Have you heard of the Frugal RV Guides for boondocking?

I've spoken about Frugal RV guides in past posts as we had these four guides for our Maiden Voyage.

source Frugal RV

Since we purchased our guides they have written a California guide which had to be broken into two guides as the State was too vast to cram all the info into one guide. While purchasing these two guides the other day I noticed they had an affiliate program for recommending sales of their guides.

So please click on the link in my side bar or here:
 Click here to visit Frugal Shunpikers Guides to RV Boondocking.
and see what you think. If you are at all interested in boondocking in California, Texas, New Mexico, Utah or Arizona these guides will be a wealth of information and savings on camping fees. I haven't read through the California guides yet but if they are anything like the previous four they will be an amazing too!

Your purchase will benefit me but I offer it to you as an amazing resource. We have used these guides in the past. We will use them again in the future and I highly recommend them to anyone looking for wonderful bookdocking ideas as well as information on attractions, hikes etc near these boondocking areas.

Happy Travels everyone!

Don't forget to click the link to go to Frugal RV's site and learn more information about these wonderful guides. They also provide lots of other information on their site.

Lone Rock Camping REVIEW (Arizona/Utah)

Even though we had to pay for tonight it was only $10.00 for beach front Parking! Head North from Page on 89. You will pass the Dam, the marina and then you will pass the Welcome to Utah sign, and right after that you will see a small brown sign on the right hand side that says Lone Rock. Follow that into the pay station and then down to the beach.

Value 4.5/5
In order to enter Lone Rock Beach in the Glan Canyon Recreational Area you have to pay a $15 daily use fee but that price was covered by our America the Beautiful Pass. To camp here is $10.00 per night which includes RV dump and Water.

Site Quality 4/5
The beach is quite level but STAY ON the WET sand and rocky driving areas. You WILL get stuck in the  dry powdery sand. If you are at all unsure ask at the pay station or the camp host. (you can also camp on a hill over looking the lake if you don't want to chance the sand)

Facility Fun 5/5
There are hours and hours of fun nearby starting right at the lake! You can not launch a motorized boat from this beach, you must go to the marina just up the road. You can then drive your boat infront of your camping spo and keep it there. This lake is great for swimming, boating, fishing (if fishing here you must have an Arizona and a Utah fishing license as this lake is in both States) and more. You can also ride ATV's etc on the dunes surrounding the lake, go for a hike or take a trip into Page for many other adventurous activities or shopping etc. HorseshoeBend is also near by and worth the hike! (see my post HERE) You can also rent boats, canoes and jetskski's a he marina I believe.

Natural Surroundings 5/5
Beach, sand, sun, sand dunes, cliffs and canyons...Beautiful natural surroundings at the lake and nearby. As well the night sky is dark and full of many stars.

Bathrooms 4/5
The bathrooms are very clean and have a pay phone just outside. There are no showers but there are flush toilets in the main bathrooms. There are oher chemical toilets along the the beach.

Staff 5/5
This is the first year they have a camp host and he is super friendly. He drives around each evening saying hello to all the campers and was very helpful when we asked him quesions.

Location 5/5
This area is only a couple minutes from the main road, and about 10 minutes from Page. It is easy access and near many activities such as shopping (including Walmart), hiking, the marina, river rafting in the canyons, plane tours over Monument Valley and much more.

Overall 5/5
We really liked this spot and can see ourselves coming back here again if we are in this neck of the woods.

sign saying to turn to Lone Rock. Don't blink you might miss it

Lone Rock from the beach

Park back from the water but where the sand is still wet

The view beside us. Campers generally space themselves out

The skyline at dusk

Desert View Drive and onto Horseshoe Bend!

We left the Grand Canyon via Desert View Drive and got a neat little treat. We stopped at this view point:

We saw more elk on our way out

and in the distance saw a building up on the hill

so we drove on to see what it was. It was a neat little watch tower that you could climb up to the top. Sierra thought it was so fun!

The view from the tower

Our last look at he Grand Canyon...until next time...

From here we said goodbye to the Grand Canyon for the last time and headed towards Page Arizona and Horseshoe Bend.

I was very hot and really too difficult of a treck for the girls (if you have a 3 and a 4 year I don't recommend this treck). It's downhill on the way there but the path is deep sand and the sand was HOT.

The view of the bend from the distance

They did enjoy stacking stones



Found another HEART rock



but despite the whinning we finally made it to the look off and it was amazing!

Thankfully Daddy had enough energy to carry them both up the last bit of hill.

We then headed past Page to the Glen Canyon Recreation Area

to Lone Rock Beach to camp for the night. There is a $15 entrance fee to the park but it was free with our America the Beautiful Pass. To camp for the night it was $10.00. We paid for one night and headed straight for the beach. This is a wonderful spot for kids and adults. The water is fun for the girls and we enjoyed a peaceful evening sitting out under the stars, a nice warm night too!

Aayla was napping at this point and when I woke her up she was too groggy to enjoy the beach at this time.
We enjoyed a beautiful sunset and the night sky was amazing.



Ian pulling the pin on his Firestarter Vodka from Vegas




The night sky was beautiful

 Another beautiful day set in stone in our memories...

PS please pardon the lack of an occasional "t" in posts lately. My t on the laptop is acting up. I try o go back and fix them but I am sure some are slipping past me :)