Some things change and some remain the same...
In the 3 years we lived here between 1995 and 1998, I rode the trails in Whiting Ranch with Rich on an almost weekly basis. I knew all the trails and climbs, which bits were soft and which were rocky. In 2007 a fire went through Whiting and lots of parkland for miles around burning off all the small plants and blackened the trees. Since then there has been quite a lot of water damage in places around the park too. The entrance has changed because so much mud washed down the usually dry creek it was impassable and another early section is now about 50 yards of deep, soft sand. That said, before I got 100 yards into the park things were familiar. The smells of the different plants is different from any other place I've been. The trails seem to follow the same paths and although millions of wheels had smoothed them out they still seemed familiar.
What seemed to have changed most was the length of the trails. At first, they seemed just a bit longer than I remembered but as the ride went on, they became a LOT longer! OK, so I admit that is just me. My level of fitness is no where near what it was when we lived here.
I was riding a borrowed bike. It was a hardtail so I was getting a little more beaten up than I would normally but it was really light and given my lack of fitness I was happy about this for the climbs. I really hope they remember to swap the brake levers back... (In NZ, we ride with the right hand lever controlling the front brake).
I knew I was in some trouble with this ride but I had not expected it to be so hot. Rich's truck said it was 103F outside as we were arriving at the park. I was trying to convert this to Celsius but my brain was not functioning correctly due to fear.. I kept coming up with numbers in the 50s which just made me panic more! (44 is the answer but that isn't a lot of comfort).
The first part of the ride was OK. I got up Mustard Road without too much problem and enjoyed the descent into the Cactus trail which followed. Then we exited the park and had a bit of a road climb to get to the top of a trail called the luge. I rode this many times 12 years back too but my memory had let me down a bit here. The road climb was bigger than I remembered and the start of the Luge was a over a mile further up the hill when I had thought it much nearer. The trail after the road climb was not that steep but I had to do quite a bit of walking as I was just running out of energy...
I sorta had it together again at the top of the Luge and although I had to take it a slower than I would have liked it was a lot of fun.
Riding (and yes, walking) the trail leading up to the Luge I had noted that my shadow was about head height... We didn't have lights so I was not feeling good about getting back into Whiting and riding through the single track in the dark. I asked Rich if there was an out at this point and we chose a shortcut back in to the park which cut some of the trails from the route but was a better option than sticking to the road.
Back in the park I recognized the trails again and we found there was still enough light to get through without lights but by the time we had done the short road ride back to the carpark it was completely dark. I collapsed on the grass for a while before setting off to the supermarket for a roast beef sandwich, a drink and chocolate. (They only had Milk Chocolate Toblerone which I would normally just would turn up my nose at in favor of Dark Chocolate but in this case it was gone in a few minutes...).
A day later, a *think* I've gotten off fairly lightly. When I got up and stretched, mostly, I just felt hungry.
BB.
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Legoland by Zak
Legoland is awesome - too awesome to explain, but I'll try.
At Legoland, there are lots of cool rides to do and also the Lego Minilands to see.
There was a cool Egyptian themed ride where you ride in a car through a temple shooting targets. You get points for hitting the targets and it causes things to pop up.
There was also a dragon roller coaster that made a quiet run through a castle looking a cool Lego knights, wizards and a huge dragon before leaving the castle, climbing up high and zooming around a fast track.
After the Dragon ride, we headed to a restaurant and I ordered Barbecue Pork Ribs that I called Dragon Ribs.
We also went to the Star Wars Miniland where they have scenes from all the movies such as Endor, Tatooine, Hoth, Naboo and Geonosis where all the buildings, people and vehicles are made of Lego.
This is the Millennium Falcon on Tatooine in 'A New Hope' which is more than a metro wide.
There were also life sized Lego models of Darth Vader, Chewbacca and R2D2.
We also saw other Minilands based on cities in USA like Las Vegas, Washington DC, New York and San Francisco. It was so detailed that we could recognize the casino we saw Cirque du Soleil at!
One of the cool things about the shops in Legoland is that they have tons of sets and many things that you can not get in New Zealand. I spent ages looking at them all and I brought 4 things.
By Zak.
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At Legoland, there are lots of cool rides to do and also the Lego Minilands to see.
There was a cool Egyptian themed ride where you ride in a car through a temple shooting targets. You get points for hitting the targets and it causes things to pop up.
There was also a dragon roller coaster that made a quiet run through a castle looking a cool Lego knights, wizards and a huge dragon before leaving the castle, climbing up high and zooming around a fast track.
After the Dragon ride, we headed to a restaurant and I ordered Barbecue Pork Ribs that I called Dragon Ribs.
We also went to the Star Wars Miniland where they have scenes from all the movies such as Endor, Tatooine, Hoth, Naboo and Geonosis where all the buildings, people and vehicles are made of Lego.
This is the Millennium Falcon on Tatooine in 'A New Hope' which is more than a metro wide.
There were also life sized Lego models of Darth Vader, Chewbacca and R2D2.
We also saw other Minilands based on cities in USA like Las Vegas, Washington DC, New York and San Francisco. It was so detailed that we could recognize the casino we saw Cirque du Soleil at!
One of the cool things about the shops in Legoland is that they have tons of sets and many things that you can not get in New Zealand. I spent ages looking at them all and I brought 4 things.
By Zak.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Antelope Hill by Emma
We parked by Antelope Hill for the night. This was not a campsite. We just pulled off to the side of the dirt road we were driving on and stayed for the night. There was no one else around.
In the morning, me and Dad got up at about 7 and prepared for our hike. We got up and looked for Dave. He wasn't in his car so we started off without him. We had walked along the path and were almost at the base of the hill when we saw Dave and Gilligan on the path below. Dave was waving at us. When he had caught up with us, we started walking up the slope of the hill. It had all sorts of green plants and strange flowers. Gilligan was running along beside me. She seemed to be very energetic in the morning. When we got to the top I had biddy bids all over my shoelaces.we could see the RV, which was the size of a beetle.
We saw a tree that were growing upwards and then it got damaged; and then it started growing out the sides like a fork. There was also one that was growing in a complete loop before growing upwards again. When we walked back to the clearing on top of the mountain Dad gave me a chocolate bar which I definitely needed as I hadn't even had breakfast yet. One the way down I tricked Dad into giving me another chocolate bar because I was so hungry.
Me and Dad were a bit further down than Dave and Gilligan. Gilligan had found something. It was an elk's leg with hoof attached to the bottom. Dave was holding it and Gilligan was jumping up and gnawing on it. Gilligan thought that there were still some good bits on it that needed to be eaten.
On the way down, I asked if I could asked it I could have a third chocolate bar, but Dad said that he was going t keep it and eat it to keep himself awake when he was driving but in the end, he just ate it.
When we got down, we found Mum, Zak and Athena were still in bed. We grabbed breakfast and I had twice as much as I would usually eat. I was so hungry that day.
by Emma
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In the morning, me and Dad got up at about 7 and prepared for our hike. We got up and looked for Dave. He wasn't in his car so we started off without him. We had walked along the path and were almost at the base of the hill when we saw Dave and Gilligan on the path below. Dave was waving at us. When he had caught up with us, we started walking up the slope of the hill. It had all sorts of green plants and strange flowers. Gilligan was running along beside me. She seemed to be very energetic in the morning. When we got to the top I had biddy bids all over my shoelaces.we could see the RV, which was the size of a beetle.
We saw a tree that were growing upwards and then it got damaged; and then it started growing out the sides like a fork. There was also one that was growing in a complete loop before growing upwards again. When we walked back to the clearing on top of the mountain Dad gave me a chocolate bar which I definitely needed as I hadn't even had breakfast yet. One the way down I tricked Dad into giving me another chocolate bar because I was so hungry.
Me and Dad were a bit further down than Dave and Gilligan. Gilligan had found something. It was an elk's leg with hoof attached to the bottom. Dave was holding it and Gilligan was jumping up and gnawing on it. Gilligan thought that there were still some good bits on it that needed to be eaten.
On the way down, I asked if I could asked it I could have a third chocolate bar, but Dad said that he was going t keep it and eat it to keep himself awake when he was driving but in the end, he just ate it.
When we got down, we found Mum, Zak and Athena were still in bed. We grabbed breakfast and I had twice as much as I would usually eat. I was so hungry that day.
by Emma
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Lava River Cave by Emma
We scrambled into the Lava Cave away from the daylight. It was pitch black!
It was pretty chilly but we warmed up as we were hiking. We hiked along until we came across some slippery rocks. It made it quite hard for Gilligan (Dave and Athena's dog). She had to jump from rock to rock.
The ceiling was getting higher and lower again. Some times it was 10 meters tall and other times is was my height. We hiked until we came across a two way loop. We chose the high path. The other path, the ceiling was very low.
We hiked for a little longer and soon we reached the end where all the rocks closed in. There we decided to wave our lights around and take a photo of it. It ended up looking like all these squiggly yellow and white lines on a black background which looked pretty cool. Next we wrote our names with our torches. Dad had to help me with mine because I wasn't exactly sure which way the E would come out. Next we lit up faces for a photo but that didn't exactly work. In one of our squiggly line photos more people were walking up the tunnel so their torches showed up in our photo.
We started walking back. When we reached the two-way loop. Me, Zak, Dad, Dave and Gilligan walked through the low path, which was shorter and had a very low ceiling. We walked along a bit further. It felt like nighttime because it was really dark. I scrambled along and fell over. I had twisted my ankle. I slowly got up again. Every step I took felt painful. Soon we reached the daylight again. We scrambled out the entrance. I hoped my ankle would be better by the morning. And it was.
by Emma
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It was pretty chilly but we warmed up as we were hiking. We hiked along until we came across some slippery rocks. It made it quite hard for Gilligan (Dave and Athena's dog). She had to jump from rock to rock.
The ceiling was getting higher and lower again. Some times it was 10 meters tall and other times is was my height. We hiked until we came across a two way loop. We chose the high path. The other path, the ceiling was very low.
We hiked for a little longer and soon we reached the end where all the rocks closed in. There we decided to wave our lights around and take a photo of it. It ended up looking like all these squiggly yellow and white lines on a black background which looked pretty cool. Next we wrote our names with our torches. Dad had to help me with mine because I wasn't exactly sure which way the E would come out. Next we lit up faces for a photo but that didn't exactly work. In one of our squiggly line photos more people were walking up the tunnel so their torches showed up in our photo.
We started walking back. When we reached the two-way loop. Me, Zak, Dad, Dave and Gilligan walked through the low path, which was shorter and had a very low ceiling. We walked along a bit further. It felt like nighttime because it was really dark. I scrambled along and fell over. I had twisted my ankle. I slowly got up again. Every step I took felt painful. Soon we reached the daylight again. We scrambled out the entrance. I hoped my ankle would be better by the morning. And it was.
by Emma
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iPod Tragedy by Zak
Usually I do not always need my iPod. Except in America where I use it a lot when we are driving along, as we can do up to seven hours drives in one day with hardly any stops. There is nothing to see out the window most of the time because its pretty much a desert in the States we are driving in; and I finished my book in the first 2 days of the trip.
The most annoying thing about my iPod that has happened to me so far was, I brought some cool new games and then I found that they need internet access and we hardly ever have it. When I found this out I decided to download some new games. Some of my friends had suggested a cool looking game that costed $1.29. But when I tried to buy it, I found I had no money on my appstore card left. Luckily I had two of them, so I asked Dad where the second one was. He replied "At home". So now I am trapped in the middle of America with no money on my iPod. How will I survive ?
by Zak
Zak enjoying the scenery...
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The most annoying thing about my iPod that has happened to me so far was, I brought some cool new games and then I found that they need internet access and we hardly ever have it. When I found this out I decided to download some new games. Some of my friends had suggested a cool looking game that costed $1.29. But when I tried to buy it, I found I had no money on my appstore card left. Luckily I had two of them, so I asked Dad where the second one was. He replied "At home". So now I am trapped in the middle of America with no money on my iPod. How will I survive ?
by Zak
Zak enjoying the scenery...
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Slide Rock by Emma
On our way to Phoenix we stopped at Slide Rock National Park. The weather was turning yukky, but since we had never done it, we decided to do it anyway.
I put a finger in to see what the water was like. It was pretty chilly. Mum videod Dad and Zak sliding down the smooth rocks. When Dad had got out, he let me sit on his lap to slide down. I sat on his lap and we slid down the rocks with the water rushing down it. The water was freezing and I slipped off half way through. I eventually managed to climb up onto the dry rock and walk over to the pool at the end. Dad pulled me into the water and then we paddled across a smooth but slippery rock. We had to take really small steps because you could easily slip.
I stiffened my chattering teeth and told Mum that she should go in. She did eventually. She slid in and went whooshing down the smooth rock squealing until she got to the pool at the bottom.
I slid in again with Dad, not falling off this time. When we were out again, we rather regretted it, as it did not warm up.
I thought I would have enjoyed the experience if the weather was nice and sunny.
Petrified Mum!
by Emma.
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I put a finger in to see what the water was like. It was pretty chilly. Mum videod Dad and Zak sliding down the smooth rocks. When Dad had got out, he let me sit on his lap to slide down. I sat on his lap and we slid down the rocks with the water rushing down it. The water was freezing and I slipped off half way through. I eventually managed to climb up onto the dry rock and walk over to the pool at the end. Dad pulled me into the water and then we paddled across a smooth but slippery rock. We had to take really small steps because you could easily slip.
I stiffened my chattering teeth and told Mum that she should go in. She did eventually. She slid in and went whooshing down the smooth rock squealing until she got to the pool at the bottom.
I slid in again with Dad, not falling off this time. When we were out again, we rather regretted it, as it did not warm up.
I thought I would have enjoyed the experience if the weather was nice and sunny.
Petrified Mum!
by Emma.
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Montezuma Castle by Emma
The highlight of the day was visiting Montezuma Castle. In the visitor's center, I looked at history and artifacts. One of the park rangers asked me if I would like to do a Beaver Creek Bingo which sounded like a treasure hunt so I decided to participate. On one side we had a bingo board where you crossed out the things you saw. On the other side you could answer questions. Me and Dad walked along the trial observing the history and facts about the wildlife. We thought that cliff swallow nests looked rather like beehives. Dad discovered in a book from the visitors center that the sting of a Tarantula Hawk was the most powerful in North America.
I received a Certificate of Achievement as a Junior Ranger for Montezuma Castle National Monument. We also got a badge and had a ceremony for it. He made us swear that we would protect the land and wildlife, hike safely, and clean our rooms every night. Which made Zak say 'No!' immediately. I would probably not say yes because if I had had the chance because I don't usually clean my room that regularly as it is not my favorite things to do.
The most interesting fact was that the whole civilization suddenly fled from their cliff side homes.
Cliff Swallow Nests.
By Emma
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I received a Certificate of Achievement as a Junior Ranger for Montezuma Castle National Monument. We also got a badge and had a ceremony for it. He made us swear that we would protect the land and wildlife, hike safely, and clean our rooms every night. Which made Zak say 'No!' immediately. I would probably not say yes because if I had had the chance because I don't usually clean my room that regularly as it is not my favorite things to do.
The most interesting fact was that the whole civilization suddenly fled from their cliff side homes.
Cliff Swallow Nests.
By Emma
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Montezuma Castle by Zak
The main event for today was earning my Junior Ranger Badge at Montezuma Castle. Montezuma Castle is the ruins of the homes of the Sinagua people. What makes it so special is that it is built on a cliff face.
To get our Junior Ranger Badges, me and Emma had to find and learn about the wildlife, and history in the area. We had a sheet of paper with questions on one side asking us about the lifestyle of the Sinagua people, the animals and how they survived, and how the Sinagua people used the trees in their daily lives. On the other side, there was a bingo sheet and we crossed off things as we saw them. I found everything on my bingo sheet except for rock squirrels and chipmunks (surprisingly). And I answered all the questions correctly. We got a certificate and a badge and we had a small swearing in ceremony.
I was intrigued by the people and their lifestyles and how they survived in the hot desert. They disappeared from their homes in 1400 AD and nobody knows why.
The most interesting fact I learnt was about the wildlife was about the Tarantula Hawk. The female Tarantula Hawk paralyses a tarantula and lays her eggs inside it. Then when the eggs hatch, the lavae feed on the tarantula. It was good to find out the proper name for the Tarantula Hawk as I had been calling it a Dragon bug.
by Zak
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To get our Junior Ranger Badges, me and Emma had to find and learn about the wildlife, and history in the area. We had a sheet of paper with questions on one side asking us about the lifestyle of the Sinagua people, the animals and how they survived, and how the Sinagua people used the trees in their daily lives. On the other side, there was a bingo sheet and we crossed off things as we saw them. I found everything on my bingo sheet except for rock squirrels and chipmunks (surprisingly). And I answered all the questions correctly. We got a certificate and a badge and we had a small swearing in ceremony.
I was intrigued by the people and their lifestyles and how they survived in the hot desert. They disappeared from their homes in 1400 AD and nobody knows why.
The most interesting fact I learnt was about the wildlife was about the Tarantula Hawk. The female Tarantula Hawk paralyses a tarantula and lays her eggs inside it. Then when the eggs hatch, the lavae feed on the tarantula. It was good to find out the proper name for the Tarantula Hawk as I had been calling it a Dragon bug.
by Zak
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Cirque du Soleil, Las Vegas by Zak
This is a really hard blog to write because there is so many things to describe. While we were in Vegas we went to Mystere, by Cirque du Soleil.
While we were waiting for the show to start, there was an actor pretending to be an usher. He did funny things with other people's tickets such as:
- he led a couple over to some seats and there was a hanging hook from the roof. He put the tickets on the hook and the tickets were pulled up to the roof. They were ripped into shreds and they came fluttering down. The man walked off and then pulled the couple's real tickets out of his pockets and waived them to the audience.
I was rolling on the floor laughing even before the show started.
When the show started, it was hard to keep track of everything that was going on.
My favourite part of the show was when a man, dressed up as a baby came onto the stage with a big ball and bounced the ball around and giggled and made funny baby noises. At one point he bounced the ball to the audience and the audience bounced it around, and then bounced it back to him. He tried bouncing it back to the audience again, but it got stuck between the audience and the stage. He made a very sad baby face. A man from the front seats got up and bounced the ball back onto the stage. Baby caught the ball and giggled. Then looked at the man who bounced the ball back to him and said "Papa" and then opened his arms wide and said "hug!". The audience laughed and Papa stood up and walked cautiously onto the stage. When he was about a meter away from the baby, the baby grabbed the milk bottle that was hanging round his neck on a cord, and sprayed Papa with milk. The audience howled with laughter.
The show started with human flags, people who could spin themselves around a pole and hang off at the top, perfectly horizontal with only one hand holding on.
Next there were the strong men, who could lift each other up with one hand.
There were more acts with the baby, the usher man and loads of other acrobats before the show finally ended.
I was extremely sad when the show ended, but needed a long sleep since it was very late when we got back to the RV.
By Zak
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While we were waiting for the show to start, there was an actor pretending to be an usher. He did funny things with other people's tickets such as:
- he led a couple over to some seats and there was a hanging hook from the roof. He put the tickets on the hook and the tickets were pulled up to the roof. They were ripped into shreds and they came fluttering down. The man walked off and then pulled the couple's real tickets out of his pockets and waived them to the audience.
I was rolling on the floor laughing even before the show started.
When the show started, it was hard to keep track of everything that was going on.
My favourite part of the show was when a man, dressed up as a baby came onto the stage with a big ball and bounced the ball around and giggled and made funny baby noises. At one point he bounced the ball to the audience and the audience bounced it around, and then bounced it back to him. He tried bouncing it back to the audience again, but it got stuck between the audience and the stage. He made a very sad baby face. A man from the front seats got up and bounced the ball back onto the stage. Baby caught the ball and giggled. Then looked at the man who bounced the ball back to him and said "Papa" and then opened his arms wide and said "hug!". The audience laughed and Papa stood up and walked cautiously onto the stage. When he was about a meter away from the baby, the baby grabbed the milk bottle that was hanging round his neck on a cord, and sprayed Papa with milk. The audience howled with laughter.
The show started with human flags, people who could spin themselves around a pole and hang off at the top, perfectly horizontal with only one hand holding on.
Next there were the strong men, who could lift each other up with one hand.
There were more acts with the baby, the usher man and loads of other acrobats before the show finally ended.
I was extremely sad when the show ended, but needed a long sleep since it was very late when we got back to the RV.
By Zak
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Sequoia by Zak
Today we started exploring Sequoia. First we took a shuttle bus to the Giant Forest where we saw a huge Sequoia tree called the Sentinel Tree. There was a huge ruler made of tiles with markers on it that showed the height of the Sentinel Tree. After that, we took a few photos and went into the Sequoia Museum which was right by the Sentinel Tree.
In the museum there were so many things to see and do. I learnt that there are hundreds of seeds in a Sequoia cone and they need fire to help them grow.
After the museum we took another shuttle to see Sequoia National Parks grand attraction, the General Sherman Tree, the biggest tree in volume in the world!. We took tons of photos. It would be good to go again.
Cathy, Emma and Zak at the foot of the General Sherman tree.
Looking up in to the top of the General Sherman Tree.
We saw a full grown bear from the shuttle the first day and the day we were leaving this young bear ran across the road in front of us. Zak managed to capture a picture through the car window.
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In the museum there were so many things to see and do. I learnt that there are hundreds of seeds in a Sequoia cone and they need fire to help them grow.
After the museum we took another shuttle to see Sequoia National Parks grand attraction, the General Sherman Tree, the biggest tree in volume in the world!. We took tons of photos. It would be good to go again.
Cathy, Emma and Zak at the foot of the General Sherman tree.
Looking up in to the top of the General Sherman Tree.
We saw a full grown bear from the shuttle the first day and the day we were leaving this young bear ran across the road in front of us. Zak managed to capture a picture through the car window.
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
The Truck.
The truck has been responsible for the most scary bits of my trip so far. Far scarier than zip-lining! Firstly, driving from San Francisco to Yosemite. It was fine most of the way but the last bit was... harrowing. We accepted the suggestion of our GPS and took Highway 120 into the park. It was steep and twisty and a long way down the side. The breaks and accelerator both behaved fairly reluctantly and some of the turns took almost full lock on the steering. I was worried that it might skid if I hit the brakes too hard but it never did.
Leaving Yosemite on Highway 140 wasn't a lot better (Zak puked big time). We also drove right through to Sequoia that day so there was more twisty stuff at the end.
The next drive was the biggest (so far, and hopefully of the trip). We drove from Sequoia to Las Vegas, 380 miles. This got scary in another way. Driving at 75 miles an hour on I-15 the steering was turned about 1/8 of a turn to the right to counter act the affect of the wind. The the wind would drop suddenly and we'd be heading for the edge of the road...
I'm getting to respect it a little though. It got across I-15 at 70+ MPH going up the long climbs with the A/C on and the temperature gauge didn't move above 1/2 way.
So far, we've put about $US450 of gas in, 3 fills of $150 from a little under half way... We're at Grand Canyon today and it is a little lower than usual so the next fill will be pretty expensive.
It has sleeping space for 6 (3 doubles), though the cushions on the bed which converts in to the table tend to fall off. It also has a shower, a toilet, microwave, tv, fridge/freezer and generator. (The generator being used mostly when we need to make toast :-) ). It has many cupboards and draws inside and has a lot of external storage space which we just aren't using.
So far, Cathy has driven it for 1 hour, which allowed me to have a bit of a nap. She found it hard work too.
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Leaving Yosemite on Highway 140 wasn't a lot better (Zak puked big time). We also drove right through to Sequoia that day so there was more twisty stuff at the end.
The next drive was the biggest (so far, and hopefully of the trip). We drove from Sequoia to Las Vegas, 380 miles. This got scary in another way. Driving at 75 miles an hour on I-15 the steering was turned about 1/8 of a turn to the right to counter act the affect of the wind. The the wind would drop suddenly and we'd be heading for the edge of the road...
I'm getting to respect it a little though. It got across I-15 at 70+ MPH going up the long climbs with the A/C on and the temperature gauge didn't move above 1/2 way.
So far, we've put about $US450 of gas in, 3 fills of $150 from a little under half way... We're at Grand Canyon today and it is a little lower than usual so the next fill will be pretty expensive.
It has sleeping space for 6 (3 doubles), though the cushions on the bed which converts in to the table tend to fall off. It also has a shower, a toilet, microwave, tv, fridge/freezer and generator. (The generator being used mostly when we need to make toast :-) ). It has many cupboards and draws inside and has a lot of external storage space which we just aren't using.
So far, Cathy has driven it for 1 hour, which allowed me to have a bit of a nap. She found it hard work too.
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