Tag Archives: RV

Top Things to See/Do in Colorado Springs

May 30th to Jun 1st ~ Colorado Springs Dick and Karen used to live in Colorado Springs, so they played tour guides here, showing us where they used to live and where they had their pie shop, Plush Pippin. Over … Continue reading

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Denver, Colorado ~ Botanic Gardens and a Tour of the Colorado State Capitol Building

May 29th ~ Denver, Colorado In between all the parties, we managed to squeeze a day in for some sightseeing in the Mile-High city. 

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Rocky Mountain National Park ~ Part 2

Memorial Day Weekend – Continued Sunday: Bear Lake Area and Alberta Falls Bear Lake is the most popular destination in RMNP. We were warned that the parking lot would fill up early. There is an overflow park-and-ride lot about half … Continue reading

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How to spend a long weekend at Rocky Mountain National Park – Part 1

May 25th – 28th ~ Estes Park, Colorado ~ Memorial Day Weekend Finding a spot for two RV’s, relatively last-minute over a holiday weekend, at a popular National Park, with a view of water, is not an easy task. We … Continue reading

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Denver Celebrations ~ Graduation, Lake House, Birthday, Smoker BBQ

May 22nd – 24th & 29th ~ Denver, Colorado Continuing on from Grand Junction, toward Denver the scenery was stunning. I had no idea how beautiful the state of Colorado is. 

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Start of a New RV Road Trip ~ National Parks of Colorado

May 20-21st ~ Travel days – On our way from Los Angeles to Grand Junction GETTING READY: After our recent road trip, Ellie Mae and Jethro both needed a good washing, inside and out. 

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Southern Oregon ~ A Wrap Up and Review of our Two-Week Surprise Trip

May 13th ~ Southern California Our friends, Laura and Michael knew that we would be gone for two weeks, traveling together in our small RV and that we would be visiting three National Parks. Beyond that, the trip was to … Continue reading

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Manzanita Lake Hike ~ Lassen Volcanic National Park

May 10th ~ Lassen Volcanic National Park Our original plans went up in smoke due to late and abundant snowfall. Most of the park was still closed and the Bumpass Hell trail was down for the season due to replacing … Continue reading

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Drive from Medford to Lassen Volcanic National Park

May 9th ~ Overnight Mt. Lassen KOA This was another travel day as we had quite a few miles to get us from Medford to the KOA near the entrance to Lassen Volcanic National Park. 

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Crater Lake National Park With Snow and The Rogue Gorge

May 8th ~ Southern Oregon There is only one National Park in the entire state of Oregon, and it certainly deserves this ranking. 

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