Hualapai Mountain Park Outside Kingman

 

 Hualapai Mountain Park is a Mohave County Park.  As such entrance is $12 per car as taxes do not support the park. County residents can also purchase an annual pass for $60, or for seniors $35. The most telling feature of this park, in addition to it being in the top of the mountains, is the many cabins.  Most of these were constructed by the CCC during the depression.  The price to rent a cabin goes from $55 per night (with no restroom) up to $215 depending on size and amenities.  Most are $90 with room for four.  The park has group picnic sites with small playgrounds.  It also has RV $45 and tent $20 camping.  It is also the trail head for many hikes.  Sheri and kids have taken hikes, but I avoid them for fear of triggering sciatic pain.  They have significant elevation changes.   It is about 15 minutes from Kingman on Hualapai Road.  Close by is Hualapai Mountain Resort which features hotel and restaurant.  The park also has a disc golf course.

Between the park and the resort next door you find staging areas for ATV four-wheeling excursions on the dirt roads beyond which travel through out the Hualapai range.  I understand the mountain air is 10 degrees cooler in the summer than the temperature in Kingman, which makes it an inviting destination as it is so close.

Family Reunion: Camping at Emigration Camp Ground Near Montpelier, Idaho

 Family campout was in July.  All the kids and grandkids were there.  We had warm weather and rainy weather, a family olympics, fun with cousins, and a Bear Lake trip.  We had campfires with s'mores and a puppet show by the campfire.  We also had lots of mafia by the campfire.  We had a day at the Beach, Bear Lake.  Weldon and Sue came to visit.  Family pictures.

Indiana Pokagon State Park for Camping

 We spent a couple nights ate the Pokagon State Park in northern Indiana.  Named for Chief Pokagon, it features a large lake, Lake James.  It also has a toboggan run for the winter, which is refrigerated so always available in season.  There is equestrian barn where you can go on a horse ride for $30.  A lodge with a couple restaurants.  There is a nature exhibit and several playgrounds.  They also have many campsites.  Ours had an outhouse type toilet close and a modern bathroom with showers a bit farther away, showers were free.  We saw a raccoon lurking around camp seeking anything not stored.  They did get some grease left out from cooking.  

mushrooms

historic entrance gate

CCC pavilion above the lake

the beach

smore time

toboggan run

equestrian barn

lodge