Sheps Canyon Campground

Sheps Canyon Campground - 6 pointer grazing

Camped for the night at Sheps Canyon Recreation Area campground. Nothing too exciting, mainly just sharing here to put a pin on my geomap for tracking. Not a bad secluded place to camp but be prepared to spend some driving time. I booked one of the lakeside sites but it was dark and hot that … Read more

Custer State Park – Game Lodge Campground

Custer State Park - Game Lodge Campground

Camped at Custer State Park – Game Lodge Campground last night. The sites are a little wonky but overall it’s a nice spot with some of the only foliage changes I have seen in the area. Bonus they have hot showers even this late in the season. I stayed at site 52E which was the … Read more

Sheridan Lake South Shore Campground

Sheridan Lake South Shore Campground

I was late arriving to the Rapid City area last night but found open sites at the Sheridan Lake South Shore Campground. Temperatures were pretty warm for the season and I only had one neighbor nearby who were quiet which made for some peaceful sleep. Unfortunately I couldn’t see anything when I got there and … Read more

Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail – Lansing to Potosi (2024)

Hanging out with some Toyota friends again for a weekend of camping and southwest Wisconsin (and Iowa) gravel road exploration on the Trans Wisconsin Adventure Trail, or TWAT for short. Basically a repeat of some points from 2023 but this time I’m too lazy to break apart in separate posts for the locations. Shout out … Read more

Frontier Bar & Campground

Frontier Bar & Campground - Fish Fry and a Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet

I stayed at Potato River Falls nearly until dark and hadn’t planned a campsite – not an oversight, just didn’t expect to take that long (but it was worth it). Although I could have just camped there at a primitive site, I badly needed a shower from the hot temperatures. Lucky for me there were … Read more

Allequash Creek Falls

Allequash Creek Falls - Lower falls

From Jennings Falls in Florence I was making a drastic change in direction and heading west towards the Ashland area. On the way I decided to take the scenic route across Hwy 70 and the backroads through the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest (which I don’t have pictured here but it was a fantastic rustic … Read more

Peshtigo River Rapids

Peshtigo River - Aerial view

Third day of the trip and it’s a beautiful morning. My face swelling from the yellowjacket sting is nearly gone now and I finally feel that sense of excitement that I’m free again to do whatever lies ahead. Took a look at the map and decided to try my luck visiting Wildman Adventure Resort in … Read more

Bagley Rapids Falls

Bagley Rapids - View above falls looking downstream

Final stop today was at Bagley Rapids Recreation Area in Mountain, Wisconsin. I’ve been here in the past but wanted to explore a bit further downstream as there might be other rapids in the area. Rather than starting in the campground I tried a different route from the south off an unnamed forest service road … Read more

2020 Elk Hunt @ New Mexico Gila Wilderness

Looking north across Snow Lake from the Continental Divide Trail

Finally I had arrived in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness! It was a long drive and I completely underestimated how long the final stretch would take but I made it in one piece. Had to take a few glamour shots of the new-to-me Toyota Tacoma that handled the terrain like a champ. These photos were at … Read more

Cochise Stronghold

Cochise Stronghold - Approaching the stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains

Leaving Chiricahua National Monument I didn’t have much of a plan other than heading west. Instead I decided to pick something randomly on the map that looked interesting and check it out. And that’s how I ended up at Cochise Stronghold in Cochise, Arizona. Took a quick photo from a distance on the desolate entrance … Read more