Cooked burritos over the fire. While we were eating we were treated to a few moments of sun on Wheeler Peak and a full rainbow.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Cold camp night
Who would have thought that the worst weather of trip would be in Nevada! While we were in the cave a storm rolled in. It rained at the visitor center but at the campground at 9886 feet it was hail. We got back to a soggy tent surrounded by little piles of hail. It sprinkled on us as we put on our warm gear and built a campfire. Down to 47 degrees!
Yummy huckleberry milkshake
Sammy (left). I said it was yum yum yum yum yum yum! 200,000,000,000 thumbs up for the cafe! Highly rare and super good huckleberry ice cream milkshake!! Ali (right). She said that the double chocolate ice cream milkshake was...THE BEST EVER!!!!! By Samantha!
P.S Dad stuck his hand in to show that he was sharing!
Great Basin National Park
A nice diversion from the lonely road across Nevada. The park has caves and bristle cone pine tree groves. The highest point, Wheeler Peak is over 13000 feet. We planned out stop as a way to beat the Nevada heat and camp at the top of the road, 9886 feet.
Lehman Cave
Samantha helped the tour guide by pointing out the graffiti from 1891.
This was one of the rental cabins from the 1920's.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Ward Mountain campground.
A quiet campground near Ely, Nevada! Some fire wood for fires. Ali gives it 200 thumbs up! All it needs is paved roads and a creek! Sam said that she would give it 455 thumbs up if it did not rain. We could not look at the stars with the rain cover on.
-Samantha
Lunar Crater
Another red dot on the map. 8 miles up a dirt road. Totally worth the drive to see this volcanic crater.
Probably as deep and wide as Meteor Crater.
A panorama is the only way to capture it.
Looney family at the lunar crater.
Collecting dirt.
This is definitely off the beaten track. We haven't seen another car for miles!
Yosemite Campsite
This was one of our favorite campsites. We liked the big rock playground and the girls loved playing in the creek. They got to ride scooters too.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Picnic dinner at Glacier Point
We had the overlook to ourselves and were treated to a spectacular sunset!
Glacier Point
Turnout on the way up.
Through the viewing scope.
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