We thoroughly enjoy visiting Cathy and Dean, sister and brother-in-law, at both their Magnolia, Texas home and their vacation cabin in Port O’ Connor, Texas. Dean has been working on the addition to their Port O’Connor cabin for the past several months and it is near completion. A few years ago Dean set up an…
We have been talking about finding a nice place in Colorado to visit when it gets in the 100 degrees temperature in Dallas, Texas. There have been many times we found a nice place to go from recommendations of other campers, often they were people we meet for the first time. Karen was at a…
Blog 2 of 2 (days 8 – 19 of trip; May 31 – June 10) Blog Co-Author: Parker Bockoven Isaiah 61:11: “For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth…
Blog 1 of 2 (1st 8 days of trip; May 23-30 Blog Co-Author: Parker Bockoven This trip was planned for Parker, our 13-year old grandson, who very much wanted to take this trip after seeing pictures in our Shutterfly Book from a trip we took visiting the Utah canyons. His summers are filled with select…
Cooper Creek Resort & Campground (https://coopercreekresort.com/wp/ ) has become our second favorite place to visit, first is Beavers Bend State Park, Broken Bow, Oklahoma. This trip was originally planned as a family vacation, however, with the schools still in session, only a few family members were able to join us. We were able to celebrate…
Our grandchildren enjoy going camping in the RV as much as we enjoy taking them. One of the four has a different Spring Break, usually the week after the other three. Since Beavers Bend State Park in Broken Bow, Oklahoma requires a reservation and the reservations are full as soon as they open up, we…
All Oklahoma State Parks have gone to reservations only and Beavers Bend books up quickly, especially the preferred sites. We booked two sites in Acorn Circle on February 14, 2020 for this November 2020 trip. It was a fun trip long anticipated with a few couples we have never camped with before. A nice, pleasant…
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” James 1:17 Big Bear Lake, California – Big Bear Shores https://www.bigbearshoresrv.com/ (07/16, 1-Night) We decided to drive straight through to Big Bear Lake instead of staying the…
This is Chapter 1 with our outgoing trip to Big Bear Lake, Chapter 2 will follow with our stay at Big Bear Lake, and this blog may include Chapter 3 with our return home trip. If you click on the photo within this blog, many have a caption! God’s Peace and Love! Our youngest daughter’s…
(June 14 – June 18, 2020 – 5 Nights) We took several day-trips to area lakes to find a campground to take the grandchildren on a staycation. All of us, especially the grandchildren, were ready for our traditional camping trip. Our goal was to find a campground where the campsites were far apart, isolated from…
This will be our third trip to Cooper Creek RV Campground located in Branson, Missouri https://coopercreekresort.com/wp/. They offer both wooded and lake view campsites as well as a few nice clean and well kept cabins. The premium sites are the 7 RV sites that back-up to Lake Taneycomo. In May of 2019, the resort was…
For the last 25 years our favorite campground has been Beavers Bend State Park near Broken Bow Oklahoma https://www.travelok.com/state-parks/422. RV camping with 30 and 50 amp and premium sites that back in or pull thru along the river. Beavers Bend is a true camping resort. Kayaking and Paddle boat rentals, Trail Rides and train rides,…
Having just returned from our family beach vacation at Orange Beach Alabama, we had not planned taking the grandchildren on a summer camping trip as we had in the past. Given the kids busy summer schedules, we certainly hadn’t given any thought to taking all 5-grandchildren on a quick trip so soon. However, each of…
On our August 2018 RV roadtrip, we started planning our Summer 2019 family vacation to celebrate birthdays for Bill’s 70th, Mandy’s 39th and Blake’s 7th. In email exchanges with our grown kids, we suggested either a Colorado – cooler temperatures trip or a beach trip and the majority voted for the beach. By October 2018,…
“The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His handiwork.”
RV Road Tripper 