| 1st
Day |
Sunday July 11th - Today we started our two
week vacation. We left the house around 10:30am and traveled I-5
down to Canyonville Oregon. We stayed at the Seven Feathers Hotel
and Casino (it's a wonderful place). When we arrived they we're just
wrapping up a old car rally. I've included a few of snapshots of the
cars. |
| 2nd Day |
Monday July 12th - Today we took a nice leisurely
drive from Canyonville Oregon to Nice California a distant of 400+
miles. It only took us 12 hours to complete!! But, the scenery
was spectacular. The road from Grants Pass to Crescent City was
really curvy but, the road from Leggett to Fort Bragg was REALLY CURVY!!! 44 miles of road without
any straight sections.... But
it was beautiful. |
| 3rd Day |
Tuesday July 13th -
After our long days travel yesterday, we decided to take it easy. We
spent the day in and around Clear Lake just looking at the local
scenery. We found out from some of the locals that on Monday it got
to 112 degrees in the town of Clear Lake. Today it was much cooler,
only the mid to upper 90s....... |
| 4th Day
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Wednesday July 14th -
Today we drove to Plymouth California to
meet with cousin Bill Allison and his wife Doris at their ranch.
Bill has 300 acres in the foothills of the Sierra. It is beautiful
but it was rather warm. Bill and Doris were gracious hosts and we
really enjoyed our visit. |
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5th Day
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Thursday July 15th -
After another long day yesterday we stayed in the Clear Lake area and
visited Anderson Marsh State
Park and Clear Lake State Park. Anderson Marsh is located on the old
Anderson Ranch in Lower Lake. All of the old Ranch Buildings are
preserved and we took a guided tour on the Ranch home. It was very
interesting. We then took the trail to the marsh and saw some
beautiful scenery. |
| 6th Day
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Friday July 16th -
Today we traveled to the California State
Railroad Museum in Sacramento. What a fantastic place!!! It is
the premier museum of it's type in the west. I took a number of
pictures, however, the lights were not very bright and a lot of the turned
out rather dark. We also toured the outdoor exhibits and those
pictures turned out good. |
| 7th Day
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Saturday July 17th -
Today we took our leave from Nice and traveled to Lake Tahoe. We
took the scenic back roads and saw some really beautiful scenery. Probably
the most interesting was the town of North Bloomfield which is a old mining
town which has been turned in to a state park. We arrived rather late in
South Lake Tahoe. Being a Saturday night, and us without a
reservation, all the good hotel rooms were taken. We ended up in a 1
star (maybe that's to generous) rated hotel. We won't make that
mistake again!!!! |
| 8th Day
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Sunday July 18th - Today
we toured around Lake Tahoe. What a beautiful site and the weather
was fantastic. After touring around the lake we went to the Nevada
State Railroad Museum in Carson City. They have quite a collection
of old railroad engines and cars predominately from the Virginia and
Truckee Railroad. We spent the night at the Silver Legacy Hotel in
Reno. It certainly was a huge step up from last nights accommodations!! |
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9th Day
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Monday July 19th - Continuing
east across towards Winnemucca Nevada we stopped at the Grimes Point Prehistoric
Rock Art Site. There are 150+ petroglyphs that probably date from
5000 BC to 1500 AD. Very fascinating !! This was the end of
the picture taking as we have lots of pictures taken on previous trips and
it was VERY hot..... |
