Camping – The Life and Times of Jamie Lyssa

Thanksgiving in Oklahoma

I just came back from about three nights in Oklahoma. In the summer, we had decided to revisit the River’s Edge Cottages after our trip…

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, then you know that one of my life’s goals is to visit all 50 states in…

As Charles Dickens said, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” But we’ll get to that in a little while.…

Let me preface this entry by saying, if you expect Roswell to really be cashing in on the whole alien thing, you’ll be absolutely disappointed…

The next day we left Big Bend National Park, and headed towards Carlsbad, New Mexico, for what we hoped would be another awesome camping experience,…

Justin and I slept well the second night we were at Big Bend because we actually remembered to close our rainfly this time. I even…

As soon as we got home from school on the 16th, we started packing the car for our trip. Originally, we were just going to…

My Rating: You know, I’m a real stifler for books about the outdoors. I love hiking, I love camping, I love looking at the stars.…

My Rating: There are two things that I really love- camping/hiking and road trips. There’s nothing more magical than being in the middle of nowhere,…

Where to start… Crater Lake may have been my favorite park of the entire road trip so far. Regardless, it is certainly the National Park…