Best Western Bonanza Inn Yuba City

After we left Yosemite we went straight to Jessica's mom's, near Sacramento. It was the perfect place to spend our last weekend on the road. A small bbq was planned, and man was it nice to eat some good food, instead of only items coming out of a box or a can. <br><br>I got to meet some of Jessica's family that I never had before, and hang out with some of my old friends from school. Joe Kellie, and ...

What a great weekend I was able to spend with Ken and Terry plus Nessa and Vicky (the dogs). A lot was had at the Apple Festival in Apple Hill; eating a drinking everything apple along with a great conversation on "Choice". Sunday was spent in ...

Wow, what an adventure! 7882 miles. A few minor mishaps (or "adventures" we like to call them) along the way, nothing that can't be fixed. We have traveled from one side of the country to the other. We spent time with family, and enjoyed in celebrating Mark's parents' 90th birthdays and their 65th wedding anniversary. We have seen ...

... to the RV for some sleep. I fell asleep quickly- Mark said he didn't sleep too well. I guess there was a storm last night so he heard that and got up to close the vents. About 730 or so we woke up. Ready for today's drive? I suppose we have to be. By 845 we were pulling out. Last stretch of driving. Lots of road construction again- which makes it hard to drive. The weather was cool and overcast all day, at least until ...

... beautiful Idaho<br>3. Lake Powell<br>4. Montana license plates<br>5. People<br>6. Flowers<br>7. Idaho posts a "Historical Site" signs everywhere<br>8. Little Bighorn museum<br>and I can go on and on....<br>Signing off for now - we are planning our next route that has to include Mt.Rushmore and Lake Powell!!!!<br>Thank you all for following my blog, hope you had fun!

Zwei Tage verbrachten wir am und um den Lake Tahoe. Eindruckvolles Suesswasserreservoir (Umrundung mit dem Wagen: 117 km). Nachdem wir an der Suedkueste des Sees historische Zentren aus der Siedlerzeit besuchten, sind wir ins benachbarte Alpine Meadows gereist. Hier hatten wir ersten Baerenkontakt in der Umgebung des Ferienhauses. Heute gings hinunter nach Grass Valley. Daselbst besuchten wir die Empire Mine (riesiges Gold-Bergwerk mit tiefen Schaechten bis 2500m).

Well, we left around 11am - sooo, for almost 24 hours we did not see any wildlife but one deer and one chipmunk! Nevada was long! We decided to stop in Reno for late lunch/early dinner and had this great idea to show our girls the little white chapel we got married at - we did not go back to Reno since we eloped 12 yrs ago!<br>The little white chapel is GONE and some modern building is under construction in it's place - very sad to see it gone.

We are almost ready to go - have to make few more reservations, but, so far, we do have our trip outlined with places and dates. Looking forward to Yellowstone! <br>Now, I need to start planning and collecting all the stuff to bring on the road with us - I usually overpack, so this will be interesting :-)

... really gave our brakes a work out!! We arrived in Yuba City at 7PM. Yuba is North of Sacramento. The temperature was 35 degrees when we arrived here. The hotel has a pool and luckily the bathing suits were accessible in the trailer! We will have about a 5 hour drive tomorrow-looks like a slow drive along the Highway 20 to Mackerricher State Park in the Redwoods. Good Night!

... safe. Apparantly that same day a 3-storey house had collapsed in mudslides in the Hollywood Hills. The sun finally came out in San Diego, where we walked on the beach and looked around some famous old hotel which was really elegant. I liked the look of San Diego, but we were only there for a night and day. Prior to San Diego, we'd ventured across to border to Mexico, where we got more than what we'd bargained for... Stay tuned, Tom