Campgrounds – Page 3 – On the Road with Dan & Amy

Getting Through it Together

If you have been following our blog recently, you will have noticed that we have been traveling with our good friends, Jim and Corinne. After leaving the desert near KOFA National Wildlife Refuge, we spent 2 more weeks with our friends before parting ways on April 24. We first joined up in Indio, CA on February 19 with a rough plan to visit Death Valley and not much else planned after that. Little did we know that things would get as crazy as they did or that we would appreciate each others company as much.

Vegas to Winslow & Covid-19

After waiting out the high winds, it was time to move on and leave Death Valley behind. Our current plans were to work our way towards Sedona for some boondocking. We routed ourselves through the south side of Las Vegas with the intent of checking out Boulder City and Hoover Dam. We had heard about some nice boondocking opportunities on a dry lake bed near Jean, Nevada so we decided that would make a good first stop.

Patagonia Lake State Park

After leaving the busy week of the Escapees Hangout, we set up camp at this highly rated state park in southern Arizona. Nestled in the mountains near the Mexican boarder, Patagonia Lake State Park is said to have two seasons: boating season and birding season. We were there during the birding season so most of the accompanying pictures are of birds.

Lost Dutchman State Park

When we left Quartzsite, we stopped in Buckeye for a couple nights to do laundry and take care of our tanks. From there we headed to Lost Dutchman State Park on the eastern side of Phoenix. This park is very popular and we were happy to have reservations to spend the week with friends. Little did we know that we would spend time with more friends than we had planned.

Tucson and Picacho Peak

After leaving Benson, AZ, we stayed a week on the western side of Tucson followed by five days in Picacho Peak State Park. The RV park in Tucson was more of a mobile home park than an RV park and the site we had to park in was pretty tight. Dan is getting better and better at backing the beast into places and with only one restart, we slid in smoothly.