State of Wilderness

Author: keely

  • Mono Lake MonoMyth, Episode 2

    Supernatural Aid Ok so finally we reached the Mono Valley and started looking for camping places.  We drove down a dirt road to a campground that I thought would be a good choice – the Lundy Lake campground.  Google images and reviews showed this to be a very beautiful place.  When we got there, though,…

  • Mono Lake MonoMyth, Episode 1

    Departure After a couple of hours at my former in-laws – visiting, packing up things the kids had forgotten, and repairing the small dent we put in the front bumper of the rental SUV, we were ready to leave for our next adventure. The Call to Adventure This one had us traveling south on US-395,…

  • Fremont National Forest Fun

    Tumalo State Park has a few caches in it, but we left without finding any, mostly because we wasted some time on a bad hint on one and another looked like it was going to be a longer walk than we had time for. We did have time for breakfast at Shari’s Restaurant before leaving…

  • Bend Bound

    It was with sadness that we finally made our way out of this area.  After a last morning driving around the southeastern side of Mt Rainier, we took the turn for White Pass, and began heading into Oregon, via Yakima. Of course, our drive took twice as long as it should have, since we had…