BobandGena

Day 23: Beverly Beach SP, OR to Hoquiam, WA Not as windy today, but lots of light rain most of the day. It did dry out in the last 40 miles, so Magee's were able to set their pop-up without everything getting wet. It is still chilly - - 51 at 8:30 PM (and still pretty bright out, despite the clouds. Made a quick stop at Lewis & Clarke National Historic Park - - three stamps in the book and three patches. Interesting place - - those guys were true adventurors!!! The bridge over the Columbia River was at least two miles long (and felt about a half mile high!) Found a nice campground with WiFi, laundry, and showers. It is really easy to get set up when the site is level and you can pull ... read more

Day 21: Willits, CA to Crescent City, CA Kerry left camp early this morning in hopes of finding a new spare tire for the pop-up. There were two tire dealers in Willits, but neither one had what he needed and the second one referred him to an RV Repair shop - - well, the RV shop had two signs one saying open at 8:30 and one saying open at 9 - - he sat for about 30 minutes waiting for it to open when he noticed a sign saying closed on Monday! He wound up buying a new tire in Eureka, CA - - cost him a hundred bucks!! Sure couldn't afford to live here!!! While Kerry was gone, Gena took Milo for a walk and came running back for the camera - - there were ... read more

Day 19: After a breakfast of bacon & pancakes, Bob, Kerry & Charlie went to tour the Monterey Aquarium. It is a great facility with lots and lots a very well done exibits, and touch tanks for the kids. We went into a parking garage marked "Aquarium Parking". When we walked out, we discovered that we had to walk about six blocks to get to the entrance to the aquarium. Turns out that the best place to buy patches was in the first store we went into on the way to the aquarium, so we stopped there on the way back to the car. We spent about 3 1/2 hours to see the entire facility. It covered all sorts of aquatic environments from the beach out to the deep ocean. We got to see the feeding ... read more

Day 17: Gena & I got up at 6 and managed to break camp and be gone by 7:30. Getting out of the park was slow despite there being no traffic, just a fairly steep and windy road. We stopped in Oakhurst, CA to get fuel and to buy a souvenir. We also stopped in Fresno at a Walmart to get groceries, and found that all the Walmarts in Fresno just have a minimal food service - - so wound up at a WinCo Food store - - Gena says it was the biggest food store she'd ever set foot in. We actually thought we might get to Morro Bay by just after noon - - but, because of a really windy section of road (Took CA 41 all the way from Yosemite to Morrow Bay) ... read more

Days 14 & 15 Drove from Kingsburg, CA to Yosemite with stop in Fresno for provisions. Pretty road into Yosemite - - hilly and somewhat curvy, but pretty smooth with lots of turnouts to let faster traffic go by. Yosemite can only be described as spectacular. Kerry, Charlie & Gena took advantage of the free shuttle on Tuesday to make the valley floor loop and go to the visitors center. Bob stayed with Milo (No dogs allowed on the shuttle). In the PM we took Kerry's van around the loop and walked up to Bridalvail Falls. Then stopped at a pullout with a good view of El Capitan - - got to see two guys climbing the wall, maybe 1200-1300 feet up. They made NO progress while we watched. After a great dinner of hamburgers, three ... read more