It was a beautiful drive from Lassen to Detroit Lake. We were suppose to go to Crater Lake but there was still significant snow and our reservations were cancelled last week. We choose to head toward our next stop and find a campsite in central Oregon. The Detroit Lake State Park looked beautiful and aContinue reading “Detroit Lake, OR”
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Lassen Volcanic National Park
Considering we have been to 50+ National Park Service destinations and 31 National Parks we have yet to do the ones closest to home. This year we are changing that. We started our summer travels with Lassen Volcanic National Park. We drove in at 5pm just in time to make dinner and enjoy a lazyContinue reading “Lassen Volcanic National Park”
Channel Islands… sort of
Our plan was to take a boat out to Santa Cruz Island and the Painted Cave. We were excited although a little apprehensive with C’s motion sickness issues. We packed all the natural remedies (homeopathics, essential oils, bands, glasses) crossed our fingers and hoped it would all work. Unfortunately the weather was not cooperating, seasContinue reading “Channel Islands… sort of”
Joshua Tree
Like Channel Islands Joshua Tree was extremely windy. On our way there we encountered a dust storm and had many moments of wind driven fear. We picked up a rental car since we had heard the park was not easy to traverse in a large RV. We are so happy we rented, the parking lotsContinue reading “Joshua Tree”
Flaming Gorge
Our last destination of the summer was Flaming Gorge in Utah with Jen’s cousins. We had a great site at Lucerne Campground. It was right on the edge of the plateau with a short walk down to the water. There were prairie dogs all around and red tail hawks in a nearby nest, as wellContinue reading “Flaming Gorge”