{"id":1918,"date":"2018-04-25T22:05:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T22:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2018-05-02T17:09:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T17:09:28","slug":"a-week-of-drycamping-in-the-coconino-national-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/25\/a-week-of-drycamping-in-the-coconino-national-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"A Week of Drycamping in the Coconino National Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our trip from Tucson ended just south of Flagstaff in the Coconino National Forest. I had learned of some good spots to drycamp (no hookups for the RV) in some of the roadschooling sites we are in. The place we ended up was nothing short of amazing.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Our views outside the RV window.<\/p><\/div>\n

The forest in our area had already been somewhat cleared by the Forest Service. So there were trees, but not crazy amounts of them or a ton of underbrush. The kids went wild walking around. Our very first evening there, they stumbled upon a large herd of elk. The elk weren\u2019t really concerned with the kids or us, and just continued on their way. It was exciting to see all the babies.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

In between our day trips out to the nearby parks and monuments, we had a blast in the forest. Scott was able to set up our solar panels. We were able to get almost all of our power from the solar and only needed to turn on the generator in the late evening due to the freezing temperatures. The only exception to that was one day that it actually snowed. It was beautiful seeing the huge snowflakes falling all around the RV and in between the trees. The only thing more enjoyable than the snow was the sunset.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The forest was fun for hiking and mountain biking. The kids and I went on a long (almost all uphill) mountain bike path. It almost killed me. Once we finally made it to the top of the mountain, it was smooth sailing, but there were moments when I considered just laying the bike down and napping on the side of the trail.<\/p>\n

Gracie loved the forest. As long as there was no one around, we let her wander around with us off leash. I was surprised that she wouldn\u2019t go outside without one of us though. It would\u2019ve been handy on that snowy day…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

KIB also got in on the great outdoors and even enjoyed a walk about on the ground outside the RV.<\/p>\n

\"\"

KIB enjoying a sunny afternoon on the patio.<\/p><\/div>\n

We had the place almost entirely to ourselves while we were there. On the beautiful weekend days, some other outdoorsy folks would drive past us or unload bikes near where we were, but aside from that, we rarely saw anyone. It was brilliant and by far our favorite place to park the RV. Our last night there, we finally used all of our fresh water tank. We never really intended to stay for six nights, so we hadn\u2019t filled up our tank all the way. It worked out fine since since we had a few gallons of water in the RV.<\/p>\n

Finally we forced ourselves to leave and headed towards Death Valley. The only surprise there was that we drove through Las Vegas without stopping for a single gamble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our trip from Tucson ended just south of Flagstaff in the Coconino National Forest. I had learned of some good spots to drycamp (no hookups for the RV) in some of the roadschooling sites we are in. The place we ended up was nothing short of amazing. The forest in our area had already been…<\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[109,114,113,49,24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona","8":"category-coconino-national-forest","9":"category-flagstaff","10":"category-micha","11":"category-united-states","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0F3B33DB-431B-4947-B5DD-6BF1992F0EB9.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1536","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8k10v-uW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1978,"url":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/30\/arizona-after-tucson\/","url_meta":{"origin":1918,"position":0},"title":"Arizona After Tucson","author":"Micha Hooper","date":"April 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Petrified Forest Petrified Forest was so much better then I thought it would be. It is my favorite national park we have been to on this trip. The best part of it was you felt like you were on a different planet. Nothing there looked like Earth. I would definitely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Arizona"","block_context":{"text":"Arizona","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/category\/united-states\/arizona\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/F0ED22B3-9328-4181-BD2F-AB163C7DC419-1024x768.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/F0ED22B3-9328-4181-BD2F-AB163C7DC419-1024x768.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/F0ED22B3-9328-4181-BD2F-AB163C7DC419-1024x768.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/F0ED22B3-9328-4181-BD2F-AB163C7DC419-1024x768.jpeg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2188,"url":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/08\/the-best-hike-yet-redwood-national-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":1918,"position":1},"title":"The Best Hike Yet: Redwood National Park","author":"Micha Hooper","date":"June 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We spent a very long day driving from Lassen towards Redwood National Park and ended up boondocking in a (crusty old) casino about 20 minutes south of the park in Trinidad. It wasn\u2019t anything to write home about, but at $20 total for three nights, the price was right. There\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "California"","block_context":{"text":"California","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/category\/united-states\/california\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4CD3EDAE-9E7A-4DF4-B8CF-93335E2396EE.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4CD3EDAE-9E7A-4DF4-B8CF-93335E2396EE.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4CD3EDAE-9E7A-4DF4-B8CF-93335E2396EE.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4CD3EDAE-9E7A-4DF4-B8CF-93335E2396EE.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4CD3EDAE-9E7A-4DF4-B8CF-93335E2396EE.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1929,"url":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/24\/the-grand-canyon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1918,"position":2},"title":"The Grand Canyon","author":"Micha Hooper","date":"April 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"On our second day in the national forest, we realized we were just over an hour from the south rim of the Grand Canyon. We had previously planned to camp for a few days there, but we were all so in love with staying in the forest that we decided\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Arizona"","block_context":{"text":"Arizona","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/category\/united-states\/arizona\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/9EB6C7E8-D311-4090-BDB8-565B47CD45CB.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/9EB6C7E8-D311-4090-BDB8-565B47CD45CB.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/9EB6C7E8-D311-4090-BDB8-565B47CD45CB.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/9EB6C7E8-D311-4090-BDB8-565B47CD45CB.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/9EB6C7E8-D311-4090-BDB8-565B47CD45CB.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2129,"url":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/31\/kings-canyon-and-sequoia-national-parks\/","url_meta":{"origin":1918,"position":3},"title":"King\u2019s Canyon and Sequoia National Parks","author":"Micha Hooper","date":"May 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"From Yosemite, we headed back south towards King\u2019s Canyon. We were eager to get away from the RV parks, so we had done quite a lot of research on places where a huge RV can park in the national forest. After confirming with one of the forest rangers, we decided\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "California"","block_context":{"text":"California","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/category\/united-states\/california\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/018E4F76-7005-41C2-912D-BA851EAB7F80.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/018E4F76-7005-41C2-912D-BA851EAB7F80.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/018E4F76-7005-41C2-912D-BA851EAB7F80.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/018E4F76-7005-41C2-912D-BA851EAB7F80.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/018E4F76-7005-41C2-912D-BA851EAB7F80.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1962,"url":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/22\/petrified-forest-national-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":1918,"position":4},"title":"Petrified Forest National Park","author":"Micha Hooper","date":"April 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Petrified Forest was about two hours from our camping spot, so we shot for a relatively early start. To break up the drive, we stopped just outside of Winslow, Arizona to see the Meteor Crater. Other than actually seeing the almost-mile across crater that was created 10,000 years ago (by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Arizona"","block_context":{"text":"Arizona","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/category\/united-states\/arizona\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D349AD97-2407-4109-AAB3-DDECB328B940.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D349AD97-2407-4109-AAB3-DDECB328B940.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D349AD97-2407-4109-AAB3-DDECB328B940.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D349AD97-2407-4109-AAB3-DDECB328B940.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/D349AD97-2407-4109-AAB3-DDECB328B940.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2199,"url":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/11\/camping-near-crater-lake\/","url_meta":{"origin":1918,"position":5},"title":"Camping Near Crater Lake","author":"Micha Hooper","date":"June 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The family trip took us from Redwoods to Crater Lake. It was our first trip into Oregon. As we pulled into Umpqua National Forest, we stopped at the forest ranger station. Because we were after the snow but before the off-road trails opened for the summer, we were told by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Crater Lake National Park"","block_context":{"text":"Crater Lake National Park","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/category\/united-states\/oregon\/crater-lake-national-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/D20512CF-D2AC-41CF-B1C3-D52FE7DA5D92.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/D20512CF-D2AC-41CF-B1C3-D52FE7DA5D92.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/D20512CF-D2AC-41CF-B1C3-D52FE7DA5D92.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/D20512CF-D2AC-41CF-B1C3-D52FE7DA5D92.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/D20512CF-D2AC-41CF-B1C3-D52FE7DA5D92.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1928,"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions\/1928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}