Deas and I are now on a mad dash east, headed towards Memphis for my college reunion at the end of the month. Our route is basically straight east on I-40, all the way from California right to Memphis. We weren’t planning to do a lot of stopping along the way, but then we heard … Continue reading The Grand Canyon
We had a great time at our boondocking spot near Mammoth, and were so happy to be camping with our new RV/blogging friends Tim and Amanda, but alas, we were running out of water, so it was time to move on. That’s the thing about boondocking – you’re somewhat limited by the amount of water … Continue reading The Alabama Hills
During our stay on Hot Creek Hatchery Rd, we drove a little bit south down Highway 395 to Convict Lake. There is a an easy 3-mile hike that goes around the lake that I learned about from Jim & Gayle at Life’s Little Adventures. Convict Lake is so named because of a shoot-out that occurred … Continue reading Fall Colors on Convict Lake
For our next stop, we moved just about 30 miles down Highway 395 towards Mammoth Lakes. We found a great boondocking spot off of Hot Creek Hatchery Road. Can you see our RV in the picture below? There’s lots of wildlife near this site – we’ve seen several deer and heard coyotes howling in the … Continue reading Hot Creek Boondocking
Yosemite was high on the list of things Deas and I wanted to see on this trip. As luck would have it, our visit to the area coincided with the government shutdown, which meant Yosemite would be closed. We were pretty disappointed, but then we heard that the highways running through Yosemite would still be … Continue reading Yosemite during a Government Shutdown
For some reason I have always been intrigued by ghost towns. I was excited when I realized that we had inadvertently picked a location to camp next to one of the best preserved ghost towns in California – the former mining town of Bodie. Bodie was originally formed in 1859, but it wasn’t until 1876 … Continue reading The Ghost Town of Bodie
Our next destination was to drive down Highway 395 on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevadas. Our friends Paul and Nina had spoken very highly of the eastern Sierras, and we were really excited to check it out. There’s a lot of boondocking in this area, and we picked the area near Mono Lake … Continue reading Highway 395 and Mono Lake
After our stay in the Redwoods, we headed south towards one of our favorite places – wine country! Our first stop was Mendocino County, which is just north of Napa and Sonoma. We used our Harvest Hosts membership again, and stayed at Jaxon Keys Winery. Not only was the scenery beautiful, we loved the wine … Continue reading California Wine Country
After about two months in Oregon, we finally made our way into California. Our first stop was the Redwood National Forest, which neither of us had ever been to. We stayed at the Redwoods RV Resort in Crescent City, which was nestled right amongst the redwoods. It was a nice quiet park with good size … Continue reading California Redwoods
Nealys on Wheels 