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Category: Lil Sebastian
Bodie, CA Our next destination took us into the counties of Mineral, Esmeralda, and Washoe where mining camps, stage coach stations, railroads, and the California Trail brought together thousands of people looking to “strike it rich.” Thousands of tons of gold and silver ore were moved out of this area during the rushes of the … Continue reading Old Mines and Ghost Towns – Part 3: Luning to Washoe Lake
Welcome to Wyoming--- land of rivers, reservoirs, ranches, trout fishing, dinosaurs, and mountain men. It has been a delightful discovery to experience the uniqueness of each state almost immediately upon crossing its border. Wyoming provided some of the best cloud watching to fuel the almost-daily thunderstorms, which in turn brought us some of the most … Continue reading Dinosaur Diamond: Wyoming!
Dinosaur National Monument has been on our list of places to visit for years. Spanning the border between Utah and Colorado, this remote park preserves one of the greatest fossil discovery sites in the country and is rich in natural history, dark skies, and a diverse desert ecosystem. The Green River which runs through the … Continue reading Dinosaur Diamond: Dinosaur National Monument
Yuma to Tombstone sounds like it should be a western movie about a stagecoach route. As we traveled between the two cities, it often felt like we were seeing the remnants of the wild wild west. The landscape is filled with Saguaro cactus and numerous desert plants making the Sonoran desert much more lush than … Continue reading Arizona: Yuma to Tombstone
The Las Vegas area offers some of the most diverse outdoor activities in the country! Canyons, mountains, deserts, and lakes are less than an hour’s drive away from the Strip with easy access to trails at Mt. Charleston, Red Rock Canyon, Spring Mountain Ranch, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Bureau of Land Management public lands … Continue reading Nevada – Las Vegas and vicinity
In this post, we travel to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and back to Texas for a three day stay at Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico Carlsbad Caverns lives up to its reputation as the most majestic and grand of all the National Park subterranean attractions. The Caverns … Continue reading Texas – There and Back Again
We left the Old Spanish Trail to follow former cattle drive trails in a northwesterly direction. Two Texas State Parks were our destination through this section of the Longhorn State: South Llano River State Park has one of the largest back country wilderness areas in the state park system; and San Angelo State Park contains … Continue reading Texas – Where the Buffalo Roam
South of Vicksburg along the mighty Mississippi River is the picturesque city of Natchez, MS. It is said that General Grant was so taken by the beauty of the town that he gave orders to do no damage. The result is one of the largest collections of antebellum homes and buildings in the South. Our … Continue reading Plantations
Mississippi Bottomland Forest (and Dulcinea) Traveling deeper into Mississippi, we visited the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Noxubee is the name of the county where the refuge is located. This diverse habitat has been a refuge and breeding ground since 1940 for migratory birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects and a wide variety of wildlife. … Continue reading Wildlife and Wild Weather
When we left Cleveland, the trailer, Lil Sebastian, was still winterized. This protects the delicate water systems from freezing and cracking in low temperatures. As the Weather Channel predicted temperatures at night to be below 32 degrees for the next week, we decided not to de-winterize until further south. We felt that with electric hook-ups … Continue reading A Fortnight of Winterized Camping
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