{"id":737,"date":"2022-08-20T22:04:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T22:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/?p=737"},"modified":"2022-08-20T22:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T22:04:30","slug":"august-17-18-19-days-78-79-80-schnell-recreation-area-richardton-nd-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/?p=737","title":{"rendered":"August 17, 18, 19 (days 78, 79 &#038; 80) &#8211; Schnell Recreation Area, Richardton, ND, part one"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve been keen to experience dispersed camping (AKA boondocking, off-grid camping) on this trip, and knew from research that our best opportunity for that would be in the mid-western and western States.\u00a0 We\u2019d watched dispersed camping videos on YouTube so had an idea of what to expect, but our first experience, here at the Schnell Recreation Area, has really exceeded our expectations.\u00a0 Located down a country road in a beautiful area of rolling plains with no one else around, our site is easily the biggest of our trip and very private from the other five sites available (without any neighbours, however, that\u2019s a moot point). The silence and solitude is wonderful, only broken by the sound of the breeze in the trees, the mooing of local yet distant cattle in the morning, or an infrequent train whistle.\u00a0 Because the site is so nice and so cheap ($5\/night!) we decided to stay three nights instead of the usual two.\u00a0 We would\u2019ve never predicted that two of our top three camp sites so far would be in North Dakota but that\u2019s the case!\u00a0 Schnell Recreation Area is also wonderful for Misty, because she can wander off leash as much as she wishes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"545\" src=\"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RemoteMediaFile_6553663_0_2022_08_19_12_54_48-1024x545.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-740\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RemoteMediaFile_6553663_0_2022_08_19_12_54_48-1024x545.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RemoteMediaFile_6553663_0_2022_08_19_12_54_48-300x160.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RemoteMediaFile_6553663_0_2022_08_19_12_54_48-768x408.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RemoteMediaFile_6553663_0_2022_08_19_12_54_48-1536x817.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RemoteMediaFile_6553663_0_2022_08_19_12_54_48-2048x1089.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Our site at Schnell Recreation Area from above.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3631-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-741\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3631-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3631-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3631-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3631-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3631-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3631-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Site #5 at Schnell Recreation Area &#8230; &#8220;Schnell No. 5,&#8221; our little joke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3658-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-742\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3658-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3658-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3658-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3658-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3658-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3658-800x600.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"881\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3633-881x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-743\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3633-881x1024.jpg 881w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3633-258x300.jpg 258w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3633-768x893.jpg 768w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3633-1321x1536.jpg 1321w, http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3633-1762x2048.jpg 1762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been keen to experience dispersed camping (AKA boondocking, off-grid camping) on this trip, and knew from research that our best opportunity for that would<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-august-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefulljonty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}