Sunday - Happy Fathers Day to all you fathers. Finished with Reno, we moved on north today, but not too far, only 130 miles. We made a Walmart run this morning so we didn't leave the RV park until 10:30 (after Dave got some laundry done, but he was finished before we even got up). Then we had to fuel, so it was 10:50 before we really hit the road. We fell in love with the Truckee River while we were here -- and it is still truckin! And yesterday, we drove up and down the streets of Truckee, which I forgot to mention.
We crossed the California state line today, this time officially (meaning we aren't crossing back into Nevada any more), at 11:05, went through the fruit check (they didn't even stop us), and took 89 north, a crooked, mountainous road with a great view. We drove through miles and miles of pine trees (we were in a national forest), up and down the mountains and in the valleys. We saw lots of herds of healthy-looking cattle, and beautiful, sleek horses. And one yellow butterfly.
Then we came upon the Feather River, which was a WOW!
Yesterday, Dave asked if we thought there was any rafting on the Truckee River, and just moments later, we came upon some rafters. I believe the Feather River would be "butts up" all the way -- can't imagine anyone would raft this one. It was just pounding through here, tumbling over rocks and small waterfalls, as it rushed downstream. Around every curve in the road was another outstanding scene.
We went through several very small towns, and located our campground just outside of Canyon Dam, population 36. This is a very foresty (is that a word) campground, low hanging branches that we had to watch out for, only 30 amp electricity (it was 90 degrees here when we got off the road), no Verizon phone service, and sketchy WiFi. Not sure if we are going to spend more than one night here. But we got situated, Joe backed into our spot, and we have a huge cedar tree right between us, so the RV cooled down pretty good.
A forest road goes right out of the back of the park. The pine trees are huge here, and there are lots of baby ones growing too.
(I don't know why my photos won't stay "rotated" when I change them.)
There are lots of different pine trees (based on the variety of pine cones). I've only "collected" one of those big ones so far, the second one I picked up had tree sap on it and I'm still trying to get that off my hands.
And there is even a possibility that we could see a BEAR!!! When we were in Alaska 7 years ago (can you believe that!!!), a bear tried to get in the back of Dave's truck because he had left a cantaloupe back there. I told him while ago to get out the cantaloupe!
Mazie and I took a short drive back to Canyon Dam to check out a wood-carving store. Unfortunately, it closed 20 minutes before we got there. We missed our turn-in on our way back (Mazie's assignment was to watch for it), and I think she thought we were lost, but we just had to turn around and come back to it. Nothing gained on that little 10-minute jaunt.
I took a little walk around the campground with my camera, and would you believe I even found a couple of worthy rocks. (Don't tell Joe, I've got them hidden away).
We are not sure of our plans for tomorrow, whether we will stay here another night, or move on to better facilities. Mazie and I need to go back to that wood carving store. Joe is in favor of an easy day, and he didn't get any flack about that idea, so we will see how well we can do an "easy day." There are some wildlife viewing areas around here somewhere. And I also saw an Our next "destination" is Lassen Volcanic National Park, which is about 35-40 miles on north. We can either work out of this campground, which is very close to Lake Almanor, which is supposed to be a beautiful lake, or we can move a little further north and set up camp again. We will hold off on that decision until tomorrow.
We played cards for a little while, then called it a night. It is really quiet in this campground, we should all sleep well.
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