Our Cross Country Trip

juni - augustus 2017

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- 16 jul. 2017
- ☀️ 32 °C
- Hoogte: 2.766 ft
- Verenigde Staten California Riverside County Pinkham Spring 33.856714, -115.81787133°51’24” N 115°49’4” W
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Joshua Tree National Park (California)
16 juli 2017, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Today was a big travel day from Phoenix to Sequoia National Park. Along the way we took a detour to Joshua National Park and drove through the park. It wasn't really our favorite but we did see the cholla cactus garden which will literally shoot off its thorns to any predictor who touches them. We also saw mountains of rocks and lots of joshua trees. By shear luck we were able to get a campsite at the Sequoia RV Ranch which is a cute little campground along the river at the base of the Sequoia National Park. We're planning a short visit here tomorrow before we head towards Yosemite which we have been warned is very very busy this time of year. We anticipate that it may be a "go with the flow" kind of thing for the next few days.Meer informatie
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Joanne Ellam Wow so unique all the different shapes of cactus. Well if Yosemite is very busy look at it this way so far your trip has seemed like it has flowed very smoothly...enjoy.
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- 17 jul. 2017
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 10.249 ft
- Verenigde Staten California Fresno County Kid Lakes 36.888408, -118.55621336°53’18” N 118°33’22” W
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The Grand Sequoias (King's Canyon)
17 juli 2017, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Today we visited King's Canyon National Park which is a part of Sequoia. Because Sequoia Park doesn't allow RVs they rerouted us to the King's Canyon. We were able to see the second largest Sequoia tree they called the Grant Tree after President Grant. My pictures don't do it justice. We also did a small hike to the stump of a tree the call the Mark Twain stump. It was cut down in the in the late 1800s and a round slab was sent to NYC but nobody believed it was real. It's still in a museum there. The stump is humongous. One can only imagine how big it would have been today had it not been cut down which is also one of the reasons the trees have now been preserved. We found a campground outside of Yosemite so we'll brave the crowds tomorrow.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Well darn - You would think that would be something that they would include on their website. Glad you still got to see some of them. They truly are amazing trees. Hard to believe that they start out with a seed the side of an oatmeal flake!
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- 18 jul. 2017 23:08
- 🌙 9 °C
- Hoogte: 8.520 ft
- Verenigde Staten California Mariposa County Yosemite Ntl Park 37.866181, -119.54223637°51’58” N 119°32’32” W
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Yosemite National Park
18 juli 2017, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Robert had us up at 5 am so we could get to Yosemite early. It took longer than we expected and I did not like the steep winding road but we didn't have any trouble getting through the gate or finding a parking spot. But, that's where the lack of a crowd ended. By midday there were lots of people. We did a 7 mile hike to the Vernal Falls, then continued to the base of the Nevada falls and continued on a loop to get back to the shuttle stop. Towards the end of the hike we even saw a bobcat. Kind of exciting through it didn't get real close. I think the Grand Canyon hike was actually easier because this hike was steep and very rocky. My whole body ached by the time we finished. Bed will feel good tonight but being able to move tomorrow may be an issue.Meer informatie
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Velma Rushford These are absolutely beautiful! OMGOODNESS, I am so glad you didn't have to challenge that "bobcat"! 😱 I hope you are not exhausted after all the hiking!!🍀🍀🍀🍀
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Glenda Garrow Beautiful pictures!
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Heidi Fortin Wow! Awesome
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- 19 jul. 2017
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 8.520 ft
- Verenigde Staten California Mariposa County Yosemite Ntl Park 37.866181, -119.54223637°51’58” N 119°32’32” W
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Hiking In Yosemite
19 juli 2017, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Today it was back to Yosemite for more hiking and exploring. Robert hiked the 7 mile loop to the Yosemite upper falls and I did a shorter 2 mile loop around Yosemite village to the view point of the upper and lower falls. They are spectacular and absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately there is a bad forest fire just west of the park that is causing a smokey haze to settle in the park. It was worse today than yesterday and has caused road closures to the park from the west. We had to use an alternative route when we left the park. We spent the night at a nice rv park in Lodi California so that the trip into San Francisco tomorrow will be shorter. Kristen arrives late Thursday night and Meghan on Friday morning. Can't wait to see them.Meer informatie
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Glenda Garrow That will be fun to have them both with you💗
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Velma Rushford What a surprise! "Lodi", Ca. is where my g. Grandmother and five daughters went after my g.grandfather died .She sold the farm, which is still standing in front of Monica and Rick's, and went out west by train. I had heard on the news about the forest fires..too bad. Well, have fun with the girls out there.?..I envy you..
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- 20 jul. 2017
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Hoogte: 348 ft
- Verenigde Staten California Laguna De San Antonio 38.226629, -122.69531338°13’36” N 122°41’43” W
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On to San Francisco
20 juli 2017, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
After a much needed car wash to wash the camper, we had an easy drive to our campground in Marin just north of San Francisco today. They really pack them in here but we are able to walk to the ferry so we have easy access into the city which is great. We went took the ferry in so that we could figure things out before the girls arrived. The temperatures are much cooler here but there's still lots of people. We had fun watching the street performers on the wharf and we had a nice dinner at an Italian restaurant. Kristen arrived by Uber at midnight and Meghan will be here tomorrow morning. Fun times.Meer informatie
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Velma Rushford Well, hello Sharon and Kristen! and Robert! I guess Meg is on her way. It looks different out there and yeah, a little crowded in some areas.I will be watching...(It is good to see you) Happy Trails..
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- 21 jul. 2017
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- Verenigde Staten California Contra Costa County Stege Richmond Inner Harbor 37.903732, -122.3437537°54’13” N 122°20’38” W
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The Girls Have Arrived
21 juli 2017, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Today was an exploring San Francisco day. Kristen, Robert and I took the ferry into the city and walked the wharf area to pier 39 where we caught a bus tour around the city. We were lucky to get a really good tour guide. Meghan took the train from the airport and met us at the civic center and then joined us for the rest of the tour. We had a good time walking around Fisherman's wharf and the pier. The sea lions off from pier 39 were great entertainment. We had a nice dinner on the pier before catching the ferry back to the campground. Robert and I are so glad to have the girls with us. We feel so fortunate that they were able to coordinate their schedules to spend the week with us.Meer informatie
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Velma Rushford Just received these..The PICTURES ARE GREAT! What a happy crew!
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Velma Rushford OMGoodness!..
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Glenda Garrow The sea lions are so fun to watch. We spent a lot of our time at Fisherman's Wharf on our trip out there 4 years ago.
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Glenda Garrow Gla you are all together for a week💗
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- 22 jul. 2017
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Hoogte: 89 ft
- Verenigde Staten California Sonoma 38.288498, -122.45910638°17’19” N 122°27’33” W
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Sonoma Square....Wine Country
22 juli 2017, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Connecting with family and close friends has been very special to us on this trip. Today Patrick Paul, who lives in southern California, met us at the Marin campground and spent the day with us. He recommended a visit to Sonoma Square which was a great choice and not one we would have necessarily done on our own. Parking was easy, lunch was delicious and the wine tasting was lots of fun. Laughing, reminiscing, and enjoying the beautiful area with Patrick, Meghan and Kristen made this day especially memorable. Thank you so much Patrick.Meer informatie
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Velma Rushford Looks like a "pow-wow",..OMGoodness..
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Glenda Garrow Love the pics!
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Heidi Fortin Love it
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- 23 jul. 2017
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 344 ft
- Verenigde Staten Maine York County Sanford Carpentier Park 43.447506, -70.76439743°26’51” N 70°45’52” W
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California Redwoods
23 juli 2017, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Experiencing the massive size of California's Redwood trees was the focus of today. After leaving a small campground that was actually a part of a fairground, we traveled along the Avenue of the Giants. The trees were huge and all were along the roadside. We stopped at the typical tourist spots...Finding Bigfoot and the drive through tree in Muir's woods, but we also took a break at the Humbolt State Forest Park to take a walk through the Redwood Park. Standing next to the trees made us feel very small. Our next stop was northern California at Cresent Beach where we all put our feet in the Pacific Ocean to complete the trip across the country. For the record, the water of the Pacific was freezing!Meer informatie
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Glenda Garrow Love the pics of the four of you💗
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Velma Rushford Wow, Kristen "did" drive! I wasn't sure!
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Velma Rushford Wow, those TREES! .. Tell us more about those trees sometime..With the "happy faces, I am confident the girls had a great time!
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- 24 jul. 2017
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Hoogte: 59 ft
- Verenigde Staten California Del Norte County Bertsch-Oceanview 41.779502, -124.1674841°46’46” N 124°10’3” W
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Crescent City
24 juli 2017, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We spent last night at a campground in Cresent City which is a fishing town in northern California. The majority of the people were fisherman who stayed there because we were right on the harbor. We walked the beach in the early morning and found lots of sand dollars. Our travel today was to Diamond Lake in Oregon which is the closest RV park to Crater Lake. It's a beautiful area though much cooler than the southwest.Meer informatie
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Joanne Ellam Love sand dollars hard to find them
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- 25 jul. 2017
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Hoogte: 6.040 ft
- Oregon Klamath County Annie Spring 42.871938, -122.16796942°52’19” N 122°10’5” W
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Crater Lake National Park (Oregon)
25 juli 2017 ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Crater Lake in Oregon has is the bluest lake we've ever seen. It also still has snow! We stopped at a pull off, that had a lot of people, to see what everyone was looking at. It was the first view of the lake and it took our breath away. As I understand it, the lake was formed by a volcano that basically erupted and sank creating the lake. We viewed the lake from several of the pull offs along Rim Drive, visited the gift shop and then planned to do a 2 mile hike down to the lake so we could take a boat tour. Unfortunately the boat was broken down and then it started to thunder and lightening. After several games of cribbage to try to wait out the storm, we decided to postpone our hike and headed back to the campground at Diamond Lake. The rain subsided and we were able to have a great cookout over the open fire complete with smores......just like old times.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Oh my goodness. That is just beautiful. We may have to add that as a trip for next year!
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