Bridgeport Inn

... to collect an impressive amount in mine, more than Kathryn, check this clip out.

After all the 'hiking' we set off in the RV heading back to Las Vegas, stopping for the night in Tonopah, at a haunt recommended by Mr. Stephen Patternson the haberdasher. Well Steve, the Ramada was full so we were pointed in the direction of an RV park called "Joy Land". If the residents of Tonopah think that joy is found ...

... that such a large part of this old gold mining town (born during the gold rush) had survived for so long. Considering the buildings are all wooden and winters in Bodie are incredibly harsh with snow 10ft deep and 100 mile an hour winds, survival was tough if you lived in Bodie. About 5% of the town still stands today, the town at it's maximum had a population of 10,000. The town looked like it ...

... changes and temperature increased, we went from cold and rocky to warm and autumnal to baron and hot.

Here are a couple of movies from the first part of the journey:

Movie 1
Movie 2

We planned our route to take us along the extraterrestrial highway, along the edge of America's famous Area 51 where the United States keep all of their captured space craft and interrogate aliens for their secrets and steal their ...

... en je ruikt echt dat het brandt. Even later horen we dat de weg achter ons afgesloten is en dat we ook niet verder kunnen om onze sequoia's te bezichten. Van pech gesproken ... Desalniettemin maken we van de nood alweer een deugd en proberen nog iets dieper bij de vuurhaard te geraken. Van waaruit we prachtige beelden kunnen maken. Hierbij ingesloten delen we graag enkele sfeerbeelden met jullie. We moeten even verder ...

After Death Valley we drive on the US-190 north to Bishop, then switch to the US-395 and go up to Mono Lake. The Mono Lake is a natural Salt Lake.We photographed extensively some Tufs on Mono Lake and then continue we on the US-395 after Bridgeport. We stay here at the Bed & Breakfast Motel "Virginia Creek Settlement Motel". Was very convincing and friendly, highly recommended!

... trees, small grey and black squirrels running from tree to tree, deer grazing quite close to the path, noisy blue jays making their presence felt and woodpeckers bashing away at the trees. I'm not sure if they realised that they were banned from the Sequoias or not ! We spent far longer with the Sequoias than we expected and I regret not a minute of it. We had planned to move on from Yosemite and it was gone 2pm before we set off. We were exiting by a NE road that is prone ...

... to supplement the rest of our stuff. After a great tea of tinned nacho sauce and chips we went for an explore as it was getting towards dusk, we managed to get the dome with the sun setting which is a classic Yosemite photo so that was good. We then found the general store - more like a super market and found a grate to cook our toast on for $4. When we wondered outside it had got totally dark. Off we set in the direction we thought ...

... place is different and that there's no basis on which to compare them all, but there's also the fact that I was just in a different mood and looking for a different kind of experience in each place, so I'm not capable of making those mental comparisons. I even have trouble with the question, "Which place would you most recommend that I visit?" I could probably tackle more specific questions, though, like, "Where were the emptiest beaches?" (Southern Thailand) and "Which city ...

... occurs..... But it was an amazing fall and even she admitted it eventually.... like a giant sheet of water flowing right over the rocks creating extreme amounts of mist, the people coming down from the top were soaked.... We descended going past all the beautiful views of distant waterfalls and all the birds and squirrels running all over the place..... After that we got the bus back to the visitor center where it told you about how all the strange formations occurred and all the ...

... Museum visit. Here we experience early prairie settlement in Kansas in the sod house, one room school, country church and 1930's home. In addition they have the largest barn in Kansas, the Cooper Barn is 114 ft long by 64 ft wide by 48 ft tall. The prairie also has many old farming equipment, cars, tractors and other instruments in excellent condition. We take a detour North to Nebraska for the evening (thanks to a change into Mountain time our day is ...