HOOVER DAM AND THE GRAND CANYON
A trip to Vegas is not complete without a visit to the Hoover Dam. I remember riding across the dam as a kid, but it is very different now with a new visitor center and parking garage. It was bustling[…]
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DRIVING ALONG THE MOJAVE DESERT
After leaving the Sequoias in California, we started our southeasterly turn toward Nevada. This direction required us to drive along the Mojave Desert. The scenery was relatively similar with rocky hills and dry golden grass. But am I the only[…]
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NATIONAL PARK 2 FOR 1: GIANT SEQUOIAS
Our first day driving into the north entrance of Kings Canyon National Park was a wild weather day. Our campground was situated in the middle of citrus groves in Lemon Cove, a few miles from the base of the foothills[…]
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YOSEMITE, A GRAND VALLEY OF GRANITE
Traveling from the Redwood Forest to Yosemite NP was close to 500 miles so we decided to stop for a night in Nice, California. Our campground was situated directly on Clear Lake, the largest fresh water lake in the entire[…]
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WALKING THROUGH THE GIANTS IN THE REDWOOD FOREST
California, here we come! We drove directly from our Crater Lake campground to the California coast. We booked three nights on the Klamath River, just a short drive to the ocean. We chose Klamath because it is smack dab in[…]
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TIRE DETOUR
We were way overdue for a daily detour and finally it happened today. Needless to say, it was a very stressful drive by the end of our daily journey. We drove past Sacramento into the valley of farms and pastures[…]
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NATIONAL PARK #2: CRATER LAKE
It seems like we flew down the coast until we stopped in Lakeside, which is where I left off in my last post. In case you missed all of the coastal action in Oregon, you can read about it here.[…]
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WHALE WATCHING BOAT TRIP TO SAN JUAN ISLAND
I talked Darin into getting out on the water and taking a boat tour to San Juan Island. He was focused on the Olympic National Park, but the crazy smoke had put a kink in our plans, therfore he agreed[…]
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OUR FIRST FEW DAYS IN WASHINGTON
My previous story left off as we made it across the border and luckily found a campground in Mt Vernon, just outside of Seattle. It was a long and exhausting day of driving and we got up early the next[…]
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THINGS YOU SEE PARKED IN CAMPGROUNDS
You just never know what you might see in a campground and who might be your neighbor. During our travels, we have seen tiny houses like those on the TV show in two places – Palmer, Alaska and Mt Vernon,[…]
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