19Mar 2018 by bolllj

Lake Cochiti Corp Campground, New Mexico – March 2018

We are just finishing our 14 day stay at Lake Cochiti COE campground in Cochiti, New Mexico. This park would be listed as one of our top ten parks we have stayed in during our first seven years of full-timing. We will definitely be back. During our stay we have hiked in Tent Rock, hiked the 5 mile long dam, hiked along the cliffs of the Rio Grande which runs through the park, and hiked many miles on trails in the park. In all we put on 61 miles in those two weeks. Loved all the hikes we were able to take. The park is between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, 30 miles north to Santa Fe and about 40 miles south to Albuquerque so when we needed supplies or getting…

The Great Mississippi River

Campgrounds

Here I am the first part of August going back to catch-up on our blog for the end of April. I’d just skip this time but I have to write a little about our trip along the Mississippi River coming from Ohio back to Minnesota. We were fortunate to find this beautiful Corp of Engineer Campground on the Mississippi River in Thomson, IL. This was a fantastic find. Not only was it just $9.00 a night (with our senior pass) but we had a site right on the river that was fabulous. This park was exceptional not only because of the many sites on the river but they had a very large section that was first come sites. We have discovered with our traveling that if you go into a…

On Our Way to Ohio

Traveling

From Oklahoma we entered the state of Arkansas for the first time. Our first stop was on the Arkansas River at an Army Corp of Engineer Campground call Toad Suck Ferry. What an unusually name! It is so unique that it is listed as the worst named town in the United States. It really isn’t a town so much as a small community. The name came many years ago when the steamboats were travelling down the Arkansas River and pulled over to the side of the river so the captain and crew could enjoy a beer or two at the local tavern. The locals didn’t appreciate the rowdiness of the crew and would say “They suck on bottle ‘til they swell up like toads”. Hence the name Toad Suck. A…