Day 40 - 41 - Bryce Canyon National Park

 What can one say about Bryce Canyon? Its probably the most scenic park in the country. The landscape seems to have a hypnotic effect on you. The pictures below tell the story. We spent 2 days here seeing every thing we could about this place. The park provides a shuttle service that escorts you to all the remote places in the park, complete with narration about the geology and plant and animal life in the area. This is one of the most visited parks in the US. The pictures below tell the story - a picture is worth 1000 words.This is the final stop on our tour across the northwest. We left Bryce on Saturday morning - Oct. 1st and drove two days to get home. This trip has been incredible. We traveled a total of 7,300 miles in 42 days and had only 2 mornings of rainy weather the whole trip. We met many travelers along the way and especially enjoyed our 2 weeks with the Rotary RV Fellowship group. We also had a great adventure on our own - one we will remember for a long time to come. Adios!

Day 38 - 39 - Lake Tahoe & Great Basin National Park

Lake Tahoe from a distance

 Today we drove to Lake Tahoe. It was amazing. The water is so clear you can see to the bottom. We only spent an hour or so here before moving on to our next destination for the day. Along the way we stopped at Great Basin National Park in Nevada.

Donna and Josie with Lake Tahoe in the background

A scene from the road

Its called the Great Basin because there is no natural outlet to the sea

Inside the Great Basin Visitors Center

Day 37 - California Bound

Well - today we made into California. We spent the morning driving through Redwood National Park where the giant redwood trees line the road. This is more of a drive-through park - scenic and inspiring, but not as spectacular as some of the other National Parks we've been to. This picture was taken along the road as we stopped for a break. Checkout the tree-house.  We're camped tonight in Reno, Nevada with a goal to checkout Lake Tahoe tomorrow.

Day 36 - Driving the Oregon Coast

 On the way down Rt. 101 we came across this Veteran's Memorial. The words on the plague(s) say it all.



Later that day we arrived at our campsite - Clam Beach - where we were the only RV at the site. However there were a lot of "tent" people, who we had reason to believe they were among the many homeless in this part of the country.

A view of the sand dunes from the Memorial.

Truer words were never spoken.

You should have been here to see this !! Wow !!

If you ever get a chance to go to Oregon at this time of the year,
make sure you jump at the opportunity. Its incredible!

Happy hour on the beach at our campsite.
Clam Beach State Park in Oregon

Josie loved it. She got a chance to run free for awhile.