Category: Campsite

Lees Ferry National Monument – Friday September 26, 2014

We left Jacob Lake early because it was a Friday and I wanted to get to the campground early in the day.  It turned out to be the right thing to do.  We have been here twice before and this campground is usually empty, us and three or four other groups.  This year the place is 3/4 full.  Some people are here for a condor release on Saturday however most of the people just seem to be passing through.
We usually have one of the two campsites that directly over look the Colorado River, no such luck this year.

Here is the campsite with the traveling flamingos, in the tree.

We took the car and drove back out to Hwy 89 to take pictures of the Vermilion Cliffs and some of the rock that have fallen down off the cliffs.

I think these a over 2000 feet high.
This is a rock that rolled down from the cliffs a long time ago and the ground around it has eroded away.  The pickup belongs to a lady who is using the rock for shade to sell her jewelry.
This is a house which was built under one of these large rocks, great place to stay cool.

Cathedral Gorge State Park – Tuesday September 9, 2014

We made it through all the bad weather.  What was left of hurricane Nordbert came through here yesterday and made a mess of things just to the south of us.  We made the right decision to stay here and set out the storm.  One of the campgrounds I had targeted to go to is on the Virgin River in the area where Hwy I-15 got washed out.  We’ll have to wait and see if the campground is even still there.  The whole town of Mesquite, Nevada lost power and is not supposed to it back until today.
We have been here so long I think we need another campsite picture.

This is the satellite TV antenna using firewood to keep it from blowing over.  I also have an arrangement to use water as the weight to hold it in place, you’ll get to see that later.

We will be leaving here tomorrow (Wednesday September 10) for out two weeks at Zion, from what I have been able to read this morning all the Virgin River destruction was south of St. George and everything at Zion is fine.  Like yesterday the internet connection comes and goes.
We don’t have clouds like this at home so I am obligated to take pictures and show them.

I will not bother you with any more today, however I do have more.

Rest Stop East of Austin, NV – Monday September 1, 2014

Left Vicki and Richard’s at 9:45 for parts east and south. 

I pulled into a Pony Express historical site for lunch, great place for lunch, not big enough for me to turn around in with the car in tow.  After lunch I got to unhook the car so I could backup to get back on the road.  Oh well, I hope I don’t do this to often.

This is where we spent the night.
I am here: 39 29.877 N 116 30.31 W http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.49796,-116.50517

Maryhill State Park – Wednesday August 27, 2014

Left home at noon got here a 6:10, site 24.  Nice sunny drive with limited wind coming up the Columbia.

(I have campsite pictures, however this WordPress program will not insert them. I will add them later. )

( now I can add only one picture, another later.)

This was our first long day towing the Saturn and every thing worked fine.  Even stopped once for gas.  We do need to get better at picking a site and then finding a place to unhook the car.  Anyway over time we’ll figure it out.

I talked about getting gas because this can be a challenge. The issue is you can not backup a tow car which is being towed with all four wheels on the ground.  The motorhome and car are 54 feet long so the gas pumps need a pretty good size area around them.  Pulling into a gas station you have never seen before and deciding if you will have enough room to get in and out can be a challenge. Having to unhook the car in the middle of a busy gas station will piss a lot people off.  Hope I go a while before this happens to me.

 

Lodgepole FS CG, HWY 410 – Friday August 15, 2014

On Tuesday we headed back to Eastern Washington, going over Chinook Pass looking to stay at Lodgepole, Pleasant Valley or Kaner Flats all forest service campgrounds.
We ended up at Lodgepole in site 12.

In this picture you can see the traveling Flamingos.  The weather changed with one afternoon of lightening, thunder and heavy rain I was glad I was not on a long hiking trip.

Tuesday there were 5 occupied sites in the campground, Wednesday and Thursday 2 site were occupied, us and some people in a tent at the far opposite end of the campground.  Nice campground but no place to do any hiking.  Hank and I walked around looking for places to go, did find some cabins on the other side of Hwy 410 but that was about it.

Jean has volunteered to go through brochures to cut the travel pile down a little.

This week will be getting things ready for our trip south.  Brian is coming up tomorrow (Monday 8/18/2014) to help me redo some of the dual pane motorhome windows.  All the window have some moisture in them and need to be taken apart and resealed.

Last thing to comment on is the road repairs on Hwy 410.  So far we have had 3 rock chips fixed in the front windows.  Yesterday I washed the motorhome because it had a thin coat of road oil all over the lower panels and across the back.  I will need wash the back fiberglass back again and wax it before we leave. This morning I could still see some brown color from the oil.

Still have some Mt. Rainier pictures:  22. 23, 24
Deer tracks in the early morning snow.
New ice from the over night freeze.

Penrose – Saturday, May 24, 2014

Hank and I went on two walks today, fitbit says 7.85 miles. I am getting old.

Here is the morning walk:
Here is the campsite picture;

Since my phone’s last update this is how I am posting pictures, remember with the last update I can only post one picture per WordPress blog posting.

Take picture with phone.
Use Picsay pro to resave pic in small file size
Upload to Dropbox
Move to iPad
Set phone to hotspot
Download pic to iPad
Write blog with multiple pics
Upload blog

Oh, here is today’s count
Have a great evening.

 

Pony Springs Rest Stop, NV – Sunday September 1, 2013

We have stopped for the night 6:30 p.m. and 413 miles. Here’s the Google location:

I am here: 38 19.156 N 114 36.462 W http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:38.31928,-114.60771

Alt 6176

It is raining, not a thunder shower this is a real wetting the earth rain. We had rain off and on starting at Ely and had to slow down to 50 mph a couple of times.  If it stops raining I will take a campsite picture.

Campsite picture from inside out,

Tomorrow starts the hard part of vacation, we will get to Zion Natl Park and the big decision of the day well be how many strawberry daiquiris to have and how many will be two shots of rum vs. one. I’ll have to work my way through it. Morning walks with Hank and afternoons in the shade.

Update Monday morning, here are a couple of campsite pictures from this morning, sunny.

12:30 morning update did not update, here are the pictures:

 

Massacre Rock State Park, ID – Saturday August 31, 2013

Today was the first day of a doing nothing vacation.  Hank and I went for a walk this morning.

Fixed the passenger side rear clearance light and cleaned out the bottom of the BBQ.  Tomorrow we head south on Nevada hwy 93 and will spend the night out in the middle of no where, it should be dark to see stars.  I don’t think we’ll have phone or internet.

pictures for today:
Have a great Sunday.