Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Sam's Town RV Park Las Vegas, NV

We left Fernley at 8:30 this morning. The trip was uneventful, but the scenery is terrific. Some hills were bare.
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The hills have snow.
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A sand dune .
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Walker Lake.
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A large lake.
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A close up.
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Hawthorne, NV
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The bunkers go on for miles.
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This appears to be a old mining town.
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Again snow on the hills.
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Tonopah, at 6200 feet above sea level.
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The town is small.
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Interesting hills.
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Goldfield, NV
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Cacti close to the road.
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A dust devil.
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A colorful Hill.
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This is at a construction stop, we had a 15 minuet Waite.
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The view from our window in the campground.
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Was a long day but we are here 4 nights.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Fernley, NV

Today we left Don & Leda and headed South.
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Mt Shasta is visible from the road.
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There is snow on the hills.
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A neat old building.
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Our lunch stop.
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We are camped in "Desert Rose RV Park"in Fernley, Nevada.
That's it from here.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Sunday Merrill, OR

Don and Leda picked us up around noon and we went out for Lunch.
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Sylvia poured the tea.
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The meal was delicious.
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We let Sylvia eat also. Don drove us on a tour of the Klamath Falls area where we had lived 30 years ago. OIT where I had worked.
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Mazama High School.
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Peterson School.
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Brixner Junior high School.
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There is snow remaining on the hills East of Klamath Falls. Note the deer near the irrigation pipes.
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That's it for now.

SNOW Merrill, OR

We arose this morning to white stuff on the car and grass. A little early?
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Saturday was wash day and Walmart. We replenished our Medications and food. We returned home and visited with Don and Leda.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Trip to Merrill, Oregon

The trip started about 9:30 am. The route was 140 near "Lake of the Woods". We have pictures.
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The farm land along 140 near Medford.
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The start of the climb, threw the windshield.
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Harvesting of trees near the road.
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The view from the top.
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Klamath Lake.
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The guard rails are a great addition.
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The contented cows of Oregon.
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Klamath Falls from across the lake.
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The potato fields near Merrill.
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Having prime rib with Don and Leda.
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Deer by the road.
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The sunset.
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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Trip to Medford, OR

The road from Brookings to Medford leads to the Redwoods in Northern California then up the Smith River Canyon to Grants Pass. This road is basically a 30 mile per hour road. The Smith River Middle fork.
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20 miles South of Grants Pass the road widens and the valleys open up.
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Mt.McLoughlin from RT 5 near Medford.
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Our site in "Holiday RV Park" in Phoenix, Oregon.
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Mrak and Dortha are 4 sites away.
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We had a very good visit and will see these fine folks "On down the road".

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Tuesday rain in Brookings

Tuesday we walked on the beach at Harris State Park. This is the rock I think of in Brookings.
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The tide was high and there was a storm at sea.
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We had the dogs, Snowflake and Bandit.
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Sylvia spotted the flower.
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and the neat pile of rocks.
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The drift wood and sand.
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Just another lunch stop,Then home.