The nights are getting very cold in Oregon. I had a few more visits with family and it's time to go south for the winter. I am traveling HWY 395 along the Nevada/California border.
The day of departure was eventful for a flock of turkeys flew over the top of my RV and landed infront of me - kind of like saying "Hello Tom, enjoy your trip"
The route I took along HWY 85 from Eugene, OR is the very best way to leave the Willamette Valley and gain the high desert. beautiful scenery including a few fall colors as the trees change with the cooling weather.
Stops along the way today is Crater lake National Park, the night was very cold! 31* YIKES. So continue on my friend!
Explored Klamath Falls, OR boondocking spots and landed at Eagle Lake, BLM site with open skies, warm afternoons and 50* nights! I was very comfortable last night.
Quail in the evening came right up to the RV, seems people had been feeding them. Morning saw Starlings feeding in the brush. Very few ducks here, hoped to see migration activities.
Lake Tahoe is very pretty, rode the bike around and got some exercise!
Going south again, I found a Day's End Directory location that has not been updated since 2011. Imagine pulling off the road into a high Alpine Meadow, colorful Aspen trees on the mountainside!
Visited Bodie Ghost town. Very interesting, a very large mining town, high in the Sierras mountains!
Lee Vining, CA, stayed a few extra days for the temperature was good 72/50 with a trout stream!
What an amazing ride down Hwy 395! Fall colors, mainly Aspen trees for I've been at 6,500 - 8k feet nearly the whole trip. Areas of open desert, tree covered hills, occasional trout streams! Really glad that I've traveled this route!
A roadside attraction
Bishop, CA is stayed over to visit some of the sights. Railroad and history museum had moved old buildings into one location that was land donated by Pacific Railroad, including tracks and train cars.
Quite a display of the Borax 20 mule team
Death Valley was difficult for me simply high temperature 100, after spending summer in Oregon. I did get to exercise the generator for the A/C! Coming the way I did there was steep and curvy mountain grades until I got to the valley floor.
A stop for the actual Borax mine, I discovered that it is scooped off the surface and not dug into the earth. Think about they carried product and water, food for people and mules both ways, wood and more water when returning to the mine.
Pharump, NV is discovered the most amazing new restaurant 😍
Poblano omelet made with Rajas!
The local museum had some very interesting exhibits.
