Day 30: Carson City, NC A day of rest! Slept late, ate a huge breakfast bacon, eggs, and grits. Charlie & Kerry went to visit with Kerry's cousins that live in Gardnerville, NV (just south of Carson City). We'll provision at Walmart when they get back from their visit in preparation to cross NV, visit Great Basin NP, Cedar Breaks NM, and both rims of the Grand Canyon by Monday next week. Might have to take advantage of the hot tub available here in the RV Part.... read more

Day 28 Crescent,OR to MacArthur, CA After a fuel stop, we drove to Crater Lake NP (around the north and west sides of the park and then up to the lake). There is still LOTS of snow at the top. Kerry threw a snowball at Gena,but only hit her feet, unfortunately, I didn't get a photo. What a beautiful lake!! The road around the lake and the north entrance roads are still blocked by over 15' of snow. We bypassed Lava Beds NM and headed toward Lassen Volcanic NP. We think that the north entrance and the road through the park are still closed due to snow, but we'll call tomorrow morning and if it is closed, we'll head for Lake Tahoe. We picked an RV Park just east of MacArthur and drove to it only ... read more

Day 26: South Prairie, WA to Troutdale, OR Started out as a bright sunny day with a few clouds. Got several good looks at Mt. Rainier before we got to the park, then almost none while in the park - - VERY disappointing !! At the visitors center, the parking for trailers was a LONG ways away and getting turned around required driving one of the camp ground loops which werre really conjested and narrow. Drove through Packwood, WA where they were having some kind of a street fest - - took 30 minutes to drive less than a mile. Never got to see Mt Saint Helens. Stopped at Fort Vancouver NM - - a very nicely kept park and interesting - - reminded Gena & I of some of the Army installations we've been on. ... read more

Day 24: Hoquiam, WA to Port Angeles, WA Rained all night and until about 11 AM. Striking camp in the rain is a real pain for Charlie & Kerry, so we waited out the rain and managed to leave just before noon. It soon started raining off and on as far as Hoh Rain Forest in Glacier NP. We drove the 18 miles to the visitors center in Hoh Rainforest. The rainforest is really a lush botanical garden. One the way out we encountered a little bit of snow on the road that hadn't been there when we drove in. We stopped at a couple of the beaches - - what wild and beautiful places they are! They were windy and cold, but pretty none the less. We took a “short cut” to get to Salt ... read more

Day 22: Crescent City, CA to Beverly Beach, OR Drove through light rain and drizzle most of the day. Did get to see some realy pretty stretches of rocky shorelines with heavy surf. Also saw a few more Redwood trees - - what magnificent trees they are! We ended up at Beverly Beach SP in Oregon. It is a large campgound set in what appears to me to be a rainforest with large trees, lots of ferns, some large leafed plants unlike any that I've seen before. Drove a little over 230 miles today. We were located across the highway and several hundred yards into the forest from the beach, but we could hear it clearly all night, even with the windows in the camper closed. A very pleasing sound!... read more