Month: September 2018

Lee’s Ferry, AZ – Friday September 7, 2018

Up early today and 292 miles to Lee’s Ferry for two nights. We got one of the two front row sites overlooking the Colorado River. The current plan is to be here for two nights then move to Gooseneck State Park in Utah. Temperature today is 98 and 103 tomorrow, parked so the refrigerator has afternoon shade.

The drive.

These front row sites have a large covered area and beautiful view of the river and hills.

Bliss, ID Rest Stop – Wednesday September 5, 2018

Tonight we are at a Rest Stop 10 Miles east of Glenns Ferry, ID. Nice drive today if you don’t count the three cans of pop which came rolling the length of the coach when I had to make a quicker then normal stop while coming through Boise. Oh yes, all three opened up on the trip from back to the front.

Campsite picture and the windmills out the front window.

The 100,000 way point was from April 7, 2018 on our way north.

Hermiston, OR Rest Stop – Tuesday September 4, 2018

First day of our fall trip. We are headed to northern New Mexico for a couple of weeks fishing and than Albuquerque for the balloon fiesta.

Stopped at the Garcia’s on our way through the Tri-Cities.

Tomorrow will end just this side of Boise, ID. I have mapped out five days of driving and we have until September 11th to get to Cottonwood Campground on the San Juan River just below the Navajo Lake Dam.

Chinook Pass – Dewey Lake – Monday to Thursday August 27 – 30, 2018

A couple of years ago I thought my overnight hiking into the mountains was over and looked at my shelves of hiking/camping gear and thought about getting rid of it all.  Last Christmas Brian asked as part of my Christmas gift if I’d be interested in going hiking with him, yes.  Being in my late sixties ( I just found out that I’m in my late sixties ) I mapped out a four hiking days three night trip.  Started at Chinook Pass and went south to Dewey Lake (south end of the lake), American Lake, Dewey Lake (north end of the lake).

It was a great hike with Brian and we plan to do it again next year.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were all sunny days and Thursday morning started with thick fog.  By the time we got up the hill out of Dewey Lake the fog had lifted and we had some nice views during out hike out to the pass.