Yosemite Lodge

We have been in Yosemite National Park since Wed. night. My cell internet access would not work in the Park so we are using the WI FI at the Lodge. Having a great time. Wed. night we stayed in park campground far from the main attractions in the Yosemite valley. Thursday drove another 70 or so miles to the valley and got on a list for the main campgrounds there. Our name was called at 3 pm and we got a site. No electric but we had a site. Today we drove to Glacier point. The scenery was awsome, views of half dome, water falls and valley below. Today we got on a list again, and luckily got a site again. We caught the shuttle to the Lodge which is where we are now. Here are a few of the many pics we took.

                                                   Barb and Bridalveil Falls

                                         Me and Half Dome

                                          Deer was charging and pepper spray not allowed here

Bonneville Speedway

Yesterday, as we were driving down I80 we seen the signs for the Bonneville Speedway in Utah, a few miles from the Nevada line.   We decided to have lunch there.   After lunch we drove the camper onto the actual 10 mile speedway for 3 miles and turned around and came back.  Then drove on to Battle Mountain, Nevada.  We stayed at the Flying J campground and casino.  They gave us $2 coupon for the casino, so we found out it was senior night and the casino gave us $4 more.  It took almost 30 minutes to loose it all.  So much for our nights entertainment.

Just learned a valuable lesson.   You should not walk or ride a bike on the low growing ground cover in this campground.  It is some kind of cacti.  It sticks to shoes and gets in the camper and then I step in it.  OUCH!!!   I got to go and fix a flat tire on my bike also thanks cacti.

                                          Gerry standing on the bonneville speedway

                                          Barb driving on the actual track

Antelope Island state park

We are camping at Antelope Island st. pk.  close to Salt Lake city, Utah.  This island is out in the Great salt Lake connected by a 7 mile causeway.  I am getting a very weak signal out here as it is probably over 10 miles to the nearest cell tower.   we drove around the island seeing all the bison, antelope and other wildlife.  It is an extremely beautiful place surrounded by mountains.  The weather is perfect in the 80's.   We went swimming in the salt lake,  or maybe I should say floating.  The salt lake is a lot saltier than the ocean.   They say the ocean is 3 %  and this salt lake varies from 8 to 26% salinity.  This means that you can float on your back very easy.

                                           Bison herd with Salt Lake city in background

                                                Barb didn't want to get her hair wet