A planned stop before returning to Arizona, Granite Gap is only 11 miles south off the Interstate on Hwy 80. It is BLM land that I had heard of before as a great boondocking area, and Verizon says they offer a 3G signal too, so I came out to see...
Right off Interstate-17 (exit 256) is one of two entrances to Agua Fria National Monument. Badger Springs Rd is nothing more than a dirt road that brings you into the border of the monument about 1 mile. After that you are left with a trail that will bring you to...
As of April 2018, I have stopped sharing free-camping and other ‘wild activity’ locations to play my part in reducing the crowds that are visiting these places because the location information is so easily found online. Sadly, too many people have ruined these natural areas, some to the point that...
Before pulling out of the Phoenix area I glanced at a map and saw Buckeye Hills Regional Park just south-west of the greater Phoenix area. The park, “slated for future development”, has only a few pit toilets, picnic tables and well graded gravel roads that will take you one to...
Padre Island has been the pinnacle of this trip. Although the Formula 1 event was the reason we are in Texas, Padre Island is the furthest point East (and South) we will travel. It is the turn-around point after nearly 3100 miles traveled from Colorado… 2000 from Mom’s house in...
After leaving the Lee Vining and Mono Lake area, I continued south out of Bishop in search of a sight to pull over and camp for the night. After a few failed attempts I turned down a dirt road and was very surprised to find some hot springs! I quickly...
Just south of Holloman Air Force Base (between the base and White Sands Ntnl Monument), are a few small lagoons which the AFB allow the public to come and bird-watch and/or camp. This is where I happened to pull into last night about an hour before the sun set, and...
My target for the day was the Hetch Hetchy Valley at the North-Western most boundary of Yosemite National Park. I arrived in the Stanislaus National Forest after two and a half hours of driving and pulled up to the Ranger kiosk to notice that the Hetch Hetchy area of Yosemite...
Just outside the National Park is the National Forest. While it may sound the same, on paper the different between a”Park” and a “Forest” is everything. Within the National Parks, the public is very limited in what we can do. The Government does this to protect the parks from the...
