Wandering Dawgs

Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs

October 4, 2014October 4, 2014Posted in PhotographyTagged Weekly Photo Challenge Signs5 Comments

The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge this week is: Signs

I’ve always enjoyed taking sign pictures. I inherited this trait from my father. When I was a kid on family vacations, my Dad loved to stop to take pictures of signs.

Signpost Forest in Watson Lake, Yukon

Dalton Highway, Alaska

On the Dalton Highway, Alaska

NeNe Crossing on Kauai

Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Itasca State Park, Minnesota

Big Foot on the road to Pikes Peak in Colorado

UGA Football Barn Sign 07-11-2014

Start of U.S 1 in Fort Kent, Maine

U. S. 1 Mile Marker Zero in Key West, Florida

Ready to Wander

October 3, 2014June 20, 2015Posted in RVingTagged Titanium Fifth Wheel10 Comments

After spending the summer enjoying a Staycation at home, we are getting ready to hit the road for a fall road trip.

This summer flew by with our visits with grandchildren, going out with friends, boating, and sitting on the deck watching the world go by. We also took care of doctor visits, work around the house, and necessary repairs on the RV.

But it’s been 5 months since our last road trip and it is almost time to take off again.

Where will Titanium #107 go next? Stop by and say hi if you see us in a campground or honk and wave if you see us going down the road!

We Love Waterfront Camping

September 25, 2014June 20, 2015Posted in Arkansas, Birds, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, RVing, Sunrise, Sunset, Tennessee, WildlifeTagged Bald Eagle, Cedar Key, J Strom Thurmond Lake, Lake Barkley, Mississippi River, Ortona, Seven Points Campground, White Pelican18 Comments

Our favorite places to camp are the campgrounds with a view. There’s nothing like waking up with a view outside the RV or sitting outside in the evening enjoying the scenery around us. We’ve enjoyed campgrounds with views of spectacular mountains, glaciers, forests, and all kinds of water.

For us, the best camping is beside a river, mountain stream, lake, or any body of water for that matter.

We enjoy watching the different water craft go by.

Moon rising at Ortona COE in Labelle, FL

We watched boats going through the lock at Ortona

We sat in our campsite and watched barges on the Mississippi River at Tom Sawyer RV Park in West Memphis, Arkansas

Coal barge going down the Mississippi River from our campsite at Tom Sawyer RV Park

Sometimes we see wildlife.

White Pelicans behind Sunset Isle RV Park in Cedar Key, FL

Egret on the deck behind our campsite at Sunset Isle RV Park in Cedar Key, FL

Pair of Bald Eagles across the canal at Ortona

Blondie loves it when she gets a chance to go swimming.

Blondie swimming behind our campsite at Petersburg COE

Blondie swimming in Lake Ontario at Golden Hill State Park, NY

We love watching the sun rise and set over the water.

Sunrise over the Mississippi River at Tom Sawyer RV Park

Sunrise over Lake Barkley, Kentucky from Canal COE

Sunset at Petersburg COE on J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Appling, GA

Sunset over J. Percy Priest Lake from Seven Points Campground

Sunset at Sunset Isle RV Park in Cedar Key, FL

A Few of our Favorite State Park Campgrounds

September 16, 2014January 1, 2015Posted in Florida, Georgia, South Dakota, State Parks, Sunset, Washington, WildlifeTagged Cape Disappointment, Custer State Park, Floridas Forgotten Coast, Iron Mountain Road, lighthouses, Needles Highway, Okenefokee Swamp, St. Joseph Peninsula, Stephen C. Foster State Park12 Comments

We love camping in state parks. Most state parks we have found have big sites, beautiful surroundings, and wildlife.

We didn’t discover state park camping until the only place we could find to stay in Arkansas on our way home on our first RV trip was Lake Dardanelle State Park in Russellville, Arkansas. Our site was big, we weren’t lined up like sardines next to our neighbors, and we had a nice lake near our site. From that night on, we have looked for state parks whenever we travel.

Here are just a few state parks we love.

Custer State Park, Custer, South Dakota – the Black Hills, scenic drives and wildlife.

Mama bison with baby on Custer State Park Wildlife Loop Road in June, 2011

Custer State Park Game Lodge Campground Site 12

Mount Rushmore as seen from Iron Mountain Road in Custer State Park

Along the Needle Highway in Custer State Park

Needle’s Eye on Needles Highway in Custer State Park

Cape Disappointment State Park, Ilwaco, Washington – 2 lighthouses, a path to the beach behind our full hook up campsite, a dog friendly beach on the Pacific Ocean, and a Lewis and Clark museum. What’s not to love?

Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, WA

North Head Lighthouse seen from beach at Cape Disappointment State Park, Washington

Blondie enjoyed the beach at Cape Disappointment

A path to the beach was behind our site at Cape Disappointment State Park

Henry enjoying a beautiful sunset at Cape Disappointment

St. Joseph Peninsula, Port St. Joe, Florida in Florida’s Forgotten Coast – beautiful uncrowded white sandy beaches, nature trails, and sunsets.

Enjoying a January day at St. Joseph Peninsula

We could hear the waves from our campsite

We had the beach almost to ourselve

Deer at St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

We watched the sunset every night

Stephen C. Foster State Park, Fargo, Georgia – Huge sites in the middle of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Boat ride through the Okefenokee Swamp

Big Pull through site at Stephen C. Foster State Park, Georgia

Alligator in the Okefenokee Swamp

Other state parks that stand out are Itasca State Park in Minnesota, Claytor Lake State Park in Virginia, Beverly Beach and Humbug Mountain State Parks in Oregon, Kentucky Horse Park in Kentucky, and Cattail Cove State Park in Arizona. We’ve also camped in many Florida and Georgia state parks and love them all.

If you are an RV’er or tent camper and never stayed in a state park, give one a try on your next trip. And if you don’t camp, many state parks have cabins for rent and a few even have lodges.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure

September 7, 2014June 20, 2015Posted in Alaska, Glaciers, PhotographyTagged Weekly Photo Challenge16 Comments

The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge this week is: Adventure

One of the greatest adventures of my life was flying close to the south face of Mt. McKinley and landing on Ruth Glacier when we took a flightseeing tour from Talkeetna, Alaska in the summer of 2013.