Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 10:45:56 -0700
Reply-To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Summer Trip
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Just some ideas:
Get a Golden Eagle Pass! 65$ at the front gate of a national park or
monument- allows entrance into all each and every nat park, monument, etc.
Banff is nice but really touristy and costly- like 7$CA per person per
night in the park but they provide hot showers and fire wood!
In Northern califonia, Prarie Creek Campground is nice (Near Klamath
river). I have stayed there many time with my family- i have never NOT
seen a black bear there! Oh yeah, Coons' too!
Near Santa Cruz, Big Basin is ok. I grew up about 10 miles from that
place. South of santa cruz is manarisa state park and sunset beach state
park. two nice places to camp on the beach. the first one is
better. gotta get reservations though. hot showers and beach access at
each. when surfing there i'd often see dolphins!
btw, volkscafe is around there. just make a note incase you need
something, etc. good place.
Further south is san luis obispo. Good camping- realllllyyyy nice at
Montana de Oro State park. It is just south of morro bay and just north of
SLO. In SLO there is a really good burrito joint- Chili Pepers (corner of
Broad and Foothill in the Lucky's parking lot).
If you are just driving from SF to LV you will be getting into vegas area
and you'll pass a road named Xyzxy (sp?). Try pronouncing that
one! There is a great legend about a gold mine and cave out there. What
it was, some old hermit rode his horse into a bar and put down a bag of
gold. He told everybody that he found the gold deep in a cave, etc. So he
went back and blew up the shaft that went into the gold section so nobody
would get in there. Well, now there is a mining company that is drilling
straight into the mountain looking for the gold. I have been in two
HUGE and very extensive caves out there but no dice...
outside of vegas is Red Rocks National Monument. Nice place to bivy and
check out. If you climb you'll want to stay there for about 2 weeks :-)
If you want any more California info, just email me! If you are coming
through norther ID and need a plug in or dinner, just email me!
Good luck and have fun!
Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Dale Hartman wrote:
> My wife and I are planning a 6 week long trip this summer. We are going out
> west, first to the Banff area in Canada, then we plan to go further west
> over to Vancouver, Seattle, go up to Mt. olympia, then down South to stay at
> a Redwood forest, San Francisco, over to Las Vegas (only driving through
> during the night, just to see the lights!!) over to the Hoover Dam, Grand
> Canyon, Colorado Rocky Mtns and Visit some family, the Badlands to hook up
> with more family, then home.
>
> If anybody has any ideas about places to see, or stay please let me know.
> P-mail me if the rest of the list does not want trip planning info
> cluttering up the list.
>
> I am wondering about Mt. Olympia Natl park, my search on the net showed that
> there was only one gas station located in the park, and it is on the coast
> side of the park. I assume this won't be a problem, but any input would be
> great.
>
> Ideas about reservations at any of the places listed would also be a great
> help, or are they mostly first come first serve like the campgrounds in the
> banff area.
>
> We will leave from Minnesota some time in the middle of July, and we hope
> all the bugs will be detected with the new rebuilt engine by then.
>
> Thanks for the input about the gas mileage, we hope that soon we will see
> the mileage pick up as it breaks in further.
>
> Thanks for all the help and assistance
> Dale Hartman
> '84 Westy
> 00 Golf
>
