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CG Pics, 8 weeks no reservations, IL-AZ/UT/CO/NM-IL

Snowman9000
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Explorer
I know I always get a kick out of trip reports, especially if they are more pictures than words. We are doing a trip in summer with no advance reservations. So far so good, I hope I don't jinx it now.

May 4: Wal-Mart parking lot, Cameron MO. There was some kind of city or county CG down the road, but we decided to do our first Wallydocking. It went fine. Cost $0

May 5: Kingman State Fishing Lake campground in Kingman, KS. It’s a nice place to spend the night, and just off the road. Cost $0


May 6: Ute State Park, Logan, NM. W/E hookups. Cost $14. Sorry, no photo.

May 7: Had to detour a bit to stop at an RV dealership. Albuquerque Central KOA. Cost $55 with tax. We wondered what a budget hotel room would have been, lol. No photo.
Currently RV-less but not done yet.
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-Lqdskier
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Explorer
These are the best posts. RVing at its finest.

Bionic_Man
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Explorer
Sounds like a great adventure.
2012 RAM 3500 Laramie Longhorn DRW CC 4x4 Max Tow, Cummins HO, 60 gallon RDS aux fuel tank, Reese 18k Elite hitch
2003 Dodge Ram 3500 QC SB 4x4 Cummins HO NV5600 with Smarty JR, Jacobs EB (sold)
2002 Gulf Stream Sea Hawk 29FRB with Honda EV6010

pnichols
Explorer II
Explorer II
You can also find plenty of campsites without reservations when camping in places and at times that other campers don't care for.

We once went RV-ing across the U.S. back to the East Coast from CA, using the Southern Route in July and August. Hotter than blazes and wetter than the Congo - but we had campgrounds and campsites to ourselves with no reservations. We also had good air conditioning and generator systems!!

Free as a bird campsite-wise on a multi-thousand mile trip ... but we'll NEVER DO IT AGAIN on that route at that time of the year.
2005 E450 Itasca 24V Class C

Snowman9000
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Explorer
May 17-18: Lynx Lake NFS CG, Prescott, AZ. This was Wednesday and Thursday. Not first come first served, but there were openings. All sites were booked for the weekend, though. Cost $18 x 2 nights. Would have been half of that if we had already bought our America The Beautiful Pass. Bought it in town after we already paid.

Free dump station at Affinity RV by the Fry's grocery store. Bought LP from them for only $1.60/gallon, which I think is cheap.

Campsite, and Lake pics.



Currently RV-less but not done yet.

Lwiddis
Explorer II
Explorer II
Great photos!
Winnebago 2101DS TT & 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 LTZ Z71, WindyNation 300 watt solar-Lossigy 200 AH Lithium battery. Prefer boondocking, USFS, COE, BLM, NPS, TVA, state camps. Bicyclist. 14 yr. Army -11B40 then 11A - (MOS 1542 & 1560) IOBC & IOAC grad

Snowman9000
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Explorer
May 8: Veterans Memorial park at the south end of Lordsburg NM, right off I-10. Cost: $0

It has lots of campsites, but we were the only ones there.



5/9 - 5/15: Visiting relatives at their house. Then heading for the general direction of Grand Canyon...

5/16: Picacho Peak SP on I-10 in AZ. Cost was $20, "negotiated" down from $30 because the showers and dump station were out of order. Very few campers present. Sunrise photo:

Currently RV-less but not done yet.