After leaving Capitol Reef (still don’t know why they called it that) we continued to head east into Colorado with our destination a Harvest Host called Talbott’s located in Palisade , CO. Katrina captured some beautiful landscapes along the way: I’m a little confused on the name as the Harvest Read more…
We left the blazen heat of Las Vegas and headed up to visit the Capitol Reef National Park, the last of the Big Five (Arches, Bryce, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Zion) National Parks in Utah (for us). On the drive we got to see some beautiful landscapes: We stayed at the Read more…
We left the heat of the Mojave Desert and drove to Las Vegas only to find the temperature there was 109! We passed by some interesting views on the way: We stayed at the beautiful Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort where we had been a few times before (therefore no pictures Read more…
We left the beauty of Paso Robles and headed east stopping at a Harvest Host called Slash X Cafe outside of Barstow, CA. The place sits in the Mojave Desert and it sure was hot! The cafe looked cute but was unopened as the owners were on vacation – probably Read more…
After a wonderful tour of the giant trees National Parks, we headed over to Paso Robles where we planned on staying for just under two weeks. During our stay there we had to fly back to Chicago for a wedding and a Rylan fix. See separate post for that excursion! Read more…
Katrina and I attended the wedding of Mitch Farmer and Natalie Jaroch which was held at the Green Bay Country Club in Green Bay, WI. By attending the wedding we were also able to stop in Chicago and see our grandson, Rylan (Ari and Matt, too.). We also had a Read more…
Driving through California is always interesting. We hit some traffic along the way, but not too bad. Traversing along the almond fields was nutty (sorry). The landscape started to get more interesting once we headed east towards the National Parks of Kings Canyon and Sequoia. We pulled into the Sequoia Read more…
We decided that we didn’t spend enough time in Lake Tahoe. Oh well, next time. We got some beautiful views driving down the mountains from Tahoe to reach our destination of a Harvest Host called Mettler Family Vineyards located in Lodi, CA. The vineyard was great! Check out the the Read more…
After leaving Reno we topped off with diesel before heading into California. Good idea: Welcome to Cali! We also finished all of our vegetables because we knew that at the border crossing we would be asked if we had them. (See next post for details). The drive down was beautiful: Read more…
We left the warm waters of the hot spring to drive through high heat and smoke for the entirety of the ride. Not very good scenery along the way, but I bet if it was clear it would have been spectacular. Our destination for the evening was Reno, NV. We Read more…