The Nomadic Neuman's
June Travel Log
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June 1, 2004
Laurel is officially "sworn in" , taking first the Federal Oath and then the State of CA Oath.


Proud Dan
Proud Mom

Proud & patient husband, Devon.

Currently Laurel is once again studying....this time for the AZ bar to be taken in July of this year.

June 10-12, 2004
Back on the Road again!
Our 1st night out we boon-docked                    2nd night on BLM land at Turtle Creek in Lone Pine, CA     
in Adelanto, CA                                          with the snow-capped Sierra's in the background
   

We stopped in California City to take a look at some of the property we've been seeing up for auction
on bid4auctions.com. Looks pretty desolate, dry & downright dreary to me!


June 13, 2004
Comstock Country RV Park, Carson City, NV
Then we made it to Carson City and joined the Holiday Rambler 400 Club at their 4:00 o'clock meeting.
This is a group of full-timer's who meet throughout the year for visiting & seeing the sights together.
Some younger, some older so we fit right in and were warmly welcomed.

Remember last July when I found 4 tiny kitties (2 tiger & 2 calico) under our coach?
David & Barbara gave a home to one of the calicos - look how big she's grown since then!
               
June 14, 2004
Our first outing was to visit the famous "Ponderosa Ranch" where Bonanza was filmed way back when...
   
    We got waylaid by a bandit. My Dan was so brave, he shot the bandit, but...

we ended up in JAIL!  Look at that sad face. Our assigned "angels", Bob & Marie came to the rescue.
They bailed us out and we rode off thankful for our freedom. Beautiful Lake Tahoe is in the background.

This is the ranch house most will remember from the TV show.
Later, while walking, I found this beautiful bird in the Ponderosa Pines posing for the camera.
  

After leaving the Ponderosa, we drove around Lake Tahoe & enjoyed the majestic countryside.

June 15, 2004
Virginia City, Nevada
  
This is a town with lots of history and certainly reminds me of the western movies I watched as a child.
The back street below used to be what was called the "red light district".
We enjoyed hearing the history of the town on our trolley tour.

       Lot's of gold & silver was mined here in the boomtown days.
     

June 16, 2004
Carson City Museum

The museum had great displays of the gold & silver rush era as well as other historical information.
For some reason, I focused my picture taking on stricly the animals & birds!
         
   
       

June 17, 2004
The "Red Hat" Ladies met for a group photo before their luncheon..


Then Dan & I left to visit Dawn in her hometown.
Truckee, CA

What fun to visit Dawn on her own turf! Usually she flies down to San Diego for visits.
A quiet & quaint town surrounded by mountains, beautiful rivers & lakes.

June 18, 2004
Laura Springs Ranch
The 400 Club met here for their annual meeting before having a nice BBQ lunch.

Bart & Carl (board members)       Karen(vice president)      Ben(president)     Linda(secretary)
Sheriff Walt presents the official wardrobe.


 
 

June 19, 2004
Verdi, NV Gold Ranch RV Park
We left Carson City, traveled a short way to Verdi, NV where we met Bob & Marie Smith who have a coach similar to ours.
Later Bob & Linda Stockton joined us for an overnight stay & visit. Everyone enjoys the "wireless" MotoSat connection.

June 20, 2004
After saying "see you later" to Bob & Linda, the rest of us drove along a nearby dirt road
which followed one of the historic California Trails.

Like elsewhere in this fine country of ours,
fires put our landscape at great risk.

You can clearly see how long it takes
for the land to recover.

June 21, 2004
Marie & I spent the day thrift shopping while Bob & Dan visited the auto museum.
That evening we drove into Reno for a short visit & a big buffet dinner!

They sure have strange "bugs" landing on the tops of buildings in Reno, Nevada.

Tuesday June 22, 2004
We say "See you soon" as Bob & Marie head west back into CA and we go east.

Fernley, NV
Here we'll stay taking care of business for a few days.

June 26, 2004
Pyramid Lake, NV

Above is a blow up of the pyramid which gave the lake it's name.
  
Dan had to "toe-test the water" and as we walked along the shore, we saw lots of these strange things.
Anyone know what they are?
        
We decided to drive up the northeast side of the lake. According to "Mikey", our GPS, there was a road cutting across
into Winnemucca where we'd get on 95 north into OR and then into ID. Well.......
We ended up on a DIRT ROAD, wash-boardy worse than the road to Dad's! And there was 20 miles of it!
We were in the Black Rock Desert.

The road behind us.


The road ahead.

Dan was at his wit's end.....not to mention mad at "Mikey"!
So what did we do? We had to drive for another 4 miles before we could turn our coach around!
Whew.......

         

   We drove, and drove and drove not knowing where we'd rest our weary bodies.
Here's where we boon docked for the night just before this beautiful sunset.
It was right off a very twisty 95 in OR looking down on the Owyhee River Valley.
Evening sunset                          Morning sunshine
     
Here we met a nice young man, Aaron Silvers, a truck driver who also spent the night.
Dan and he chatted late into the night about trucks, tires and diesel engines.
   

July 28, 2004
Nampa, ID
"For the Birds" - A family owned & operated rehabilitative sancuary for wild birds & animals.
We had a private tour from the son, Leon. How special. The girls & I used to sing this kukkaburro song!

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me!

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
That's not a monkey that's me

Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail
Gets a boo-boo in his tail
Cry, Kookaburra! Cry, kookaburra!
Oh how life can be!




Kukkaburro


The gorgeous parrot couple.

We really enjoyed seeing this family's efforts to help preserve wildlife in their own special way.
Thank you for the tour, Leon.
      

       
     

June 29, 2004
Idaho State Penitentiary
We toured this penitentiary always feeling grateful that we never had to live here.

Pretty bleak, don't you think?
No privacy and they even showered in the open hall.
     

Just as we were leaving the grounds, it got cold......the wind & rain pelted down. Then came this hail!
What a surprise.


June 30, 2004
We left Nampa and continued north on ID 95.
We stopped in the small town of Council, ID. What an interesting sport they had planned for 4th of July!
A real "Old West" town with the covered wooded sidewalks.

     

Later that evening, we found this lovely spot to bondock off ID 95 next to the Salmon River.

   
I went walking around and nearly stepped on this snake. He hissed and I stopped in my tracks.
You can be sure I watched where I was putting my feet after meeting this!
I'm not even sure what kind of snake it is, anyone know?

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