Horn Rapids County Park is the only campground run by Benton County, WA, and is perhaps the closest public campground to the Tri-Cities area. Horn Rapids is located right along the Yakima River, and right along Highway 225, right where it intersects with Highway 240. (Read our reviews of other Washington State campgrounds and...
Free camping in or around the Tri-Cities, Washington area is tough because there aren’t many free camping options that leaves you close to Richland, Pasco, or Kennewick. But, if you willing to camp about 40 miles away, there is a place… Read our reviews of other Washington State campgrounds and destinations) Vernita Bridge is...
Sash and I reunited after 6 weeks of being apart. It was the longest period of time we had ever been apart, even going back to when we were just dating. There we were, under 103 degree F sunshine, along the banks of the Columbia River, at a remote campground and boat launch called,...
Rest areas are not known as a destination, but this one is. Located on I-90, at Chamberlain, SD (serving both directions), is a rest area featuring a museum about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and a giant statue of an Indian woman. The statue, dubbed, “Dignity Statue” pays homage to the Native American culture...
Folks traveling along I-35 through Iowa will find lots of overnight parking at the rest area in Dows. The Dows I-35 Rest Area has 48 parking spaces for trucks and RVs. But making things better, this rest area is not busy at all. You’ll find plenty of available parking all through the night. The...
Along Interstate 65, right where it intersects with State Highway 2, there is a place where you can camp for free. It rests along a dead end road named, “Nebraska St.” right next to a Flying J Travel Center. (Read our reviews of other Indiana campgrounds and destinations) Nebraska St. is surrounded by trees...
Probably your best choice for free camping near Salida, CO is at Shavano Wildlife Management Area (WMA), in the hills just west of Poncha Springs. Shavano WMA is named after Mt. Shavano, one of the “fourteeners” that make up the greater Rocky Mountain range in Colorado. The area is owned by the Bureau of...
This past week, our ATC Toy Hauler reached its 25,000th mile of towing. It took 2 years and 3 months to get there. Most trailers don’t come with an odometer for tracking miles towed, but I started keeping track of miles on a little note-keeping app on my cellphone. I did because I wanted...
Silos Campground is a paid-campground along the western shore of Canyon Ferry Lake, Montana. It’s the only paid-campground owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, but managed by the County of Broadwater. Sites cannot be reserved online. It’s strictly walk-in only, first-come-first-serve. I came here for one night on Sunday, July 14, 2019, because I...
Goose Bay is an area along Canyon Ferry Lake, at its eastern shore, about 30 minutes east of Helena, Montana. There’s actually two campgrounds at Goose Bay, this one, the dispersed area, and a fully developed campground, Goose Bay Marina & Campground. Depending on your point of view, the dispersed area is a far...