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Day 20
Friday, June 12, 2015 at 1:51 PM
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 6,745 ft
United States Trail Canyon Tank 36.74032, -112.111836°44’25” N 112°6’42” W
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Kaibab National Forest, Arizona
June 12, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Camped here overnight. Found a great camping spot just before dark.
is that a camp fire in the lower left?
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from mom
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Day 21
Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 1:09 PM
☁️ 25 °C
Altitude: 6,181 ft
United States Mule Shoe Bend 35.93551, -111.6993735°56’8” N 111°41’58” W
East Rim Grand Canyon
June 13, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Camped at a fantastic spot among Ponderosa Pines in Kaibab National Forest with the Grand Canyon as our backyard. Cost = free. There's even a pit toilet a mile up the road at the Arizona Trail parking lot. Convenient for dumping our cassette toilet!Read more
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Day 21
Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 3:22 PM
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 8,189 ft
United States Bright Angel Point 36.1985, -112.0523436°11’55” N 112°3’8” W
North Rim, Grand Canyon
June 13, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
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Day 21
Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 7:02 PM
☀️ 20 °C
Altitude: 7,740 ft
United States Angels Window 36.12, -111.9466736°7’12” N 111°56’48” W
Cape Royal Trail
June 13, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
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Day 22
Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 11:36 AM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 9,006 ft
United States Crystal Spring Tank 36.39753, -112.1072536°23’51” N 112°6’26” W
Kaibab National Forest, Road 611
June 14, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
A quick hail storm came through our campsite this morning. We got out of the park after 10pm last night so took the first flat spot available, 611x.
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Day 22
Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 5:56 PM
☀️ 24 °C
Altitude: 8,409 ft
United States Roosevelt Point 36.21975, -111.9523836°13’11” N 111°57’9” W
Roosevelt Trail
June 14, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A short hike, relaxing, and dinner in the camper.
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Day 25
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 5:00 PM
☀️ 34 °C
Altitude: 4,997 ft
United States Cedar Ridge 36.87671, -112.8782136°52’36” N 112°52’42” W
Leaving Arizona
June 17, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Goodbye Arizona. Currently, the temperature is 95 degrees at 5000 feet elevation. We're going north for cooler weather.
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Day 25
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 6:06 PM
☀️ 34 °C
Altitude: 4,869 ft
United States Big Plain Junction 37.06447, -113.1013737°3’52” N 113°6’5” W
Back in Utah
June 17, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Scenery on our way to St. George, Utah
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Day 25
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 6:24 PM
☀️ 36 °C
Altitude: 3,212 ft
United States Hurricane 37.17619, -113.2892537°10’34” N 113°17’21” W
Passing Hurricane, Utah
June 17, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
Interesting how the town is set down in the valley. Temperature 103 degrees. We're staying in the truck!
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Day 26
Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 5:44 PM
☀️ 36 °C
Altitude: 3,760 ft
United States Sandy Flat 37.26851, -113.3211837°16’7” N 113°19’16” W
105 degrees daze
June 18, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
Goodbye St George, Utah. 105 degrees without a breeze is too hot for us, even in absence of humidity. Loaded up on food at Costco and Natural Grocers. Met two separate people who moved here from So Cal describing here as being too hot! We're heading north to Great Basin National Park in Nevada, up in the Snake Range! Grateful for air conditioning during the drive, and Walmart for letting us camp overnight with fantastic 4G Verizon signal!Read more
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Day 26
Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 7:32 PM
☀️ 31 °C
Altitude: 4,938 ft
United States Milford 38.36333, -112.9916738°21’48” N 112°59’30” W
Milford and Surroundings
June 18, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Driving past town of Milford, Utah. Appears to be an agriculture and perhaps mining economy. Union Pacific Train runs through town.
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Day 26
Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 8:00 PM
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 6,125 ft
United States Squaw Gulch 38.4395, -113.2702138°26’22” N 113°16’13” W
Historical Marker
June 18, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Setting of former mining town.
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Day 26
Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 8:14 PM
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: 5,200 ft
United States Beaver County 38.49091, -113.4697538°29’27” N 113°28’11” W
Population of ...
June 18, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Looks like a few houses and a lot of cattle
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Day 26
Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 8:19 PM
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: 5,686 ft
United States Beaver County 38.50167, -113.50538°30’6” N 113°30’18” W
Hundred Miles of Desert
June 18, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
The road to Great Basin National Park
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Day 26
Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 8:42 PM
🌙 25 °C
Altitude: 5,305 ft
United States Baker Landing Strip 39.009, -114.122839°0’32” N 114°7’22” W
Phew...A Gas Station
June 18, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Never know how many miles to the next diesel station. Good rule of thumb out here, always fill up if tank is half empty when a gas station is available. We didn't do that today, and started to wonder. Good news: we made it to Nevada and found diesel before the park! Pacific time zone. As if the kids needed more reason to be cranky and confused. :)Read more
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Day 27
Friday, June 19, 2015 at 3:33 PM
☀️ 25 °C
Altitude: 9,977 ft
United States Teresa Lake 39.00999, -114.3077739°0’36” N 114°18’28” W
Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park
June 19, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
At 10,000 feet in the desert lies an island of conifer forest with streams. What a stark contrast with the vast desolate basin only 5000 feet below. The temperature is about 20 degrees cooler.

We got to our destination pretty late last night, but was able to find a nice camping spot inside the park in their overflow campground. After almost 4 weeks of camping, this was the first night we paid for lodging! The price was only $6. Nevertheless, it felt weird to pay to do the same things we've done for the past 4 weeks: legitimately park somewhere overnight, eat and sleep. The park's four campgrounds fill up fast, especially on the weekends. We got permission to park for free in a private lot across Silver Jack Inn tonight.Read more
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Day 28
Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 5:37 PM
☀️ 31 °C
Altitude: 6,368 ft
United States Ely Warm Springs 39.25931, -114.8690639°15’34” N 114°52’9” W
Nevada Northern Railway Museum
June 20, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
A working train museum! Riding the steam engine train up the mountain, through 2 tunnels, ghost towns and back. Fascinating history of the railway in this part of the country.
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Day 30
Monday, June 22, 2015 at 6:44 PM
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 10,390 ft
United States Stella Lake 39.00612, -114.3189139°0’22” N 114°19’8” W
Stella Lake
June 22, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Beautiful alpine lake at Great Basin National Park, reached via the Alpine Loop Trail.
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Day 31
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 7:06 PM
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 10,453 ft
United States Brown Lake 39.00079, -114.3049839°0’3” N 114°18’18” W
Bristlecone Pine Grove
June 23, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Hanging out with the oldest living organisms on earth! A Bristlecone Pine Grove, trees that are as old as five thousand years living at 10,000 feet in Great Basin National Park. Reached via Bristlecone Trail, a 4 mile loop with 600 feet elevation gain from Wheeler Peak Campground.Read more
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Day 32
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 11:14 PM
🌙 19 °C
Altitude: 7,165 ft
United States Bob Scotts Summit 39.4566, -116.9935439°27’24” N 116°59’37” W
Toiyabe National Forest
June 24, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Drove about 3.5 hours west on Nevada's Route 50, aka the Loneliest Road. Camped near Scott Davis Campground in Toiyabe National Forest with the cows.
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Day 33
Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 8:02 PM
☀️ 30 °C
Altitude: 4,534 ft
United States Wingfield Park 39.52189, -119.8151939°31’19” N 119°48’55” W
Nevada Grown
June 25, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Buying local: organic veggies grown and grass fed beef raised in the high desert! A cool edible garden in front of Great Basin Community Food Co-op.
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Day 34
Friday, June 26, 2015 at 1:11 PM
☀️ 30 °C
Altitude: 6,040 ft
United States Onion Creek 39.52598, -120.2886139°31’34” N 120°17’19” W
Passing through Tahoe Natl Forest
June 26, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We crossed into California last night in the dark. It wasn't really our plan, but it turns out that Reno and its surroundings are unfriendly to RV dry camping. We didn't feel right paying 40 dollars to park 14 hours in an ugly KOA parking lot with electricity, water and sewage hookups that we did not need. So we drove about an hour into national forest, looking for a spot. No great choices here either, hard to see in the dark, but found a trailhead parking lot for Truckee Summit. The terrain changed significantly from gray rock to pine forest! A sign also warned of rattlesnakes!Read more
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Day 34
Friday, June 26, 2015 at 3:18 PM
☀️ 37 °C
Altitude: 3,527 ft
United States Hough Creek 40.08573, -120.9194240°5’9” N 120°55’10” W
Plumas National Forest
June 26, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
Driving through Plumas NF. The terrain looks a lot like Vermont. There's a heat wave here, currently 104 degrees outside.
ug! way too hot!
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Day 34
Friday, June 26, 2015 at 4:06 PM
☀️ 35 °C
Altitude: 4,505 ft
United States Skinner Flat 40.17373, -121.0904640°10’25” N 121°5’26” W
Lake Almanor
June 26, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Still some water left :-) Entering Lassen National Forest!
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Day 35
Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 2:23 AM
🌙 14 °C
Altitude: 6,558 ft
United States Bluff Falls 40.41712, -121.5328740°25’2” N 121°31’58” W
Lassen National Forest
June 27, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Great forest with lots of pine trees. Plenty of dispersed camping opportunities. Found a camping spot a couple hundred feet into a forest road, within earshot of the main road. We're only a couple of miles from Lassen Volcanic National Park's southwest entrance. Looking forward to seeing the park tomorrow!Read more
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