We are asked often if we intend to visit all 49 of the RV-accessible states, and the short answer is Nope! We have no plan to not visit all of them, though, either. There are areas or attractions we’d like to visit someday which will, by default, put us in certain states, but the states aren’t a destination unto themselves. A few of the states we have visited recently, that weren’t necessarily pinging our travel radar, but are between South Dakota and our winter destination of Not Cold. What we are learning is that every state has interesting places to see if you’re interested in seeing them.
Scottsbluff
You may have heard of Scottsbluff, and we certainly had, but we were very pleasantly surprised by just how beautiful some of it was and how much we liked our stop there.
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| Riverside Campground |
Although I had this campground on my list of possible places to stay, I hadn’t realized it had so many things to do. It is a city park with a nice, paved trail that runs into town, and we walked the three-mile round trip once to the store. More walking is available on lots of pathways through and around the park. There is a [free!] disc golf course at the back of the park, but I cannot adequately explain why we didn’t play, seeing as it is to be our New Fun Sport™. There are a few little ponds that you can fish or kayak in, although I must say, they were a bit…murky. And there is a small, real zoo right at the park’s entrance.
What we did on our first full day, however, was visit
As you can clearly see, the weather was splendid. The hike is a workout as it steadily climbs to the top of the bluff, and it is made longer by the desire to stop every five feet and take another picture. I can’t make the photos any better by yammering on about them, so let’s just enjoy the scenery.
There is a second trail at the park which follows part of the original Oregon Trail that early settlers used.
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| “Look!” TBG said, “RVs from the 1800s!” |
This trail added another mile to our meanderings, and this photo shows the tunnels on the road up to the top if walking is not to your liking.
Although visiting the bluff was our biggest day out, we weren’t really ready to leave when we did, but the weather and upcoming reservations moved us along.
En route to our next destination, we made a pit stop at the original Cabela’s in Sidney, NE where TBG got some fishing gear, and I got a new knife and a package of sour cherry balls which are one of my favorite treats of all time. OF ALL TIME.
Enders State Recreation Area
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| Plenty of room in one of the weirdly laid out and numbered camp areas. |
The weather at our next stop wasn’t anything to get excited about and was not conducive to state recreating.
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| It did start off with a glorious sunset, though. |
That was the last of the sun we were to see for the next two days. I was a little disappointed to be on the water but in windy, chilly conditions, thus not kayak-friendly for me. We did not let it deter us from getting outside entirely, fitting in another gray morning walk-run as well as several shorter walkabouts. The weather also didn’t seem to bother our avian friends.
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| Belted Kingfisher |
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| American White Pelican! |
From the comfort of my warm couch and with the aid of binoculars, I enjoyed watching a couple of great blue herons fishing along the chilly shoreline. With our luck lately, maybe it was better that I couldn’t get out on the water nearer these beauties. I feel a new kinship to our feathered buddies, as we all migrate on roughly the same schedule, and perhaps I will see them again somewhere in Texas.