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Not working out like I planned.  It wasn’t that complicated a plan, take the travel trailer to work, leave Seattle around 2 Friday afternoon, travel 180 east to Moses Lake, spend the night there. Leave Saturday morning and head for Butte, MT a 6+ hour...

As many of you already know, I live in a campervan and travel around the country, posting diaries of places I visit. When I started my travels almost four years ago, I ran a diary series ...

As many of you already know, I live in a campervan and travel around the country, posting diaries of places I visit. When I started my travels almost four years ago, I ran a diary series ...

As many of you already know, I live in a campervan and travel around the country, posting diaries of places I visit. When I started my travels almost four years ago, I ran a diary series ...

Due to the government shut down, the namesake trees at Joshua Tree National Park near Palm Springs, CA, have fallen to vandals wielding chainsaws. Just for fun, I can only guess. Jeanna Bryner at Live Science writes. Joshua trees are...

I stepped onto the small ferry that would take me from the cruise ship to Sitka. There I would meet our bird watching excursion leader. My wife and I had taken our younger daughter’s advice and took a cruise up to Alaska while we could still get around...

Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon, is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Often called the crown jewel of the Oregon State Parks system, it is Oregon’s largest state ...

Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon,is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Often called the crown jewel of the Oregon State Parks system, it is Oregon’s largest state park,

Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon, is nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Often called the crown jewel of the Oregon State Parks system, it is Oregon’s largest state ...

Located near Coos Bay, Oregon, the Norton Gulch Group Use Area can be reached by a trail from the Sunset Bay State Park or by road for those less inclined to walk. The trail starts at Sunset Bay and ...

The ocean beaches in Oregon are public lands thanks in part to some far-sighted politicians a little more than a century ago. In 1913, Oregon Governor Oswald West wrote a concise sixty-word bill ...

South Beach State Park is situated next to the Yaquina Bay Bridge at the south edge of Newport, Oregon. The park stretches for several miles down the Oregon coast. The park has a fairly extensive ...

South Beach State Park is situated next to the Yaquina Bay Bridge at the south edge of Newport, Oregon. The park stretches for several miles down the Oregon coast. The park has a fairly extensive ...

Shore Acres State Park was once the estate of Oregon pioneer lumberman and shipbuilder Louis J. Simpson. It is located south of Coos Bay, Oregon. This is a day use park located on 745 acres ...

The most iconic part of Glacier National Park in Montana is not the scenery which was carved by glaciers, but the magnificent road that runs through it: Going-to-the-Sun Road. While the Road is an ...

Shown below are some of the flowers encountered in the Apgar area of Glacier National Park in June 2019.

Bear grass ( Xerophyllum tenax ) is a part of the corn lily family. Bear grass blooms only once every five to seven years. Much to the delight of the deer, bear grass bloomed this year in the Apgar ...

Glacier National Park in Montana has 13 campgrounds. Apgar campground, located near the west entrance to the park, is the park’s largest campground. It has 194 sites which are available only on a first-come basis. During the peak season—July and...

The most iconic part of Glacier National Park in Montana is not the scenery which was carved by glaciers, but the magnificent road that runs through it: Going-to-the-Sun Road. While the Road is an ...

Split Rock Lighthouse is a museum operated by the Minnesota State Historical Society adjacent to a state park operated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. It’s located on the North Shore of Lake Superior, 20 miles north of Two Harbors,...

A trip to Lake Vermillion — Soudan Underground Mine State Park offers a two-for-one deal: camping at Minnesota’s newest campground in old growth pine forests on a lake on the southern edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and an underground adventure...

OK, I confess—despite living in Florida for almost 20 years, I never visited the Everglades. So now that I am in Miami, I had to fix that. The Everglades is in effect three separate parks, each ...

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D. NM) re-election campaign: In New Mexico, we are blessed with some of the most beautiful national parks and monuments anywhere in the United States. They are sites to which...

Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. We recently camped in a commercial RV park—Jim and Mary’s—near ...

If you are looking for a camping home where the buffalo roam, then Minneopa State Park should be your Home on the Range. Seldom was heard a discouraging word about the State Park located near Mankato, in southern Minnesota, and the skies were not...

Before jumping into a discussion on accessible summer action, here’s a reminder of our meeting coming up in two weeks on Sunday June 30th at 4pm PT. I’d also preview the topic for that meeting but haven’t decided yet. So check back next Sunday for the...

Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van,  or an RV. This community is envisioned as a place to share photos, favorite spots, general...

The National Park Services reports 4.5 million people visited Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) in 2017, making it the fourth-most visited park in the United States. That’s more visitors per year than Yellowstone, Glacier, Zion or Olympic national...

A inch of new snow on the ground and temps in the 20s this morning makes the thought of going camping anytime soon seem ridiculous. But a few days of warm temps can turn that around quickly… and our popup tent trailer is coming out of storage in less...

Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. This community is a place to share photos, favorite spots, general tips on camping...

Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van, or an RV. This community is envisioned as a place to share photos, favorite spots, general...

Welcome to Kamp Kos, a new community for all those who love spending nights in the great outdoors whether it’s in a hammock, a tent, a popup trailer, a VW van,  or an RV. This community is envisioned as a place to share photos, favorite spots, general...

Shore Acres State Park was once the estate of Oregon pioneer lumberman and shipbuilder Louis J. Simpson. It is located south of Coos Bay, Oregon.

Note: The Howe Ridge Fire started in Glacier  National Park started on Saturday and has now destroyed a number of historic structures. The roof of the historic Lake McDonald Ranger Station, ...

The present-day general store at Two Medicine was built in 1913, before there were roads into the interior of Glacier National Park. Originally, it was part of the network of hotels and chalets ...

Louis Hill, son of James J. Hill, the owner of the Great Northern Railway, opened the Glacier Park Hotel near the newly established Glacier National Park in 1913. The hotel was intended to increase ...

Quick update to let you all know what’s going on while we still have Internet: So we weren’t able to get a travel trailer at Camping World and if we’re going to get aid from Red Cross and Tzu Chi we need to leave the shelter today, but a Kossack has...

 This is the forty-third diary in my expanding the National Parks series.  I apologize for the delay, as dealing with the day-to-day assaults on basic norms by Trump and his cronies has pushed my diaries to the back burner, but now I’ve decided to...

Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. Let’s start today’s discussion by looking at some elk.

Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour, an open thread conveniently located at the intersection of Religion and Politics. I thought we’d start off by looking at some driftwood.

From late August until early June, California Sea Lions ( Zalophus californianus ) spend time hanging out and barking in the Newport, Oregon, Bayfront area. Male sea lions can grow up to eight feet ...

The threat to our national monuments is not over. As Donald Trump gleefully shriveled the size of two national monuments previously designated by better and less stubby-fingered presidents, Team ...

Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. I thought we could start out the day with some photos of a short walk ...