Well at least for us it’s new. Hip Camp has been around for several years. It’s a service that offers alternative places to camp rather than just RV parks or campgrounds. It combines both home- and landowners as well as some RV parks to offer alternative places to camp. We have tried it out twice now at a camping spot in Sonora, California. The name of the spot on Hip Camp is Green Acres.

Green Acres has two spots to rent. One is a large destination trailer that has permanent hookups for sewer, water, and electrical and is rented out as part of Air B&B. The second spot is an RV site that also has full hookups. We’ve stayed there twice now and the first time there was no one else there but us. It was so peaceful. The second time there was a renter at the Air B&B next door but he was pretty quiet and we only saw him once.

Our campsite was a little off-level, and somewhat challenging to back into but we got settled and plugged in.

It was still such a quiet and peaceful place to camp and we really enjoyed it there.

We camped here two times over the last 3 months and both times we would drive into Sonora for coffee at the BEST coffee shop in California; Revive Coffee. We order their coffee beans and grind them at home for my morning coffee. Afterwards both times we paid a visit to the Sonora Farmer’s Market which is about half a block away on Saturdays. Both times we also visited Nature’s Whole Food Depot which has a great array of groceries (many of which are guten-free specialty items we can’t find elsewhere), and homeopathic supplements and medications. It’s one of Cristy’s favorites.

This last time we were there we also took a morning hike on the West Side Trail, a railroad bed that has been converted into a hiking trail. Because it was graded for freight trains it has a very gentle grade both up and down. I was quite proud of Cristy this day for hiking BEFORE breakfast! It was going to be a hot day so we took our hike earlier in the day. Once we got back I made her breakfast.

We really enjoyed our stay at Green Acres via Hip Camp. Since this is a nationwide service we’ll start checking for Hip Camps in any area we travel to. And that travelling is coming up very soon!

Until next time…