http://dangrv.com The Blog for Full-Time RVers and Those Who Can Dream Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After a month at home, it was time to say goodbye again. Off to Richland to see my son and his family. My son's in-laws live near them and kindly offered the use of their driveway to stay in. They were smart enough to get with their next door neighbor ... http://dangrv.com/2009/10/richland-wa/ Had to go home finally after 2 years to check in with the family and friends. My old home actually since my current home is now on the road mostly and South Dakota is my homebase. Getting there from Utah is a bit weird since I had to drive through ... http://dangrv.com/2009/09/osburn-id-ii/ Salt Lake City happened to be on the way so I planned a stop there. Campgrounds really close in are a bit expensive but I found Circle L Mobile Home and RV Park in Layton, UT  at a reasonable price. It is right off the I15 north of Salt Lake. ... http://dangrv.com/2009/08/salt-lake-city-ut/ I just could not pass by Moab, UT with not one but two national parks nearby and not stop. That would definitely have been an RVer sin. :-) Sooo I found a campground just south of downtown Moab for a week. I stayed at Moab Rim Campark. Nothing fancy. No ... http://dangrv.com/2009/08/moab-ut/ Heading off to Utah, I followed I50 across. The huge mountain I had to go over was a bit of a surprise. That was the steepest climb I had ever done with my trailer in tow and I almost pulled over at one point to cool off the transmission which ... http://dangrv.com/2009/08/gunnison-co/ Time to visit another cousin I haven't seen in a very long time. I headed out west on US 50 bound for Colorado. I stopped  for one night in the middle of nowhere ( Lamar, CO) when it started getting pretty hot for my cat and trailer tires. It ... http://dangrv.com/2009/08/westcliffe-co/ The drive to Dodge City was easy and flat through some lovely countryside and rock formations in places. Watch out for the toll road they sneak in near Wichita. Unfortunately, just 5 miles to Dodge another trailer tire blew. It was one of my newer ones too which made for ... http://dangrv.com/2009/08/dodge-city-ks/ Headed on west. To pick up Oklahoma for my state map, I chose a slightly longer route dipping down through the top of Oklahoma. I got to drive a small part of the old Route 66 to earn my patch for that. I stopped at my first Corps of Engineers ... http://dangrv.com/2009/07/ponca-city-ok/ Took off for Branson via Poplar Bluff and Camelot RV Campground. Nice place close to the highway for a one night stop. Hilly but my site was fairly level and very long. The drive there was easy and pretty. Heading into Branson, be ready for steep hill driving. Even without the ... http://dangrv.com/2009/07/branson-mo/ On to Kentucky to claim it on my state map. I drove through Nashville and on up to Cave City which is only 5 miles from Mammoth Cave National Park. I waited too long to book into the C2C rv park but happily found Singing Hills RV Park in the ... http://dangrv.com/2009/07/cave-city-ky/