often and not exploring as much on trials. The first night we arrived, there was sooo much sand and the wind was blowing like crazy. We couldn’t even open our slide outs in our coach because it was blowing so bad. The property owners suggested to take a ride to the nearest town for some exciting places to eat and for entertainment. We drove 28 miles to a town that literally had nothing. Everyone in the town looked as if they were having a year long garage sale in their front yard. There was one gas station with one pump and a very small sub shop that was run down. We turned the Yukon around and headed back.

That night we slept horrible due to the wind and crazy weather. We had beautiful views out our window, but couldn’t get outside because of all the sand. When we woke up the next morning, we all had sand everywhere. The wind had stopped, but the sand was ALL OVER! Trying to take a dog to the bathroom in a sandstorm is also no fun! We had to put boots on Lucy each time she walked outside due to all the cactus and plants that ended up in her fur and feet.

The campground had a beautiful river walk that we enjoyed each evening when it wasn’t so hot and the wind wasn’t crazy. We also spent each calm evening having a fire and riding bikes.

One of our favorite things to do is to have a campfire. The girls love to make hot tea by the fire each evening on cool nights. We saw some of the best stars each evening.

These tumbleweeds were everywhere and would just fly through the campground. They were huge and would blow all over. On the night it was so windy, these were everywhere and some were at least 10 feet in the air floating. It was something we’d never witnessed before. We were excited for the next few days and hopefully no more wind.