We hopped on I-80 and drove through 175 miles of the Great Basin. Mile after mile of large dried lake beds. We are now in Winnemucca (Say it!). We are at the same campground we stopped at over 20 years ago with Mike & Jeff when it was a KOA. It is pretty calm today but back then it was so
Trip Log
September 7, 2007
We crossed the mountains again today but the road wasn't as steep or winding. There was a haze all day due to the wildfires near Susanville and it got worse as we got closer. We couldn't get a good picture of Mount Shasta or of Mount Lassen when we stopped at the volcanic park. Mt.
September 6, 2007
We went down the coast and turned East which made Alesa's day. We came across route 299 to Redding. It was a beautiful trip but had a lot of ups and downs and sharp turns. We were on the North bank of the Trinity river most of the time which meant Alesa was looking over cliffs; not good! We d
September 5, 2007
We have a lot of tree pictures. They were truly unbelievable, you just can't get used to the scale of the trees. I think we have lost the autofocus on the camera, so I hope the pictures stay in focus. Anyway, "You can't depend on your eyes, when your imagination is out of focus".
September 4, 2007
We are on the Pacific coast in Northern California at the Klamath River RV park. We are right on the river less than a mile from the ocean. Most of the campers are here for the Chinook salmon fishing. They started running the middle of last month but the fishing has not been very good because
September 3, 2007
While it is Labor Day it is a day of rest for us. We drove south on I-5 by Salem, Corvallis and Eugene and are 136 miles north of the California border. Passed over the 45th Parallel today which means we are now closer to the Equator than to the North Pole. We had crossed it northbound in Mich
September 2, 2007
We drove to Washington Park in Portland. There we visited the International Rose Test Garden and the Japanese Garden. Two beautiful places. We then drove the Oregon Scenic By-Way/Mt.
September 1, 2007
We went back into Washington for our trip to the coast. Saw Mount St.
August 31, 2007
We are in Fairview/Troutdale on the eastern edge of Portland. We followed the Columbia River and finally did see Mount Hood. Tomorrow we will tour the coast. After three nights here over the holiday we will probably go to the Redwood National Park in northern California.
August 30, 2007
It hit near 100 degrees today so we toured the tri-cities (Kennewick, Pasco and Richland) in the morning, walked and shopped in the mall, took Alesa to a movie (Harry Potter) in the afternoon and then back to the air conditioned trailer. We may hit the hot tub and pool again later this evening.