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Yosemite – Spring ’23
We have finally arrived back in Northern California, but one last stop before we head home. We booked a full two weeks near one of my favorite places on the planet, Yosemite. Fortunately, Thousand Trails – Yosemite Lake is under 10 minutes from the Big Oak Flat and Hetch Hetchy entrance gates to the park. In fact, a year prior we camped just a couple miles down Hardin Flat Rd with some friends, before we ever heard of Thousand Trails. The campground was still in the process of reopening so we stayed at a site way in the back, near a meadow. It turned out to be a great spot.…
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Rancho Notso Grande
Long hauls are tough with a 2-year-old on board, so we like to break up the drive wherever we can. On the way from Soledad Canyon to Yosemite Lakes, we found another Harvest Host for an overnight stop near Hanford, CA. Rancho Notso Grande is an orchard and berry farm with a roadside farm stand and a steady stream of boondocking visitors. The owner took us on his golf cart for a tour of the farm and a sampling of his wares. It was too early in the season for pick-your-own berries, but he offered an assortment of wines, jams, vinegar, and meat from lamb raised on the farm. We…
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Soledad Canyon
From Vegas we headed south on I-15 and finally crossed back into California after seven months on the road. I have never seen so much greenery on this stretch of desert. We took CA-18 west out of Victorville which becomes CA-138 (Pearblossom Hwy). This route skirts just to the north of the San Gabriel mountains, which separate the Mojave Desert from the LA basin. Once near Palmdale, we veered south toward the town of Acton and our destination, Thousand Trails Soledad Canyon. The campground is so named for the canyon in which it is located, which follows the Santa Clara River through the Angeles National Forest to Santa Clarita. I…
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Las Vegas
We stopped for quick three night stay at Thousand Trails Las Vegas. We learned back in college that three nights is the most anyone should ever stay in Las Vegas, and while this trip was not as hard on the liver as the ones back then, the rule still applies. The campground is on the east side of town, right off of Boulder Hwy. It’s one of the few TT parks we’ve visited that’s in an urban area. It’s tightly packed, but there is a pool and a hot tub, and it’s away from the madness of the strip. There are some old timey casinos near by that are good…
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