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We left Napa valley and got to see many many more vineyards on the way out of the valley. We also saw smallish trees that I suspect were nut trees like almonds etc per the conversation we had with the couple we road to the top of the St Louis arch with. I had expectedContinue reading “Are those harps I hear?”

We left Green Acres for Napa bright and early. Today’s trip was a relatively short one as I had not planned initially to visit Napa and stuck this one in between sites. So today was only a little under 4 hours. This trip was more rolling hills and golden grass similar to what we sawContinue reading “On the way to NAPA (not the car parts store the valley)”

Some of you aren’t old enough or don’t live in the USA to know that this was the first lyric in a TV show song. It was a TV show where Eddie Albert playing a rich New York attorney and his wife played by Eva Gabor played farmer. Kind of our life experience except JoContinue reading “Greeeeen Acres is the place to be!”

Our drive today was to head to California and the northern coast where some of the Redwoods live. The day was gray as we started out and wet but as we got closer to the coast the sun and blue sky we had been missing. Once we hit California we started seeing big trees butContinue reading “Yes they are frickin huge people”

We left Hines, Oregon for another Oregon stop in Prospect, Oregon adjacent to the Crater Lake National Park. The scenery changed from desert old western like terrain to lush evergreen forests. We passed through Bend, Oregon where coincidentally we made a 90 degree turn, which was a very cute town that reminded me of NorthContinue reading “Crater Lake….it’s a deep one”

Well after a quick stay in Idaho and some pretty good Wild West Chinese food we headed to our next stop for an overnight at the Bosch Big Bear RV Park. It was another day of desert like territory that still amazed me as to what do people do here given the terrain. I canContinue reading “Is it a dishwasher or a bear”

Well after a water rationing stop we headed toward Idaho for another overnight stop. I’m not sure what I expected but Idaho was not the lush farmland I expected. Lots of dry dirt, dry mountain scapes, fairly flat and lots of square rocks in the fields. Oh and lots of potatoes. Jo tried to getContinue reading “On the road again…..”

We left Bryce Canyon for a series of one night stops to get us to Oregon and California. Next stop was the Golden Spike Campground in Brigham< UT. I assume they have that name because of their proximity to where the final or golden spike was hammered to connect and complete the transcontinental railroad whichContinue reading ““Watch where you put that spike“ or “why is there a fountain in the middle of the street?””

We left Grand Junction, Colorado after a brief stop at a local post office to mail our Presidential election ballots. Felt great to have voted in as always a very important election. This one was another classic Trump hate filled election that was supposed to energize people by promises to deport millions of immigrants, jailContinue reading “Bryce is Nice!”

We left Cherry Creek a little later than usual as we had already driven the first art of the trip when we went to the Cabrini Shrine and it involved a route straight thru Denver. Traffics was the usual stop and go but not bad. The climb out of Denver was a steep one. ImContinue reading “Grand stop in Grand Junction”