my travels in pixels

Utah Lake State Park Campground Why we chose here? seemed a nice place to stop while waiting for some parts from Campingworld in Draper Location: Utah Lake, Provo Sites: 55, 40' max RV length. Back in and pull through's Facilities: Showers, Electric and Water hookup, Dump station, Grill, Groceries: Provo Reservations: Yes, only one site available before May 1, all others first come first serve Cell Coverage / WiFi: Verizon Price Paid: $30 Date of visit: April 2015 Would we come here again? Sure, it's nice and quiet

Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado 480 acres of land was given to the City by the children of Mr Perkins who had wanted his land to be a free park for the people.  There are many unusual rock formations that you can either walk around or rock climb if you obtain a permit. Siamese Twins with Pikes Peak in the window

Next stop – Oregon. We had heard that the Oregon coast was really nice but again we encountered fog and someone had turned off the heating. I found a lovely spot to the east of Brookings, which isn't on the beach, which meant it was warmer - Alfred Loeb State Park . We hadn't been there half an hour when a lovely couple from north of Napa Valley invited us to dinner. Americans are so hospitable. All the campgrounds in Oregon are really good. The sites are well laid out, there is shrubbery to give you some privacy from your neighbour, hot showers that you don't have to scrounge around looking for quarters for that also allow you to move more than a few inches in each direction! and clean restrooms. The weather is just perfect - not too hot, not too cold (unless you go on the beach), sun, blue skies and a slight breeze. We moved up the coast and stayed at Humbug State Park and William Tugman State Park , both have trails close to the campground. Nehalem Bay has a the B...

This is a BLM (Bureau of Land Management) site. The visitor centre has a large shop and the help desk is very helpful. He suggested that we stop off at Calico I & Calico II, then at Sandstone Quarry take the Calico Tanks walk which was a medium grade walk over a lot of rocks and there were a few places that you had to scramble on your hands (4 km) – we could see Las Vegas in the distance at the end. The campground is a kilometre away from the park and it’s very basic, very open and when we were there, very windy. Not a nice place to be during the day – wind or no wind. The road to see the sights is a one way loop, so you can't change your mind and go back to a trail you may have missed. Lots of red rocks $7 park pass per day, $15 camping per night