almost 12 days of camping...

Day 1... went to my friend Nikki's 50th b-day in Northrop near Princeton hot springs... HAD A GREAT TIME with great folks, food, camping in her back yard, music (Brad even got to play with the band since 2 of the members were friends of his... a totally awesome suprise)... Nikki, a pilot and owner of a TT, taught me how to drive my car more appropriately and that made all the difference in our cross country trip... twas a great way to start our journey

Day 2... drove to Green River, UT in SIGNIFICANT wind... the car did great... hung out with an old couple from the Netherlands in an RV park

Day 3... drove to Honeycomb Rocks in UT in wind/dust/snow... bought appocolypse goggles just in case... had a great night at Honeycomb Rocks which were awesome with me hiking around and Brad taking a canoe trip in the reservoir

Day 4... drove to Benton Hot Springs along the Extraterrestrial Highway and enjoyed the Hot Springs... I got another great hike in that night and the next morning in that cool area

Day 5... attempted to drive to Strawberry but almost ALL the passes were closed... got a GREAT coat from Brad in Lee Vining and then drove about 300 miles out of our way since Tioga, Sanora, M... and another pass were closed BUT made it over a very snow/sleet/rained out pass and stayed in an already set up tent (very water proof which was good), got banded (tickets to get in the next morning) and dinner

Day 6... got in and set up tent city with everyone... had rain/snow/sleet/GREAT FRIENDS/music/2 10x10s and 1 10x20 making a warm and dry music/living room for us all to hang around in

Day 7... here comes the sun!!!! actually it rained most of the day but then cleared up that night and we had more music/sun/friends etc

Day 8... sun/hikes/more sun/more hikes/more great music, friends, food... EPIC happy hour, brad floating on the lake, Lyle Lovett and others plus awesome camp jams

Day 9... more of the same with Prince's "Kiss" blue grass style... priceless :)

Day 10... packed out and said a sad farewell until next year to great friends...Tioga still closed but this time got over Sanora which was slow but beautiful... camped at a great place along the river and had a great hike

Day 11... drove to the high dessert hot springs in Nevada and hung out with some folks that were of a different culture than us

Day 12... continued on Highway 50 (the lonliest highway in the USA) and we were going to camp out BUT since we were in my studly car actually drove the >700 miles home instead!