Panther Flat Campground & The Redwoods
We left Crater Lake for Grants Pass and then south on Highway 199 into California, the northern tip of the so called Redwood Highway. We…
LaPine State Park & Crater Lake National Park
A quote attributed to Frank Zappa comes to mind when I think back to that trip down Hart Mountain. There is more stupidity than hydrogen…
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Great Basin, South Fork State Park
"I've Got a Pocket Full of Money and 14 Days" Exclaimed a vacationing Californian in the site next to us here at Lower Lehman Creek…
McDowell, Lees Ferry, & Jacob Lake
It's always a sad time when we leave John and Marcia's home in Sierra Vista, AZ. Earl, John, Larry, Marcia, and Susan You can tell…
Bad Things Happen
In the first four years of full time living in Shiny we were accident free. Lucky, I have no doubt. That came to an end…
Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument Number 7 on the Map Sometime during my education at Carpenter School back in the 60's I got it in my mind…
Nine Mile Ranch & Nine Mile Canyon
Nine Mile Ranch - Number 6 On The Map This is the first Streamin-In-Shiny Gem since November of 2019. We're rather persnickety about what we…
Monument Valley, & Moab
It was close to a 300 mile drive north on route 191 from Luna Lake Campground to Monument Valley, number 4 on the map. That's…
Cosmic & Luna Lake Campgrounds
Our route from Sierra Vista was planned around two events. A July wedding in Colorado and Susan's dad's August funeral in New Hampshire. In addition,…
The Belands & Apache-Trout Campground
John & Marcia Beland's House We made a 1900 mile dash last February to John and Marcia Beland's house in Sierra Vista, AZ from our…