A large part of our past few days has been spent deciding which direction to head after leaving this area and making reservations which will ensure us that we have a campsite over the coming Labor Day Holiday. We've found that places aren't usually too hard to get into unless a holiday is involved.
Our plans are pretty flexible at this point. So flexible in fact that we had no idea which direction we would be heading after we leave here next Monday. We initially thought about heading down to Utah to visit several of the parks and sights in that area, but thought that the temperatures might still be a bit too hot for us at this time of the year.
Then we thought about heading over to Washington State and visiting the Pacific Northwest area. We've loosely decided to head west to Oregon and bounce over to the coast before starting a slow movement toward Arizona for the winter months of Nov, Dec, and Jan.
Our plans are solidified at this point until September 18th.
It was pretty windy at the top, and chilly as well. Sorry, the camera moved a bit on us and we lost our feet!
We had descended about a mile when it began raining on us. We had jackets, but the final two miles were still not as fun as it could have been. We did make the climb down a lot faster than the climb up, however!
Again, thanks for dropping by to take a look!
Sure looked windy up on top, surprised you didn't get airborne! But what views! Not quite like the DC Metro area. :cD
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of hiking poles do you have? We have one set I got in Finland and are looking for another, can't find one as good as my Finnish made ones.
Come on Paul. It looks EXACTLY like DC.
DeleteOn the poles, we weren't certain if we wanted, needed, or would use poles. We looked at several expensive ones in an outdoor store, then bought one set of poles for $20 at Walmart. We'll try them out.
We are going to be in Arizona this winter too, but we haven't decided just where. Might spend some time in Quartzsite, Phoenix, Tuscon and Yuma, but then someone also told us about the fireworks show at the end of a pyrotechnic convention in February in Lake Havasu http://www.golakehavasu.com/events/details/78/25th-annual-western-winter-blast-pyrotechnic-show/
ReplyDeleteSo many choices......
We are making plans now for the winter. Just want to have the certainty of a place lined up.
DeleteSounds like you have a lot of choices for the winter.
ReplyDeleteYou know you're free spiriting when you have to decide which point of the compass to take - good for you. I think I'd like to try it awhile, but it wouldn't be much fun in that big rig all alone while my unwilling wife stays at home :-)
ReplyDeleteI here you, but you're right, it won't work if both of you are not dedicated to the idea.
ReplyDeleteSuch tough decisions, sounds like a great plan enjoy the west coast. Maybe we'll cross paths in AZ this winter. We started with wooden carved hiking sticks and have gone to the lightweight trekking poles, wouldn't do a lot of hikes with out them anymore relieves so much of the stress on the knees. 60 days and we're out of here but whose counting :)
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