Hello Spring

Don’t let the reports of a never-ending winter fool you.  Spring has arrived in central Oregon.  The snowpack around town finally melted.  With longer days and buds ready to burst at any moment, it was time to get the camper back on the truck and head out for a quick weekend hike and some time around the campfire.  We headed north to the Cove Palisades State Park and hit the Tam-a-lau trail.  The trail starts in a climb from the level of the reservoir to a plateau called The Peninsula offering great views of the cascades and a portion of Lake Billy Chinook.

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Mt. Jefferson

 

Tam-a-lau views above Lake Billy Chinook

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California Road Trip 2016, Part 7

Yosemite

We wrapped up our short visit to Sequoia National Park and moved on to our final location on our road trip early Thanksgiving day.  We headed out of the high country of Sequoia and then north to Yosemite.  Before we even got to the entrance we were seeing signs that it might be a bit busy so we quickly took advantage of vacancies at Wawona and set up camp.  We arrived early enough to make the run to the valley and take an initial look around.  Our good weather continued even though it was on the chilly side.

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California Road Trip 2016, Part 6

Sequoia National Park

Although there was certainly more we could have checked out on our trip down the coast we finished our southbound run at a pace that would allow us to make our way back northbound with a couple stops in national parks on our way home.  After a quick stop in Cambria we made our dash towards the Sierra and the foothills of Sequoia National Park.  We made it in enough time to secure a campsite at Potwisha.  Even though it was the middle of Thanksgiving week it was pretty busy and camp filled up later that night.  We had enough time to get to the top of Morro Rock just in time for sunset.

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Sierra Twilight
Sierra Twilight

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