We had planned to start our next adventure on Sunday, May 31, but a checkup visit to Lisa’s oncologist the week before threw a monkey wrench into our plans. A potential issue was discovered but after an MRI, ultrasound, and finally a biopsy, we didn’t get away until Thursday, June 11. Hoping for the best,…

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Our drive today across Wyoming was uneventful. We are always amazed at the scenery along I-80, with abrupt changes from prairie to mountain, then back to some farmland, then more mountains. We stopped at the Sherman Summit rest stop at the highest point of the entire I-80 route at 8,640 feet. There is a massive…

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The end of our third day on the road took us to Park City, Utah. We were here in September 2024 when we toured the Utah Olympic Park and spent a couple of nights on Wasatch Mountain. This time we stayed at a lower altitude and had a nice hike below the Olympic ski jump…

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This Harvest Host site in Utah we are staying at tonight is steeped in WWII history. The airfield was opened in 1940 with a few buildings and bombing and gunnery ranges for training. This quickly grew to several hundred buildings after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The B-17 and the B-24 heavy bombardment groups were…

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Our journey to the west coast continued today. This was the furthest west we have traveled on I-80 in Usain. Wildlife Crossings The only really unique thing observed on our journey through northern Nevada were grass-covered, tunnel-like overpasses, that at first glance, didn’t seem to serve any purpose. Lisa guessed that they might be wildlife…

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Traveling from Iowa to California was not scheduled day-to-day so we could decide when to stop as we felt we needed to. But once we reached California, I had each day planned out (except for two) because summer campgrounds fill up when families get to take vacations. We happened to make the trek across Nevada…

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For our first full day in the park, we wanted to drive the scenic road from our campground to the visitor center at the other end with hikes and stops in between. Lassen Peak Hike Our first stop/hike was up Lassen Peak, which is correctly labeled strenuous. There are areas of snow where some kind…

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King’s Creek was our destination for hiking today. Parasitic Beauty Along the drive, I finally saw a place to pull over so I could get pictures of a really cool plant that I saw yesterday growing along the park road. The Snow Plant is bright red and is found in conifer forests like this one.…

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We are now a week into our latest adventure, so you know what that means…laundry day! Cascade Express Laundry in Redding, California was our destination today to take care of this pesky chore. Once that was completed, we headed over to the Sacramento River to visit the world-famous Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay. It’s the…

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We went as far west today as we can go in Usain. We left the Pinewood Cove RV Resort midmorning and made the 2-hour drive over the very winding roads with moderate elevation changes through northern California on CA-299. This is a very scenic drive – highly recommend! During the previous night one of the…

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