Sorry folks, no pictures, just words.
We arrived in Congress AZ last week. Before we could plant ourselves on a site at the ranch we did some boondocking at Camp Flott in Aguila AZ. on a fellow Escapee member's property. He owns 10 acres, and uses about an acre for fellow RVers to stay on for awhile.
Our first night at the ranch we didn't bother to unhook from the truck, we had an "annual physical" scheduled for the trailer the next day. The trailers fine, just brakes and bearing packing. Took it back to the ranch and set it up for the winter.
The hiking we started before Congress was a good warm up for Congress. Carol and I have been doing more hiking here since there are a lot of trails in the area, especially behind the ranch.
We hiked the trails at the Hassayampa River Preserve with a group of fellow Escapees from a group called "Hangout". The hike totaled about three miles. The neatest part of the hike was spotting bobcat taking his prey away for consumption. We didn't try to fight him for his meal.
Updates from here on out will be sketchy at best until we get on the road again.
This blog chapter is a "year in review" of the Mattesons vs the United States.
The journey began when we stayed our last days in California at The Cove RV resort in Blythe December 2019. Including California, we cruised through 16 states, several multiple times. We stayed at 10 privately owned RV campgrounds, 4 Harvest Host boondock sites, 1 military campground, 9 Elk lodges and visited 3 others, 3 Corp of Engineers (C.o.E.) campgrounds, 11 KOA campgrounds, Quartzsite (boondocking), 1 VFW, 3 Escapee parks, and visited 90 points of interest.
We didn't drive half the miles that some full-time RVers drive... we only did 8,277 miles, close to 10,000 miles when we add driving to the different points of interest.
Here comes the long boring breakdown:
ARIZONA:
KOA Flagstaff
Elks Willcox
Elks Wickenburg (visited only)
Quartzsite
Escapee park Congress
Chircahua National Monument
Route 66 at Williams
Route 66 Museum in Kingman
Grand Canyon
Vulture City Ghost Town
Fort Whipple Museum
Desert Caballeros Western Museum
The "Jail Tree"
Odysea Aquarium
Old Congress Cemetery
Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum
Fort Bowie
Wupatki National Monument
Wukoki Pueblo
Box Canyon/Lomaki Pueblos
Sunset Crater Volcano
CALIFORNIA:
The Cove RV Resort
Elks El Cajon
IDAHO:
Elks Idaho Falls
Elks Coeur D' Alene
Elks Lewiston
Boise RV Park and Campground
Bear Den RV Resort
Historic Flight Museum
Craters of the Moon National Park
Freak Alley Gallery
St. Gertrude Monastery
Canoe Sculpture
Lake Coeur D' Alene cruise
Museum of Northern Idaho
KANSAS:
C.o.E. Sylvan Lake
Garden of Edens House
World's Largest Toilet
World's Largest Czech Egg
MINNESOTA:
KOA Albert Lea
Harvest Host - Fransen's Farm
MONTANA:
Elks Billings
KOA Bozeman
Bearmouth Chalet
Osen's RV Park and Campground
Harvest Host - Beaver Creek Brewery
Harvest Host - Alpaca ranch
Wibaux Museum
Old Montana Prison and Auto Museum
Garnet Ghost Town
Grizzly Bear Adventure
Sculpture Park
Computer Museum
Museum of the Rockies
NEBRASKA:
KOA Ogallala
Lake McConaughy
Petrified Wood Museum
NEW MEXICO:
Escapee park Lakewood
Elks Alamogordo
International Space Hall of Fame
White Sands National Park
Carlsbad Cavern
UFO Museum
New Mexico Museum of Space History
NORTH DAKOTA:
Elks Bismarck
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
North Dakota Heritage Center and Museum
Governor's Mansion
OKLAHOMA:
C.o.E. Keystone Lake
Roy Rogers Memorial Museum
SOUTH DAKOTA:
Elks Rapid City (visit only)
KOA Kennebec
KOA Mitchell
KOA Rapid City
New Frontier RV Park and Campground
Harvest Host - Pioneer Auto Museum
National Presidential Wax Museum
Cosmos Mystery Area
Destiny Monument
Native American Village
Badlands of South Dakota
Prehistoric Indian Village
Corn Palace
TEXAS:
VFW Abilene
Escapee park Livingston
C.o.E. Lake Bardwell
Elks Texarkana
Texarkana Post Office
UTAH:
KOA Monument Valley
Castlegate RV Park
Shady Acres RV Park
John Wesley Powell River Museum
Simplot mining operation
Historic town of Helper
Railroad and Mining Museum
Motorcycle Museum
Old mining towns in the area
Seco Canyon Petroglyphs
Thompson Valley Ghost Town
Crystal Geyser
Monument Valley
Bluff Fort
Valley of the Gods
USU Eastern Historic Museum
Arches National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Moab Giants Dinosaur Park
High Unitas Wilderness
WASHINGTON:
Nez Perce National Historic Park
WISCONSIN:
Breezy Hills RV Park
Fort McCoy military RV park
WYOMING:
Elks Casper (visit only)
Elks Cody (visit only)
KOA Casper
KOA Cody
KOA Rock Springs
Hell's Half Acre
Casper Planetarium
Rotary Park
Cody Firearm Museum
Buffalo Bill Museum
Whitney Western Art Museum
Daper Natural History Museum
Plains Indian Museum
Old Trail Town
Old City Hall Museum
White Mountain Petroglyphs
Boar Tusk
Wild Horses Trail
Point Butte
Buffalo Bill Dam
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center
Flaming Gorge and Dam
That my friends is the end of the story. God took care of us each and every day, and we tried to make the best of each day.
