April 28-30, 2023 Friday After leaving the Sequoia National Park, we needed to figure out where to head next. No need to worry; our navigator and co-pilot were on it! Wait! Someone is sleeping on the job! Our nephew, Joe, who lives in San Diego with his wife, Carolina, and their precious daughter, Marina, advised… Continue reading Blog Post # 9: Northern California – Sacramento River Bend Recreation Area, Redwood State Park, Northern California Pacific Coast
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Blog Post 8: Visiting Mount Rainier in Washington State during the ‘Waterfall Season’
May 26-27, 2023 If you read travel articles about visiting Mt. Rainier National Park, or Google the question, “when is the best time to visit Mt. Rainier?”, the response will be July and August. The prime season boasts warm weather and clear skies. Eye candy will be subalpine meadows of wildfires and prime visibility of… Continue reading Blog Post 8: Visiting Mount Rainier in Washington State during the ‘Waterfall Season’
Death Valley Mining and a Ghost Town
April 20 & 22, 2023 Blog Post 6 ended with sunsets from our campsite in the Bureau of Land Management Pahrump Valley campground. Pahrump Valley is a desert environment, although it is situated at a higher elevation. Pahrump Valley is outside of the city of Pahrump Nevada, right across the California border. Blog post 7… Continue reading Death Valley Mining and a Ghost Town
Blog Post 6: Death Valley National Park
April 19-23, 2023 We have a lot to share about Death Valley National Park, a surprisingly interesting and beautiful place. The impression Mike and I had of Death Valley was flat, endless miles of blowing sand with a cactus or two sticking up. We didn’t do any pre-visit research or investigation. So, when we started… Continue reading Blog Post 6: Death Valley National Park
Blog Post 5 Hoover Dam
March 24, 2023 Our schoolbooks from the 1970’s showed pictures of a great mass of water spilling over the Hoover Dam. I wanted to see it! Water hasn’t spilled over Hoover Dam since 1983. For Mike and I, our travels through the southwestern part of the United States, clarifies the impact of the 23-year drought,… Continue reading Blog Post 5 Hoover Dam
Blog 4: Lake Mead, AZ
We wanted to see Lake Mead before it was gone! March 23-28, 2023 We had to stop at Lake Mead and see it for ourselves. The media reports that it is drying up. With that in mind, we wanted to see it before it was gone. Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake in the… Continue reading Blog 4: Lake Mead, AZ
Blog 3 Part 2 of Ten Areas We Visited in and Around Big Bend National Park
Map Here is the map of the next five areas we explored in Big Bend. They are: 6. The climb to Balanced Rock (blue dot), 7. Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, 8. Sotol Vista, 9. Santa Elena Canyon, and 10. The ghost town of Terlingua, Texas. 6. Balanced Rock The trail to see the Balanced Rock… Continue reading Blog 3 Part 2 of Ten Areas We Visited in and Around Big Bend National Park
Blog 2: Ten areas we visited in and around Big Bend
By the way, in our last post ‘Three Stops on the Way to Big Bend’, I made a mistake and wrote that we camped on Boliver County Beach, which is incorrect. The correct name is Brazoria County Beach. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused. Adventure # 2 Big Bend NP Part 1… Continue reading Blog 2: Ten areas we visited in and around Big Bend
Blog 1: Three stops on the way to Big Bend National Park.
Blog 1 Beach camping on Bolivar County Beach, TX, all alone in Spur 406 Campground at Amistad National Recreation Area, and Marathon Motel and RV Park in Marathon, Texas. Bolivar County Beach TX. Free camping Would you start an adventurous new lifestyle like we did? It was a dark and foggy night as we embarked… Continue reading Blog 1: Three stops on the way to Big Bend National Park.