Working our way south

On Saturday we made a quick trip to Yosemite. We hadn't toured the Pioneer Village before, and really enjoyed looking at the authentic buildings. There was some snow on the ground,and a bit of dripping from the trees as you can see in the first photo, but it was warmer and much less snow than we expected for February. It was quite crowded, due to the Valentine's day and Presidents' Day holidays, but still very enjoyable. We had a nice lunch in the Ahwahnee dining room, then took a few more photos. It was a rather hazy day, so not the best for photography, but you can't beat Half Dome and the waterfalls no matter what! Click on the photo to go to the album, then click "slide show" at the top left.

Yosemite 2010

Time is flying by much too fast! We enjoyed Park Sierra so much we could have stayed there longer. On Sunday one of the members gave us a tour of the park, so we learned a lot about it's history and special features that we wouldn't have known otherwise. We added a few photos, so take a look at the album again if you looked when I first posted it.

105 Gopher Hills Rd.

That's our new, temporary address at the SKP campground near Yosemite. This is an RV version of Leisure World - many permanent residents, and a lot of folks like us just passing through. Birds everywhere, and though we haven't seen the deer, the tracks in our site tell us they are here. We had a beautiful warm sunny day today - a welcome change from the old and damp we've had for the last few days, and we really enjoyed it. A bit of shopping in Oakhurst just north of here and some routine chores filled out the day. Click on the photo to go to the album, then click on "slide show" for full size photos.

SKP - Coarsegold

Southbound and Down

After a round of really wonderful retirement celebrations, a weekend at the coast with the "Feathered Friends" and another two days camping with friends at Champoeg State Park, we are finally on our way south.... as in.... on our way to Texas! 

We had a great time at Champoeg. We'd never camped there in all the years we've lived in Oregon, which is unfortunate, as several of the museums and other interesting buildings aren't open this time of year. This is the site of the first "American" government on the west coast, and is definitely worth another visit during the summer when more of the buildings are open. Click on the photo to go to the album, then click on "slide show".

Champoeg State Park

We left Champoeg about 10:30 this morning and headed for Vally of the Rogue State Park. At the first rest stop there was a minor electrical issue to be resolved....all the gauges in the truck had quit working! Gremlins again.... you never know when they'll crop up. After going through the manuals and resetting all the fuses Steve had everything back in working order and off we went. We reached our destination just in time to sit in the evening sun for about 5 minutes before it sank behind the mountain. This is a really pretty park, and we stop here often on our way south. It's situated right along the river and has some really nice walking paths, but it's late and too cold to enjoy a long walk today, so Molly will have to be content with a quick trip around the campground.

Tomorrow is another 5 hour drive, hopefully without Gremlins, with a planned stop in Yuba City.