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Carmen and I set out on July 2nd for our first extended adventure in the RV... Our plan was to head north... no real destination in mind... just north...
We had a personal reason for taking this trip when we did... to share a little... On October 7, 2007, we lost our beautiful daughter Jessica at the age of 22. Jessica's birthday was July 4... We knew we didn't want to be home... we knew we didn't really want to be around people (no offense to anyone)... We thought it would be nice to just get a way... Spend quality time together, bond, and be there for eachother... We had a great trip! We were able to talk, reflect, think, and enjoy being together.
Our plan was to head out early on July 2nd and head north... As is our way, we were a little late departing... at 3pm, we pulled away and headed north on the 15, up the Cajon Pass, to Hwy 395. We flat-towed the Jeep...
A map of our journey...
About 9pm, we decided to make our first night stop... near Bishop, CA... at a reststop... We parked, extended the slide-out, and crashed for the night. We awoke to a fantastic view of snow on the mountains and the sounds of a running brook...
Day 2 started after breakfast in Bishop.
We loved the spectacular scenery! We stopped to look at as many of the small towns as we could, stopped at Crowley Lake, and headed into Lake Tahoe.
Abigail is learning to travel... she muscles Kahlua and Bugsy out of the way so that she gets her way...
We arrived in South Lake Tahoe... checked in at the KOA... I have to add that Nancy and the staff at the KOA were fantastic! Super friendly! Really helpful! Just great!
Our campsite was perfect!
Here are a few shots of the small river that flowed through the campground.
I share the picture of the playground because we had a visitor one night... a huge black bear thought the campground would be the perfect place to find dinner... I didn't even hear him... Carmen told me he was there and I think I wet myself... not sure... he was literally about 30 feet from where I was sitting enjoying the peacefulness of the campfire... Carmen thought it was the coolest thing in the world to have the bear in camp... Needless to say, I was not so excited!
Day 3 we headed out to explore and get to know the Tahoe area... Since we were alone, we didn't want to chance any of the difficult trails... so we headed out on some of the fire roads. Aart, these were real fire roads... Our first venture was to Blackwood Canyon...
We came across some amazing scenery and natural waterfalls! There was still a bit of snow on the ground too...
We went all the way to the end of the trail...
Off to the Ellis Peak area...
Will continue the adventure in the next post...
We had a personal reason for taking this trip when we did... to share a little... On October 7, 2007, we lost our beautiful daughter Jessica at the age of 22. Jessica's birthday was July 4... We knew we didn't want to be home... we knew we didn't really want to be around people (no offense to anyone)... We thought it would be nice to just get a way... Spend quality time together, bond, and be there for eachother... We had a great trip! We were able to talk, reflect, think, and enjoy being together.
Our plan was to head out early on July 2nd and head north... As is our way, we were a little late departing... at 3pm, we pulled away and headed north on the 15, up the Cajon Pass, to Hwy 395. We flat-towed the Jeep...
A map of our journey...
About 9pm, we decided to make our first night stop... near Bishop, CA... at a reststop... We parked, extended the slide-out, and crashed for the night. We awoke to a fantastic view of snow on the mountains and the sounds of a running brook...
Day 2 started after breakfast in Bishop.
We loved the spectacular scenery! We stopped to look at as many of the small towns as we could, stopped at Crowley Lake, and headed into Lake Tahoe.
Abigail is learning to travel... she muscles Kahlua and Bugsy out of the way so that she gets her way...
We arrived in South Lake Tahoe... checked in at the KOA... I have to add that Nancy and the staff at the KOA were fantastic! Super friendly! Really helpful! Just great!
Our campsite was perfect!
Here are a few shots of the small river that flowed through the campground.
I share the picture of the playground because we had a visitor one night... a huge black bear thought the campground would be the perfect place to find dinner... I didn't even hear him... Carmen told me he was there and I think I wet myself... not sure... he was literally about 30 feet from where I was sitting enjoying the peacefulness of the campfire... Carmen thought it was the coolest thing in the world to have the bear in camp... Needless to say, I was not so excited!
Day 3 we headed out to explore and get to know the Tahoe area... Since we were alone, we didn't want to chance any of the difficult trails... so we headed out on some of the fire roads. Aart, these were real fire roads... Our first venture was to Blackwood Canyon...
We came across some amazing scenery and natural waterfalls! There was still a bit of snow on the ground too...
We went all the way to the end of the trail...
Off to the Ellis Peak area...
Will continue the adventure in the next post...
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