BLM stands for Bureau of Land Management and is part of the US Government. It sets aside certain areas for public use, and no cost to the users. Such camping involves no hookups (see previous post on dry camping). In this case, the area was set up as a campground, and had designated areas for… Continue reading summary of our first BLM experience
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dry camping summary
We did it, we camped 4 nights in an entirely self-sufficient manner. In practice, this means we managed with the 40 gallons of fresh water in our tank, propane for cooktop and oven, water heater (normally we heat it electrically), and space heating (the blower motor runs off the 12V batteries). No sewer hookup, so… Continue reading dry camping summary
Travel from Roswell NM to Carlsbad NM
Today was a short drive almost due south on US-285 from Roswell NM to Carlsbad NM. The highlight from today is that our destination was the Sunset Reef Campground, which is a First Come First Serve campground. We arrived shortly after 1PM, and were ecstatic that we could pull directly into one of the sites,… Continue reading Travel from Roswell NM to Carlsbad NM
Central State park, Edmond, Oklahoma
Today we moved North from the DFW area and arrived in Edmond, our base to visit the Oklahoma City area. They have no online booking system, and no phone reservations, so its all first-come-first-served. They have a limited number of “full hookup” sites, but all were taken when we arrived. So we found ourselves a… Continue reading Central State park, Edmond, Oklahoma