Well, we finally made
it across the country. We are camped in
Kingsburg CA, just south of Fresno, and
are going into Sequoia National Park later today for 8 days. Our trip was long but relatively
uneventful. We have driven 2400 miles so
far. The first night we stayed in Iowa,
a small campground (CG) right next to I-80 so that was really noisy with trucks
going by all night. Went into Nebraska
the next day. Going through Omaha a truck in front of us shredded a tire so we
had pieces of rubber raining down on us but fortunately caused no damage. Mid week was Wyoming. Beautiful snow topped mountains in the
distance.
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| Mountains in Wyoming |
I even drove the truck towing
for the first time! Of course there is
not a lot of traffic going through the middle of Wyoming. It was strange to see speed limit signs of 80, (although with
the trailer we only go about 62 mph.) In
some areas it slowed down to 75 when the road was a little twisty. Saturday we went through the red mountains of
Utah. Stopped at a rest area for lunch and parked where we could look out at
the red cliffs.
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| Utah - Life Elevated |
Sunday we drove through
to Las Vegas. Originally we had planned on
only one night there, but because of predicted winds of 30+ mph across the
desert we decided to wait them out and stayed two nights. A fancy “resort” CG with a pool that was
great after so many days on the road.
There was a couple across from us in a big motor home towing a full size
diesel pick-up like we use to pull our trailer.
Amazing what people camp with nowadays.
Yesterday we left Las Vegas at 6:30 a.m. to beat the heat in the
desert. We saw large areas of Joshua trees growing in the desert.
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| Joshua Trees |
Went through Barstow and
Bakersfield CA. The fields that are
irrigated for growing vegetables were green, but the majority of the land is
brown from the prolonged drought they have been having out here.
Looking forward to going into the National Park. Will post as we are able - not sure about internet access in the Park.
Glad you made it to CA.
ReplyDeleteNice pictures to go along with your travel comments. I especially like the snow covered mts. in Wyoming. Did you happen to meet CJ Box? LOL! That's what I thought of immediately upon viewing your pictures. Currently reading "Out of Range" in is series which takes place around Jackson Hole & the Grand Tetons. :>) "Play safe and have fun!
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