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Re: Austin to Big Bend - Hill country stops
Using I-10, I have never stopped here, but have been tempted to do so, Caverns of Sonora, they say is a National Natural Landmark, a unique cave located 8 miles west of the town of Sonora, Texas, and a world-class cave. It does have camping as well. http://www.cavernsofsonora.com/ The Museum of Western Art near Kerrville is really good, a must see for sure if possible. http://museumofwesternart.com/ Should be easy to find RV sites as well. Used to be a state park by the river, but not a state park now. I found Cascade Caverns at Boerne to be extremely neat (my first cave) when I was about 12 or 13. Not sure how it would hold up now for me. An Old Post on Texas Hill County366Views0likes0CommentsRe: Looking for parks and things to do in New Mexico in October
Should be a very good time to visit in most places. Could be less good in a few, depends on weather, like anytime, anyplace. Higher elevations could be a problem if some weather pops up. Here's an old post on the Four Corner's Area613Views0likes0CommentsRe: Four Corners Area route advice
Four Corners in New Mexico: Not a lot of natural lakes, some private campgrounds would have pools. Can't help on those, never used them very often. Here's some things I throw out for you to pick from or not: Chaco Canyon is neat to see as well in New Mexico off US 550 from ABQ. Our Chaco Canyon Trip Part One in 2012. A hard one to get back into at times. Part Two Why we wanted to do the trip only in the pickup. One could see a good part in one day if get there early enough. If not in an RV. Shouldn't have trouble taking your Winnebago View on the road taking it easy on the rough sections. Chaco: Hikes & Information Ditto Some other ruins in the Aztec area as well. What To See Near Bloomfield/Aztec os Navajo Lake State Park, the second largest lake in the state, with multiple campgrounds. We stayed at the Pine River Campground some years ago, very nice place. We canoed on the "arm" which is a flooded canyon of the Pine River which leads up towards Colorado. Very nice. There is a CO Navajo State Park as well. Never been to it. NM's would be less expensive I believe. Very nice when we visited with our kids many moons ago, but we did have a canoe. We did swim. Very clear, clean water. :( Four Corners Monument (where four states intersect at one point: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado) & Four Corners Tribal Park, Hwy. 160 & 60 miles NW of Farmington, IMHO isn't worth the effort to see & from I have read isn't at the correct location. We went by it years ago before it became a Tribal Park, but wouldn't advise anyone to make the effort. It was the original marker when we stopped (a simple concrete pad), but has since been redone in granite and brass. Now with a Cost: $3.00/person.Wrong Place and Ditto Wrong Place :C The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a coal-fired, steam-operated, narrow gauge train that travels through the remote wilderness of the southern Rocky Mountains between Chama, NM and Antonito, CO. http://cumbrestoltec.com/ Chama Area. The very neat Cumbres Toltec Steam Train runs from & to Chama & Antonito (Colorado); turns soon after Cumbres Pass Station & head cross country to Antonito. One can do a halfway trip (which we did a few years ago), a 'free' meal at halfway point (price included in tickets). Good food there & plenty of it. Cumbres Toltec Steam Train Chama has a few RV parks, not sure about pools. Heron Lake State Park is south of Chama, 30/40 minutes maybe. Used to be a nice clean lake, but not sure any more, it has been in decline for a few years now. A shame. Depending on the time of the year, one might be able disperse camp above Cumbres Pass in Nat'l Forest (in Colorado). There is a campground there called: Trujillo Meadows. There is a lake, not sure about swimming? Off US 191 in Arizona, Canyon de Chelly National Mon't by Chinle is neat with a Navajo Tribe campground. Been there when it was a free campground years ago. Hubbell Trading Post NHS is off 191 as well, maybe a small detour to get to it. Interesting. :) Navajo National Monument is located at the end of State Highway 564 off of US Highway 160. Which connects with US 191, north of Chinle. We have not been to this one, but sounds very interesting. Two campgrounds, one open all year, somewhat isolated but no fees are charged. Navajo Nat'l Mon't Utah: Monument Valley is on the state line of AZ/UT. There are private parks with pools perhaps. Goosenecks SP is often used when visiting Monument Valley, but no hookups, etc. We drove by the turn off to Goosenecks State Park in Utah when we went to Mon't Valley. It seems like one to see & place to overnight. We camped at Capital Reef Nat'l Park as well as Bridges Nat'l Monument. All very neat. And not too far from Mesa Verde Nat'l Park. No pools. In Colorado: Mesa Verde NP the Morefield Campground, just 4 miles inside Mesa Verde. With 267 sites, there's always plenty of space! The campground rarely fills. Each site has a table, bench, and grill. Camping is open to tents, trailers and RVs, including 15 full hookup RV sites that require reservations. Easy to get into. Morefield's campsites are situated on loop roads that extend through a high grassy canyon filled with Gambel Oak scrub, native flowers, deer, and wild turkeys. No pools. There is a RV park across the hwy. for the entrance of Mesa Verde with a pool, I believe. On the way to Four Corners, one could stop to see the Grand Canyon (North) as well as Zion perhaps?391Views0likes0CommentsRe: Socorro NM RV parks
Elephant Butte State Park is very nice has many places some with full hookups. It is at Elephant Butte exit before one gets to T or C. There is another state park several miles south of TorC as well. Caballo Lake State Park. Yep! the Bosque del Apache NWR is a neat place to see. Never stayed at Birdwatchers, but would if going up there with the trailer. Another neat place, but off I-25 to the east from San Antonio, NM is Valley of Fires BLM Rec. Area & campground. The CG is very nice many with water & electric. Reviews-Valley_of_Fires_Recreation_Area-Carrizozo_New_Mexico.html One can make it to Carrizozo & by pass ABQ as well as Santa Fe by take US 84 just passed Las Vegas which will take you to I-40, after cross the 40 the road turns to NM 219 which will quickly take you to US 54, turn right (south) & it will take you to Carrizozo. Take US 380 left (West) to get to Valley of Fires. US 380 will take you to I-25 at San Antonio as well. Or go back to US 54 to Alamogordo & take US 70 to Las Cruces to I-25 as well as I-10.273Views0likes0CommentsRe: Colter Bay (Grand Tetons) to Massacre Rocks SP (Idaho)
Take US 189 & US 89 S towards Hobeck; US-89 S to WY-239 W in Freedom, ID-34 W to U.S. 30 W/E 2nd S in Soda Springs, I.S. 30 W, I-15 N and I-86 W to ID-39 N in Power County. Take exit 40 from I-86 W. Never been on all this route, but it is a way. We stayed at Massacre Rocks SP for a few days years ago. A neat place. :)Ooops! bobsallyh beat me to it. Ha!271Views0likes0CommentsRe: Travel Trailer Size?
We have a Lance 1985 23' 4" TT. It is very roomy & has a good sized bathroom & shower. Living 3 months in it would not be a problem for us, I would believe. It has a walk around full queen bed and is very comfortable. My wife & I were wanting a full sized queen bed (not an RV queen) & one we could walk around. We wanted the trailer to be on the small size as well. We found what we wanted in a Lance 1985. The full sized queen bed is just what we wanted & can be accessed from both sides. The slide out dinette is good sized as well. We were impressed with the workmanship of the Lance. The company has been very good to have any needed things repaired as well. They are not as heavy as many TT these days. We are able to tow with a Ford F-150 with a small V-8. A half ton pickup. Lance TT Floor Plans Lance 1985 Specs 2015 1/2 models, our is a earlier 2015, more like the 2014s. Wardrobe is not the same, no front window on ours. There are other models closer to 30' as well with full queen beds. 27' Lance Another 27' Lance508Views0likes0Comments
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