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Grand Tour of the West: Day 6

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On February 22, 2021

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February 22, 1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. The story starts here.

The next morning, we drove down to Sacramento. Passed many hops farms. Particularly noticed the tall barns and high arbors on which the hops vined. Arrived in Sacramento quite early in the morning and spent some time looking over the capitol grounds. The have a great number of different trees, all labeled, among them flowering eucalyptus and many types of palm trees. Looked at the exhibits in the Capitol. Then drove to Sutter’s Fort and spent several hours there. 

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February 22, 1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. The story starts here.

The next morning, we drove down to Sacramento. Passed many hops farms. Particularly noticed the tall barns and high arbors on which the hops vined. Arrived in Sacramento quite early in the morning and spent some time looking over the capitol grounds. The have a great number of different trees, all labeled, among them flowering eucalyptus and many types of palm trees. Looked at the exhibits in the Capitol. Then drove to Sutter’s Fort and spent several hours there. 

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Grand Tour of the West: Day 5

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On February 21, 2021

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February 21 ,1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. The story starts here.

Google (ND) [Directions from Weed, CA to Williams, CA] Retrieved February 3, 2021

During the night the water pipes froze and we awoke the next morning to find what we could see of California covered with snow and we had expected to see flowers blooming.  We drove into Weed, had breakfast, and crawled out of town on a sheet of ice. We finally ran out of snow and ice about 15 miles down the line. We passed the road to the Shasta Dam and then the soil started to look very red.  Soon we saw flowers blooming and the vegetation was green.  All along the road the banks were this red soil. Just before we got to Redding, we saw an airport which was just a little airstrip along the road. We wondered how planes could get in and out as there was a mountain on one side and the road and the Sacramento River on the other side.  Stopped at Redding to look around and had another flat when we got back to the car. Bought a tire in Redding. Saw our first orange tree there with oranges ripening on it. Soon we saw palm trees and the further south we drove, the more it seemed like summer to us.  Stopped at a roadside stand and bought some ripe olives. Saw many olive trees and English Walnut trees. Stopped at a roadside inn and had a very poor bottle of California beer.

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February 21 ,1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. The story starts here.

Google (ND) [Directions from Weed, CA to Williams, CA] Retrieved February 3, 2021

During the night the water pipes froze and we awoke the next morning to find what we could see of California covered with snow and we had expected to see flowers blooming.  We drove into Weed, had breakfast, and crawled out of town on a sheet of ice. We finally ran out of snow and ice about 15 miles down the line. We passed the road to the Shasta Dam and then the soil started to look very red.  Soon we saw flowers blooming and the vegetation was green.  All along the road the banks were this red soil. Just before we got to Redding, we saw an airport which was just a little airstrip along the road. We wondered how planes could get in and out as there was a mountain on one side and the road and the Sacramento River on the other side.  Stopped at Redding to look around and had another flat when we got back to the car. Bought a tire in Redding. Saw our first orange tree there with oranges ripening on it. Soon we saw palm trees and the further south we drove, the more it seemed like summer to us.  Stopped at a roadside stand and bought some ripe olives. Saw many olive trees and English Walnut trees. Stopped at a roadside inn and had a very poor bottle of California beer.

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Grand Tour of the West: Day 4

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On February 20, 2021

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February 20, 1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. The story starts here.

The next morning, we stopped at the river and took pictures of some wild geese on the river.  There were many lovely homes as many lumber men live there.  Saw beautiful hotel downtown built like a Swiss chalet.

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February 20, 1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. The story starts here.

The next morning, we stopped at the river and took pictures of some wild geese on the river.  There were many lovely homes as many lumber men live there.  Saw beautiful hotel downtown built like a Swiss chalet.

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Grand Tour of the West: Day 3

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On February 19, 2021

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February 19, 1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. The story starts here.

The next morning Carl got maps and got the trailer swivel greased.  Left Ontario and drove to Burns where we stopped for lunch.  The country was very barren all the way from Ontario to Bend, a distance of 237 miles, all high desert. There were cattle grazing and now and then a road leading to a ranch house.  Stopped at an oil station along the way, Juntura, and at another oil station not listed on the map.  Met very little traffic. The weather was cloudy and gray – rather dreary. 

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February 19, 1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. The story starts here.

The next morning Carl got maps and got the trailer swivel greased.  Left Ontario and drove to Burns where we stopped for lunch.  The country was very barren all the way from Ontario to Bend, a distance of 237 miles, all high desert. There were cattle grazing and now and then a road leading to a ranch house.  Stopped at an oil station along the way, Juntura, and at another oil station not listed on the map.  Met very little traffic. The weather was cloudy and gray – rather dreary. 

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Grand Tour of the West: Day 2

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On February 18, 2021

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February 18, 1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. This is that story.

Left Mountain Home the next morning – the weather was cold and sunny – still a lot of snow.  About 20 miles from Boise, we broke the spring bolt on the trailer.  Carl fixed it with a rope and when we got to Boise, we hunted up a machine shop and had a new spring made.  Ate lunch downtown in Boise and shopped – bought a tire for the trailer. 

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February 18, 1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. This is that story.

Left Mountain Home the next morning – the weather was cold and sunny – still a lot of snow.  About 20 miles from Boise, we broke the spring bolt on the trailer.  Carl fixed it with a rope and when we got to Boise, we hunted up a machine shop and had a new spring made.  Ate lunch downtown in Boise and shopped – bought a tire for the trailer. 

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Cooking from the kitchen to the campground: Trail Zuppa

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On February 12, 2021

In Cooking, Outdoors

In part one of this post, I covered how we came to doing more of our own dinners on the trail. I shared some my favorite ingredients and resources for making gourmet food on the trail. Now I will share some of what we enjoy.

We took a few favorite dishes from our dinner menu and tried to make them with freeze-dried and dried ingredients. I cook some pretty gourmet food, and have been thrilled with how the dinners have turned out.

So without further ado:

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Cooking from the kitchen to the campground

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On February 5, 2021

In Cooking, Outdoors

We do a lot of camping, going out as often as we can work it into our schedule. While we enjoy the convenience of freeze-dried dinners, we have found that there are sometimes things we don’t like about them.

• They may not have enough food to satisfy after a long day of hiking. I suppose we could each eat a dinner, but that gets bulky and expensive.
• They may be too bland or too spicy for our taste. The former is easy to fix, but the latter offers challenges.
• They can be bulky. The size and weight for the calories is uneven, and a long trip means a full pack.
• They can be expensive. Compared to a restaurant, it’s not too bad, but on a long trip it can be prohibitive.

So we have experimented with a variety of do-it-yourself options.

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