We are camping at Dark Sky RV Campground in Kanab, UT. For all of us, this was our favorite campground. First of all, it had a children’s area off the back. It had a sand pit where they could dig for dinosaur bones and stars … Continue readingKanab
Today was a travel day, with lots of stops. Our first stop was Kodachrome Basin to hike the Shakespeare Arch trail. I had that Paul Simon song Kodachrome looping in my head “Baby don’t take my Kodachrome away.” It was a wonderful trail. Blake was … Continue readingHiking the Southwest
We camped just outside the entrance of Zion National Park for 2 nights. Since I booked this site back in January I was able to get one of the campsites right on the Virgin River. I was surprised that the water looked like chocolate milk … Continue readingZion
I picked up Katie and the girls at the Las Vegas airport. This airport isn’t RV friendly. Terminal 1 arrivals only allowed vehicles under 7 feet. So I was exited to Terminal 2 arrivals which only allowed 8 foot vehicles and was forced to exit … Continue readingLas Vegas
Sara and I drove down to Lake Tahoe, but we could barely see it. Wildfires started up overnight in Yosemite and the smoke was already in Tahoe. It was very hazy and you could smell the smoke. Since we couldn’t see anything we went back … Continue readingNext Phase
We left Chico for Lake Tahoe. I didn’t realize it but we were staying in Truckee, CA which is at Donner Pass. If you haven’t heard of the Donner Party getting stuck here one winter, look it up, it’s an interesting story. Since it was … Continue readingReno
We stopped to visit my nephew Mike in Chico. He showed us Bidwell Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the nation. He walks his dog here, hikes and rides mountain bikes. He took us for a tour of the Sierra Nevada brewing company.
The next day we took a side trip to Lake Shasta Caverns. You take a bus down to the shoreline, a boat to the other side of the lake, then another bus up the side of the mountain to the caverns. The interesting part of … Continue readingShasta Caverns
We left Diamond Lake and drove south and back around the West Rim of Crater Lake again. We pass so many mountains and are at a loss what their names are, but the next major one that you can’t miss is Mount Sasha. One of … Continue readingNorthern CA
We have arrived at Crater Lake today. Our first stop was Cleetwood Cove trail which is a one mile hike down to the water on the inside of the crater. It drops 700 feet and being at 6,500 feet elevation, it’s a challenge to get … Continue readingCrater Lake