Sunday: We took our time preparing to leave. Most everyone in the campground here at Brown’s Town campground in Bishop is leaving today. We waited until the crowd left and the dump was free. Actually it was vacant, it cost $3 even though we were guests.
We fueled the RV and left town on highway 395. […]
Wednesday: We took highway 89 South from Woodfords to Highway 395. We intended to go out to Bodie, the ghost town, but highway 270 was closed so maybe we’ll go another time. With that road closed our night camp location also changed since we had no access to any of the BLM locations on that […]
Monday: We prepared to leave Reno. We did some detailed shopping in preparation for being in the boonies.
We took highway 395 South to Carson City. Kenzie looked around the State Museum there while Lou and I took a walk. We then continued on to Minden and got gas then headed South on Highway 88 to […]
We went back to Portola from the rest stop, about a mile. It was about 9am and nothing in the town opens until 10 am. We took a walk around town and determined we like the place. Dawn stopped at the public library and bought a fe books and tapes. We also browsed at […]
We finally got away from Oroville about 11:30. We headed East on Highway 70 along the North Fork of the Feather River. The weather was clear and warm. We noticed some people stopped at the side of the road by a railroad bridge. We hadn’t seen any trains on the track that parallels the highway […]
Monday: I relaxed in camp today while Lou and Kenzie returned to downtown Oroville to the book and antique shops. They returned to camp to pick me up about 3:30 and we went down the hill to the Gold Country Casino for the buffet dinner. Today is 2 for one dinner so their already […]
Breakfast was leftovers from the past few days. Lou and I planned on a hike to Feather Falls, the sixth tallest water fall in the US. Dawn planned on a relaxing day in camp. Lou and I started our trip with a visit to a local hardware store we couldn’t pass by. Never can! Good […]
Thursday: We moved South a few miles to the Bidwell Canyon Campground at Lake Oroville State Recreation Area. It’s about 8 miles East of the city of Oroville. You might realize from the campground name that the name Bidwell is rather important in this area as well as in Chico. General Bidwell was on the […]
Lou hiking up the hill in Upper Bidwell Park. We started our hike along Chico Creek.
This bird nesting in a woodpecker hole in the tree seemed concerned with our visit.
Lots of flowers in the park.
Horseshoe Lake from near the top of the hill. The City of Chico in the distance. […]
Thursday: The morning was spent on the final trip preparation. We are slow at getting on the road. We finally hit the road at 1:30. Traffic was bad most of the way until we got on Highway 99 North of Sacramento. We stopped in Gridley at the Black Bear Diner for dinner. We took […]