I did a terrible job of keeping up with this blog last year. Terrible. So in an attempt to get caught up, I present you now with a very long, picture-heavy post that covers some highlights of our time from May – Dec 2017. Get ready. After Yosemite, we headed straight back to the coast … Continue reading Very long catch-up post
** I am still woefully behind on the blog. This post covers our time in Yosemite, which was in May 2017.** The first time Deas and I tried to go to Yosemite, in 2013, we weren’t able to get the full experience as the government shut down just days before we got there. Since we … Continue reading Yosemite
After our fun-filled month in San Diego, we headed next towards LA. We have some good friends that live in Manhattan Beach, so we stayed at the Dockweiler State Beach which was close by. This campground has a lot of things going for it. It’s got full hook-ups, it’s right on the beach, and you … Continue reading California – LA to Merced
After trekking across the country, we arrived in San Diego in mid-March. We booked a month at the Mission Bay RV Resort and we were excited to have that much time to explore. Many of our friends have stayed at this park and recommended it for its proximity to town. As with many private parks, … Continue reading San Diego
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
Nealys on Wheels 