As the old adage goes, there’s a first time for everything. By the end of this review, Devil’s Elbow Recreation Site will achieve one such first here at A Crock of Schmidt. I recommend you keep reading to discover if this first is momentous, or ignominious. Before I engage in my typical ramblings about the […]
Conestoga Campground & RV Park – review
Thirty years ago, I doubt I’d have camped at Conestoga Campground & RV Park. Not because the campground is poor or stuffy or any other negative, I just loved driving back then. Far more than I seem to now. An ten-hour drive was just a warmup in my twenties. Today, with a family in tow, […]
Bear Lake State Park – review
Oh, the places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss nailed that one, though I’m unsure he had Bear Lake State Park in mind when writing those famous words. Salt Lakers may quibble with that assessment, but I can assure you this place is not on the radar of Canadians. Were it not for a fossil hunting excursion […]
Grant Village Campground – Yellowstone National Park – review
It’s oddly comforting to learn that naivety can still strike on the backside of middle age. Case in point, this here review of Grant Village Campground in Yellowstone National Park. My only campground review for all off Yellowstone, home to twelve. That latter fact was not my intention. Not by a long shot. Sure, going […]
The Great Covid Camping Craze
The pandemic giveth and the pandemic taketh away. In many ways, I suppose. And not all pleasant. In this case, I am talking about the great covid camping craze, so put your pitchforks away. It’s rather amazing that we’re already approaching the third anniversary of the lockdowns. Three years ago, trouble was stirring in China. […]
Tillebrook Provincial Park – review
Truth is parks systems are not centrally planned networks. No committee sat down prior to the first settler setting foot in an area and said, “Okay, we will have a park of this size with these amenities here, and here, and here.” Parks are far more organic, with multiple generations holding varied agendas adding and […]