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We try to spend as much time boondocking, because we love the peace and quiet, and of course it reduces our RV park or campground costs for budgeting fulltiming.

One of the hard things to do is to publish those places, because as soon as they are known, the "Happy Camper" shows up, and the peace and solitude are lost.

For those reasons, we rarely publish or share our favorite places except with our very special friends who are also boondockers and love these very special places as we do.

With the privatization of state and federal campgrounds being run by organizers like Hoo Doo, the costs have gone up exponentially. The more popular parks that used to be ~$8 are now ~$16 or more.

With the hot weather, we decided to go to higher elevations, and in so doing, we have the opportunity to check out the state and federal campgrounds. In doing this, we again have found that the sno-parks offer what we are looking for in the summer.

Like today, we are parked about a mile or so from a federal campground, we are in a sno-park, up against the trees with privacy, campfire ring, lots of firewood, good solar, good shade, very level ground, and no one else is here, and there is no fee!!

We have Broadband service for internet, telephone service, and satellite TV.

So, if you are interested in an easy way to boondock, check out a sno-park. They are always big open spaces. You can check them out before pulling in using google earth.....what a life!