Starling Travel

Our trip to Lake Havasu was wonderful this year. We stayed at River Island State Park and there is no cell service here. We had WiFi at the campground, though, so that made up for it. I hate to leave. One weekend is NOT enough!

07-26-18: WI Trip Day 12: Green River to STG

07-25-18: WI Trip Day 11: Limon, CO to Green River, UT

07-24-18: WI Trip Day 10: Salina KS to Limon, CO

07-23-18: WI Trip Day 9: Amana Colonies to Salina, KS

07-22-18: WI Trip Day 8: MKE to Amana Colonies with a visit to The House on the Rock. So… many…pictures!!! I didn’t post them all!

In honor of Halloween, I found this video about haunted forests. The next time you’re thinking of camping, here are some suggestions for an particularly interesting excursion.

The Five Places are here:

Old House Woods, Matthews County, VA, USA

• The Examiner – Mysterious legends of Old House Woods persist through the years

Cannoock Chase Woods, Staffordshire, UK

• The Huffington Post – Mystery Of Ghostly Black-Eyed Child Sightings On Cannock Chase
• The Lady of the Chase

Dering Wood near Pluckley, Kent, UK

• Wikipedia – Pluckley: Pluckley had an entry in the 1989 Guinness Book of Records for being “the most haunted village in Britain”, with 12 different ghosts reported.

Hoia Baciu Forest, Romania

• Hoia Baciu Forest – World’s Most Haunted Forest

Aokigahara Forest, Japan

• Atlas Obscura – AOKIGAHARA SUICIDE FOREST

After watching this, I think I’ll just go camping is in nice, brightly lit parking lot next to Walmart. How about you?

This article from CampsitePhotos.com gives us a collection of the most haunted campgrounds in America.

• CampsitePhotos.com – Most Haunted Campgrounds in America

I love that all of these campgrounds are in the States, so I can visit them with my own camper. In fact, they’re all in the west, so I could visit them all easily:

• Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park / Northern California
• Holcomb Valley Campground / Big Bear, California
• Beaver Creek Campground / West Yellowstone, Montana
• Crystal Lake Recreation Area – Crystal Lake Campground / Southern California
• Silver Strand State Beach / Coronado Island – San Diego, California
• Humboldt Redwoods State Park / Northern California

The next time you’re in the mood for a scare, why don’t you plan a trip to one of these campgrounds and spend the night. Even if there are no ghosts there, you’ll be guaranteed a night of a little extra vigilance.

Last weekend at the Enterprise, Utah CornFest, I saw this awesome teardrop trailer.

It was for sale for $4500 and I wouldn’t be surprised if it sold before the day was out. It was in immaculate condition.

The bed appears to be a full-sized bed.

There is storage above the pillows.

Your feet nestle in below the shelving for the galley.

The galley looks absolutely perfect!

Seeing this teardrop really made me miss the one we used to have. It was so easy to tow and set up. If you’d live to see more teardrop trailers, we’ve featured many here:

• Starling Travel – Teardrops and Tiny Trailers

I saw this advertisement for Montana in an old National Geographic.

It’s from the April 1970 issue and it reads:

The Great Escape… Montana The Big Sky Country

Escape from the ordinary to this uncrowded, unspoiled, unmatched land – 147,000 square miles of America’s grandest scenery. Visit famous historical sights and state parks. Explore fabled ghost towns. Relax in one of 577 campgrounds. Thrill to exciting rodeos. Get away to Montana – one continuous sightseeing experience between Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks.

There is a modern version of this advertisement here:

• Montana’s Official Tourism, Travel & Vacation Info Site

It’s true. There is a lot to see in Montana and it’s worth the drive to get there. As a child, I went to Montana every summer because my grandparents lived in Billings. As an adult, I miss it if I don’t go there once a year. I missed going to Yellowstone and Montana this summer and I can feel it calling to me. Now, however, there are 748 campgrounds waiting for me to visit…