Tag: car camping

  • Mammoth Caves National Park (and more adventures in car camping)

    Mammoth Caves National Park (and more adventures in car camping)

    It felt like a looooong drive across Kentucky. Even though Mammoth Caves is really more or less in the center of the state. I arrived just before sunset and set up my little camp in the last of the light. It looked like the campground was fairly full, which was just one more reason I…

  • A Visit to New River Gorge National Park (part two)

    I had a plan for my time after checking out of the hotel in Beckley, West Virginia, and that involved using all the camping gear taking up residence in my little Honda. There are several primitive campsites within New River Gorge and most of them are right on the New River. I was told that…