A fossil fuel fueled travel blog
Our next destination was Big Bend National Park. The only real stop along the way (other than gas) was in Fort Stockton – groceries and then we wound up at the local feed store to pick up permits to camp in a wildlife management area next to Big Bend. Here is where Mike figured out…
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…
As we had been working our way north toward the coast over the last few weeks, we had been having several discussions about whether we should be there at all. Mike’s mom had been dealing with some health issues and despite his dad’s assurances that things were ok, we felt like we should be with…
After a couple of days in the national park part of the area, we headed a little south from our campsite to Patrick’s Point State Park. It was a lot smaller than any of the state or national Redwood Parks, but our gentleman friend of the air quotes recommended it, so we thought we would…
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…
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…
As we planned our course toward the coast, I once again took advantage of an old friendship for a mail delivery. I hadn’t seen Andrea N. since high school, but knew she lived in Eugene and connected via Facebook. We weren’t able to make much use of her hike suggestions as Mike’s back was still…
We don’t do a whole lot of planning ahead in our lives right now, so when we started looking ahead to Zion, we found out that we were in a bit of a bind. A lot of Zion’s activities require some pre-planning, requiring permits or tickets that need to be booked ahead. We originally wanted…
Mike and I dithered a little bit about doing more in Capitol Reef. We had loved the water hike, but were feeling a little lazy, so enjoyed some quiet time at our campsite and then started to make our way toward Bryce Canyon. Lou’s brilliant idea for the Sulphur Creek hike had come from Alltrails,…
We found a lovely place to camp just west of Capitol Reef, about ten minutes from our hike the next morning. We drove through Capitol Reef on our way to our site and again loved the changes in scenery along the way. We passed orchards near Fruita and worked our way back up a mountain…