Jacqueline’s Jaunts

Crater Lake, Oregon Diamond Lake RV Park Jeeps - 2 Steps - 10,916 Today is hiking day. Again, we had beautiful weather. There is no cell signal throughout the park, so I could not ask Siri any questions today. I did have a lot I wanted to ask her.  We took the West Rim Drive to the East Rim Drive and stopped at Vidae Falls. This is right off the road. A small waterfall but very pretty. We met a couple that moved from Modesto to Colorado Springs. We talked to them for a while. We have considered moving to Colorado Springs, but we need to do more research.       We turned left off the East Rim Drive to The Pinnacles Overlook. At the end of the road, we parked and headed to the Pinnacles Trail. It was an easy hike, mostly flat, which my hips loved. The trail was gravel and marked with logs to the end. There were plenty of spots to stop and take photos of the pinnacles. Attractive how these were formed. We took so many photos in color and black and white. We stopped...

         We decided to visit the Pismo State Beach Monarch Grove, and the Reynolds went to Morro Bay. The grove is only about 5 minutes from our campsite. Monarch Butterflies hang (no pun intended) in this area from October to February. We saw a few small ones at the tops of trees, but they were too far away for a photo.  Our walk from Monarch Grove to the dunes and back We followed a fast-flowing creek from the grove to the dunes and the ocean. We are still amazed at how much the storms have damaged the beach. Nevertheless, it was a nice, quiet walk while listening to the ocean. Pismo is still a beautiful beach; hopefully, we will visit again.  Next, we decided to drive through some of the neighborhoods around Pismo. We went on the other side of the freeway and drove up into the hills—huge expensive homes with fantastic views. On the way back, we drove through older neighborhoods on the other side of Amtrak's train tracks: some nicely redone homes and...

05-31-22 Tuesday Pismo State Beach, Oceano Campground Jeeps in Parking Lot: 5 Drive Time: 0 Miles: 0 Arrived: 0 We had cereal for breakfast this morning. Jan brought over watermelon after so I’m going to have some as a snack later. I love really cold watermelon. Barry is not a melon person so I get to eat it all myself....YUMMY!.  Barry had to install the AC cover on top of the coach this morning. Last week when he was bringing it home from the service place in San Jose it blew off. Thank goodness it didn’t hit anyone. While he did the installation, I drove down to the beach to get our day pass. It’s like driving from our house to Safeway. If I didn’t have to show our vehicle and license plate, I would have walked. It was a quick trip. I could see some of the flags on the beach and it was crazy windy.  Barry had the installation almost done when I returned. We decided to walk around the pond and do a little exploring. There is a concrete path and some wooden walkways. Nice tra...