Blogs from Carson City, Nevada, United States, North America

Start: Fallon Ziel: Carson City Tageskilometer: 106,5 Höchstgeschwindigkeit: 61.4 Gesamtkilometer: 5'964.6. Heute den Frühstückskaffe bei Mc Donald's eingenommen. Dann geht's relativ flach weiter gegen Westen. Kommen gut voran obwohl wir einen leichten Gegenwind haben. Nach 30 Km kommen wir am Lake Washoe vorbei. Der Wasserstand ist auch hier drastisch gesunken und von der Bootsrampe aus kann man wahrscheinlich keine Schiffe mehr zu Wasser lassen. Hier in Nevada merkt man, wie wichtig Wasser zum überleben ist. Zum Glück ist der Himmel leicht bedeckt, so brennt die Sonne nicht so auf uns herunter. Unterwegs neben wir in einem der unzähligen, kleinen Casinos einen weiteren Kaffe und ein Sandwich zu uns. Sehen dort noch ein anderes, jüngeres Pärchen aus den USA welche wir dann aber auf der Weiterfahrt locker abhängen... Nachher wird der S... read more

JOHN COFFEE HAYS John Coffee Hays was the genuine wolf when it came to fighting fierce Indians. He was a retired Captain in the Texas Rangers and during the War with Mexico had attained the rank of colonel in the Army of the Republic of Texas. Andrew Jackson was a great uncle. After Texas was made safe, sort of, he got married and moved to California. Col. Hays happened to be in Virginia City, Utah Territory on May 14, 1860 when a man named C. T. Lake arrived with news that Major Ormsby’s entire command had been slaughtered by angry Paiutes on the Truckee River. Lake and 5 other men had been detailed as the rear guard with orders to hold the high ground near Pinnacle Mount, but when they saw what ... read more

Monday, 28 May It was 33 degrees this morning at 6, but had warmed into the upper 40’s by the time we left the campground. The north road into Crater Lake National Park is closed due to heavy snow cover, so we went around to the west and up to the south entrance. As the elevation rose, so did the depth of the snow drifts along the sides of the roads and in the woods. Inside the park you could only see the roof of the Visitor Center and the Administration Building. The parking lot was mostly cleared, but the drifts were well over the tops of the cars. We drove up to the Rim Lodge and to Discovery Point and took pictures of the magnificent lake and surrounding mountains. There was only 1 mile of ... read more

Two flat tires in two weeks and now this......sigh. We got into Logan on Friday the 15th. We decided to get a hotel room because it was our anniversary (our 5th) and besides we didn't feel like putting up the trailer. So with excitement and anticipation we whipped that trailer into the hotel parking lot and when the back of the car/trailer hit the curb, we (I) completely destroyed the electrical cord. It was obliterated (see below). So our 2 hours of relaxing before getting together with AJ were spent instead finding an RV repair shop. Thankfully we weren't in Mexican Water, AZ. I doubt they had an RV repair shop, But Logan did and the cord was replaced. Then, since AJ had a tough week and we had an expensive AND tough week (that trailer ... read more

We left Carson City, Nevada at 10 AM and drove to Lodi, California. We arrived there at 2PM, now we will stay in Lodi until the 16th, then we will head to LA to watch the Rockies beat up the Dodgers on the 17th !!!... read more