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We went back and forth a little about the route we would take to head to Death Valley from Yosemite and eventually decided to head back south to get mostly around instead of over the Sierras. The route was quite a bit shorter and easier and the lure of Lake Tahoe was just not enough…
When we set off on our travels, Mike had started with a few physical issues. Some of them came from all of the work that he had put into the house in the last year or so (digging ditches, taking out fence posts, etc.) and luckily, most of those seemed to get better as the…
And then, on to Yosemite. We had a lovely uneventful drive from Sequoia to a spot just outside the southern entrance to Yosemite. I had loaded up on groceries in Visalia, so we just needed a couple of stops in Fresno to refill propane and get a few things at Sam’s. The valley was already…
When we left the Sequoia National Forest, we decided not to head right into the park, not knowing exactly what the conditions were after the cold and snow. We found a spot overlooking Lake Kaweah which was still aways from the entrance we would take into the park, but was warm and had a good…
We left Joshua Tree only one day later than planned after figuring out how to get Mike a driver’s license. I had spent a lot of time researching what was open this time of year, where we could take the trailer and all that good stuff. I had read that snow was pretty much gone…
So a while back I shared how I managed to lose Mike’s driver’s license in Florida, which we realized while in Texas. We had Mike’s dad send it on to my friend Tina in Colorado thinking we would make due until we made it there. Unfortunately, those plans we foiled by another discovery. While in…
With just a couple of stops along the way, we made our way into southern California and on to Joshua Tree. We had done a drive-by on the north side on our way to Florida in the fall and we were happy to be able to get back with plenty of time to explore now. …
Our next destination was the Tucson area. We were interested in the saguaros in the area, but the main draw came from my ability to make appointments for us to get our COVID vaccines – yay! A lot of states had just opened up vaccines to all adults and Arizona was one of only two…
After leaving Big Bend, we had an uneventful drive through the rest of Texas to land just over the border in New Mexico. Our home for a couple of days was the Sunland Park Casino, which offered not much in the way of views, but did offer electricity and water, which was fabulous as the…
Our next destination was Big Bend National Park. The only real stop along the way (other than gas) was in Fort Stockton – groceries and then we wound up at the local feed store to pick up permits to camp in a wildlife management area next to Big Bend. Here is where Mike figured out…