Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Day 5 & 6 From Great Basin NP to Lassen Volcanic NP

Day 5
Rain and snow during drive – high in the upper 40's. Traveling on US 50 – the loneliest road in the US, we passed through Eureka, NV (“the friendliest town on the loneliest highway”) that was having a car show festival on their Main Street. Stopped and looked at cars – great 66 Mustang and vintage Scottie camper.  Continued on to Fernley, where the sun came out and the weather warmed to 74 degrees.  Were going to go out for dinner, but local Casino was reportedly the best place to eat. Cooked at site instead.

Day 6 Fernley to Lassen Volcanic NP
Great morning – watched CBS Sunday Morning (well half of it, since it started at 7:00 and we tuned in at 7:45), had big breakfast in the camper and took off by 10:30. Bumped along on US 50 to US 395 to Susanville and then on to Lassen Volcanic NP. Stopped in Chester, CA @ the Chester Cafe and Bakery. Cute little town – had chicken tortilla soup and homemade boysenberry pie. No ice cream because they only baked the pie off because it was Mother's Day, normally they sell take and bake frozen pies. Very good pie!

Arrived @ Volcanic Lessen SP around 3pm. No campsites, except tent sites near visitors center. But we could camp in the Visitor's Center parking lot. Scott set up trailer while I watched movie in Visitor's Center. Drove the 30 mile one-way loop to northern entrance (and far end of the park) and arrived back around 7pm. Views are awesome.  Fancy, smancy dinner of Annie's mac & cheese with hot dogs, chopped spinach and tomatoes.




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