
Yesterday we went up to the National Park and looked for the world’s tallest trees. I later discovered that the tallest redwoods aren’t in the park but we did see some really tall trees. Our campsite at the Emerald Forest in Trinidad,CA was very rustic. The night before about six raccoons came up to me […]

We drove from outside Reno, NV to a small town called Trinidad, CA today. It was another long drive. \ I was glad to get out of Nevada. The scenery improved as the day went on but the driving became pretty challenging. It was the most twisting roads I remember driving on. Most of it […]

I thought the place we stayed in Fernley was bad until I saw Reno. For one thing it was filled with bikers. I can’t wait for the chopper trend to go away. You used to be a rebel if you drove a motorcycle, now everyone and their brother have one and are posing by it […]

This was a long day of driving. I was again surprised by the hundreds of miles of nothing. We stayed the night before in a place called the East Bay RV Park outside of Provo, Utah. I did not care for it much. It was basically a big parking lot. It had very little grass […]

We toured Arches National Park the other day. We enjoyed it very much. It had several trails to hike and view the sites. Many of the arches and other feature had names that were on the maps and marketed heavily. But Jen and I wondered why some that seemed as interesting to us as the […]

We stopped off the highway in a small Colorado town for breakfast. We ended up in this 50s style diner located in a strip mall. I think we were the only customers. All but one of the staff looked to be under 20 years old and were hanging out at the counter. The dishwasher who […]