Into Canyonlands – northeast back into Utah and we took a little detour on our way. Muley Point offered views of the goosenecks of the Colorado, but getting there meant a bunch of switchbacks, so we dropped Scarlet outside of Mexican Hat and headed up. Lots of cool terrain and texture and a nice change…
Category: Camping
Joshua Tree – 4/15 -4/21
With just a couple of stops along the way, we made our way into southern California and on to Joshua Tree. We had done a drive-by on the north side on our way to Florida in the fall and we were happy to be able to get back with plenty of time to explore now. …
Shell Key – 3/12 – 3/14
On the most perfect days ever, we finally paddled out to Shell Key. Luckily, we had scoped the whole situation out when we were camping at Fort DeSoto a while ago. We would drop the boards and all our gear at a nice put-in north of the park and then drop the truck and trailer…
Ocala National Forest – 2/4 – 2/14
We wound up returning to Hopkins Prairie a few times over the next few weeks. It really was a lovely campground, cheap, and Ocala seemed to have a lot to offer. We tried a few different sites at the campground and were happy with all, although the one next to the pit toilets offered a…
F***ing Google! – 1/28 – 2/1
We finally planned a Florida excursion a little closer to our temporary home – the Ocala National Forest. I have to say that my expectations were not incredibly high. All of the trail recommendations had warned of wet conditions and mosquitoes aplenty. We had also been warned of homeless people living in the forest, but…
Florida, Out and About – 1/15 – 1/18
When we started looking at getting out and about in the trailer, I started stressing out. On this adventure up until now, we had been camping pretty much out of season, but here in Florida, we were in the midst of the busy season. I started looking and had a hard time finding any decent…
Our Backyards
When we planned our trip, we thought that we would be spending about half of our time in Scarlet and the other half tent camping. Scarlet was just so comfortable and we were able to take her more off-the-beaten-path places than we thought we would be able to so most of our nights have been…
Coastal Redwoods, Part 1 – 10/26 – 11/29
Ahh! We had a destination planned. I found a campsite on the way down on National Forest Land that looked good online and we didn’t even make it to the actual campground. There was a lovely pull-off on a tiny road that seemed to lead to nowhere – a bluff across the road a babbling…
Where to Next? Inland Oregon – 10/22 – 10/26
When we left Whiskey Run, we were floundering a little bit for a plan. We wanted to try to find some tide pools somewhere, but other than that, we felt like we were ok with how much coast we had seen. We did a quick run out to Cape Blanco, but it was so windy…
The Southern Oregon Coast – 10/16 – 10/22
We made it to the coast at Florence and headed a little north to explore Cape Perpetua at Andrea N.’s recommendation. We got to the beach around mid-morning and warmed up in the sun as we walked down the beach finding little jellyfish, crab shells and even watching a seagull make breakfast out of a…