I have some time on my hands (laid-off) and decided to spend the next few months travelling around in my Little Guy. I spent the first two weeks of August visiting the KS State Parks. I have stayed at most of them for at least one night. If anyone wants a review of an individual park, I'm your source.
I am planning to go to Crawford and Two Timbers SPs this coming week (I'm at Clinton SP this weekend). I haven't hit the parks out in far Western KS yet. I'll check them out later this month as I plan to drift up to the NPs in SD; Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, and Wind Cave after Labor Day.
So far I've spent 14 consecutive days in my TD. I am getting very used to it and after the first few days I have it down to a routine. I bought an annual KS camping pass; I can stay at any primitive (tent) site for free a any KS State Park.
No real problems yet. Someone did back into me at a Wal-Mart and put a real nice dent in my truck (hit and run, no note, c'est la vie). I'll have it de-dented eventually.
One thing however; during the week there is often no one else at the primitive sites. It get's pretty darn spooky at night all by your lonesome. For example; I arrived at Kanopolis SP near Great Bend on a rainy Wednesday night last week about 7:30 PM and literally did not see another human being from the time I entered the park until I left the next morning. So, in the future, I am planning to stay with the fifth wheels and trailers in the electric sites. I'll need to cough up an extra few $$ to be near people. However, I'll feel safer and I like having my little MW and electric coffee maker.
My short-term plans are to hit the NPs in SD and then to drift over to Colorado for Pam's Last Gasp in late September. I'm not sure what I'll do after that but I'm sure I'll start slowly working my way South to LCG.
I am really trying to see how long I can stay in this thing.
I'm not much of a picture taker but I'll post interesting photos as I find them.
See y'all on the road.
Bill
Bill