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Mary Jane and Granny and Susie |
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Travel around the Great Basin |
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October -
November 2005 |
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A month-long trip of 3735 miles circling the
Great Basin . . . |
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to the Avenue of the
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in the Redwoods |
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of Northern California |
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south to Yosemite National Park in the
Sierras |
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California Ground Squirrel |
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El Capitan |
Half Dome |
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The Ahwahnee Hotel |
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Lunch time with Granny
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at the best table ~ |
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by the big window at the
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of the Ahwahnee Dining
Room |
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then south to Needles and
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old Route 66 |
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steep and winding
in western Arizona
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narrow sharp curves
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Cholla |
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to
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
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Painted Lady |
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up to Glen Canyon and Lake
Powell on the Arizona-Utah border |
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then northwest to Great
Basin National Park and the Lehman Caves |
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in eastern Nevada |
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formation in Lehman Caves |
Wheeler Peak of Great Basin
NP |
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and across the Great Basin
of Western Utah and Nevada |
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where north-south valleys
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alternate in a
corduroy-like pattern |
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in what is called
Basin and Range |
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and finally, encountering a
foot of snow in southern Oregon |
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the RV finally ready to
leave, with chains and roof swept to get the slideout in |
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