Lake of the Ozarks Camping and Bagnell Dam Area
A five day trip spent at Lake of the Ozarks State Park, and enjoying the Bagnell Dam area. We stayed in the campground at the State Park, while the kids enjoyed one of the park's cabins…
Teardrop Camping in Extreme Heat - Alley Spring Campground - Eminence, MO
In late August, we traveled to SE Missouri, (near Eminence), to stay at the Alley Spring Campground. We quickly found that the extreme heat and humidity were more than we were willing to endure…
Weekend Camping at Cedar Ridge Campground - Stockton Lake
We spent a weekend in July camping at Cedar Ridge Campground on Stockton Lake, near Aldrich, MO. We were met there by our daughter and her family, and enjoyed their company…
Weeklong Stay at Thibaut Point Campground - Truman Lake
We spent a week in mid-July camping at Thibaut Point Campground, near Warsaw, MO. Tammy was in the area for work, so I brought my work with me, and had a productive week at the campground…
Holiday Weekend at Beaver Lake
Just a quick look at a fun 4th of July weekend at Starkey Campground on Beaver Lake. We always love camping with family, and we had some great surprises this weekend as well…
Dam Site Park Campground - Beaver Lake, Arkansas
Since we started camping at Beaver Lake back in 2019, Dam Site Park, near Eureka Springs, has piqued our interest. This is primarily due to the fact that most of the campground sits on an island (ok, peninsula), and can been seen as you are crossing the dam. We finally managed to book a reservation there, and while we weren't on the island, we still had an enjoyable stay…
Aunts Creek Campground - Table Rock Lake
We spent our second week in a row at Table Rock Lake, but this time was at Aunts Creek Campground, near Reeds Spring, MO. Part of the weekend was spent finding geocaches in the area, and the rest of the time, we just enjoyed our time at the park. We would definitely recommend this campground if you are looking for a place to camp around Table Rock…
Campbell Point Campground - Table Rock Lake - Memorial Day Weekend Trip
This year, we headed to Campbell Point Campground on Table Rock lake for the Memorial Day weekend. Campbell Point is a COE campground, located in Shell Knob, MO. During our stay, we encountered the typical Memorial Day crowds, but also unseasonably cold temperatures. However, we would not let that keep us from having a good weekend, and we took the opportunity to get in some hiking and geocaching.
Hawn State Park & Pickle Springs Natural Area
Hawn State Park has been on our list of places to visit for quite some time. However, it has always proved to be about impossible to get camping reservations there. So, when the State Parks opened up their reservation system in 2020 to allow reservations for a year out, we jumped on the opportunity to finally get reservations at Hawn…
T@G Boondocking on Private Land
Finally, the first trip of 2021 has arrived! When the weather is not too hot, we like to try to boondock as much as possible. And since we were coming off of a year of not seeing family, why not go camping at Grandma’s?…
Devil’s Den State Park - 2020 Vacation Finale
We chose to stay at Devil’s Den State Park for both weekends of our 2020 vacation. The location was conveniently located about halfway to the Lake Ouachita and Hot Springs areas from our house, and was a short drive from Natural Falls State Park. We had also heard good things about this park…
Lake Ouachita State Park - 2020 Vacation pt2
After our first weekend of vacation was finished, we packed up and headed toward the middle of Arkansas. Our destination for the next five nights would be Lake Ouachita State Park. We had never explored that area of Arkansas, and we were looking forward to it…
Stockton State Park | Stockton Lake - Missouri
There are times when life’s everyday tasks can begin to wear on a person. I think that dealing with COVID just magnifies the issue. Tammy and I had both reached that point toward the end of August 2020, and decided to take this trip to Stockton State Park as an opportunity to recharge…
Teardrop Camping in the Rain - Lost Bridge South Campground - Garfield, AR
No matter how much you prepare for a trip, the weather will always be the wildcard. We realized this again during a recent trip to Lost Bridge South Campground, near Garfield, AR. Luckily, most of the rain was limited to Saturday morning, so we were still able to enjoy the weekend…
Hawker Point Campground - Stockton Lake, MO
Over the weekend of July 24-26, 2020, we took our grandson camping at Hawker Point Campground, on Stockton Lake. This is a Corps of Engineers campground that we have stayed at before, but it had been a couple years since we had…
Finger Lakes State Park - Family Camping Weekend
In early July, we spent a weekend at Finger Lakes State Park, near Columbia, MO. We had never visited this park, and all we knew about it is that is catered to off-road vehicles, and had several areas for activities revolving around those…
Crabtree Cove Campground - Stockton, MO
We took a weekend trip in late June and headed down to the Crabtree Cove campground on Stockton Lake. It had been over a year since we had last camped at Stockton, due to the flooding that the area experienced in 2019. This was also the first time that we had camped at this lake in a campground other than Hawker Point.
Weekend trip to Indian Creek Campground - Garfield, AR
Indian Creek Campground is probably one of our favorites on Beaver Lake. We have stayed here twice now, and both times has been an enjoyable experience. The park only has 33 sites, so it stays pretty quiet. On this trip, we were in site #24, and on the previous trip, we were in #23.
Boondocking trip to Schell-Osage Conservation Area
We took a weekend trip to test out some recent purchases to better equip us for boondocking. Most things went well, other than it was not the greatest campground we have stayed at, and the bugs ended up chasing us home early.
First time Boondocking - Louisburg Middle Creek State Fishing Lake
Since most campgrounds are currently closed, we decided to try a new one we found in Kansas. However, since there are no hookups, we had to try our hand at boondocking.