Saturday, August 28, 2004: 7AM - Baby Foot Camp Mr. Mavica and George took off this morning, to see what was ahead of us, down
the road. In only a short distance, we came to the road's end! This is truly,
"A road less traveled!" After breakfast, we might walk to the ridgeline west
of our camp, to see if Baby Foot Lake can be seen.
In the pic below, George and MsTioga look at the lovely early morning.
6PM - Studying Trees We spent much of the day, studying about trees. Mr. Mavica pronounces "tree" as
"twee." We don't know why!?
Below is a pic of Baby Twee. It is only 1" high! There are many Baby Twees around
our Camp.
George wants to be able to tell one tree from another. So, the entire Team has
been studying how to do that! The going has been very slow! We still cannot tell
one twee from another twee. Below is a pic of George looking at a fallen branch
with a pine cone.
This Camp in Siskiyou National Forest is sooooo wonderful! All we hear is the wind thru the trees. We can see for a zillion miles looking
to the east. There are at least five mountain ranges out there, all sort of
bluish looking because of the distance. Looking out of the window over the
computer workstation, we are overwhelmed with the beauty!
Suppertime We have to go now! MsTioga is calling everybody for supper! Fried Chicken!
Yummmmm!
8PM-Ms.Doe Dear came to call Just as supper was finished, guess who dropped by The Team to say hello? Yes,
Ms.Doe Dear!! She stayed for almost 45 minutes, walking around MsTioga and
eating something, maybe some little grasses that grow in the road.
For some reason, Ms. Doe Dear did not see George and Mr. Mavica taking pics. So
we kept as quiet as we could be, and moved sooooooo slowly so Ms. Dear could not
hear us.
Ms. Dear began to graze on the side opposite MsTioga's door, so George quietly
opened the screen door, and sat with his feet on the step. After awhile, Ms. Dear
came around and started grazing right in front of George. Really! Then she raised
her head, sniffed and put her little nose within a few inches of George's leg.
She must of detected something when she sniffed George so closely, because she
moved away a bit. Not running or anything. Wow!
We think that this Ms. Doe Dear, must not have had too much contact with humans, because she did not know danger when she was so close. She was the dearest deer though!
This is Mr. Chips typing at you! I have a favor to ask, OK? We have been publishing our Adventures since May, 2003, using the Blogger format. This format is sort of cumbersome, and many of our readers have experienced very long downloads, especially when looking at archives.
I am not sure if I am able to improve over the Blogger format. But I am willing to try. If you are having problems with long downloads, would you send me an email, letting me know, OK?
5AM It looks like it is going to be an absolutely gorgeous day. George peeked out of the window and the stars were sooooooo bright! He went outside, in his pajamas to look at the stars. Wow! Our own Milky Way was easy to see! We love it when the starry nite is so bright like this. Looking up is overwhelming! Do you feel the same when you see a starry nite that is sooooo bright?
6AM Several people who we have met here along the Illinois River camping, have told us about a possible campsite, about a mile west of the River, much higher than where we are now. A couple came by yesterday looking for a flower that eats meat. That's right, a carniverous flower. We are breaking camp here on the Illinois River, and moving west to explore this high country, and see if we are able to find this meat eating flower!
8AM Would you believe that The Team has traveled 6 miles up this mountain, and have ascended over 3,000 feet!! Wow! Ms. Tioga, her pistons pounding with unyielding power, took The Team up, up into the Siskiyou National Forest to an altitude of 3,700 feet! We have made Camp alongside the road!
Our Camp looks out over the mountain with a breathtaking view toward the southeast. Below is a pic of George taking a look at this wonderful place!
Biscuit Fire As we drove up this mountain, we drove thru the area of the huge Biscuit Fire. The fire which must have been immense, skipped over some places and the forest remains so beautiful. A few feet further, burned trees!
Meat Eating Flower We must have driven right by the place where the carniverous flower grows. Maybe we will be able to find it when we go back down the mountain?
11AM-Painting In the pic below, George is touching up the spray paint on the molding that he did yesterday afternoon. George says, "I have to keep up maintenance on MsTioga because this is my home for the rest of my life!"
4PM Some folks drove by, and suggested that we continue up the mountain. So, we did. We are at the 4,300 foot level now, and have named this place, "Baby Foot Camp", after a lake that is nearby. It is going to take something really big to drive The Team off this mountain. We love it up here! And, we have enough supplies to stay awhile! :) We are wondering about how BIG the stars will look tonite with the sky soooooo clear! Man-O-Man!
Below is a pic of George and The Team at Baby Foot Camp!
Check out our featured article on "Solar Electricity for your RV!" MsTioga Magazine Link
Thursday, August 26, 2004: After breakfast hike George and Mr. Mavica were talking about taking a walk after breakfast! They are
planning to walk on the dirt road heading downstream alongside the Illinois River.
Who knows what Adventure these two will find? Hmmmmm?
Later today, MsTioga is going to work on a new web page. It looks as though it will be a day when Mr. Sunny will be able to make a lot of electricity for running Mr. Chips' computer system!
Below is a pic of the lovely view looking out of the window over our computer
workstation! Wow!
1PM Our hike took a long time, because we met some campers and schmoozed around
for awhile!
First we went over to the Campground, across the river. In the pic below, George
looks down the campground entrance road. We want you to see that this road has
big ruts, in case you were thinking of camping here.
In order to get to the back campsites, you have to drive thru the trees.
The best campsite is far back, and here it is!
This best campsite is very close to the Illinois River and has a little ledge that
is flat for a tent. Very nice and shady too!
Next, Mr. Mavica and George went for a walk down the dirt road on the other side of the
river. This road is OK for a small trucks, but not for RVs. There is a wonderful camp
at the end of this dirt road.
George looks down at the fishing hole below the camp in the above pic. A camper
nearby told George that you could pull out 50 fish an hour from this hole. We
wonder about that!!
Wednesday, August 25, 2004: 8AM - Grants Pass, Oregon This town is surrounded by beautiful forested mountains, and is much
larger than we remember it! George has been thru Grants Pass many
times, because of his raft trips down the Rogue River.
Today's Adventure This morning we will head south to camp along the Illinois River. MsTioga
wrote a page about when we camped on the Illinois during 2003. Would you
like to take a peek at that page?
3PM The Team has reached our Illinois River Campsite. However, Mr. DataStorm
could not find the satellite at our last year's camp. Mr. Sunny said that
he could not get enough Sun. Mr. Chips called a Team Meeting, and a vote
was taken to set up Camp on the east side of the River. Only George voted
to keep trying on the west side. So, we moved.
4PM Our camp is set up, and Mr. DataStorm is "on-satellite." Mr. Sunny is so
happy, because he is getting 24 amps from the Sun (and that's a lot!) Even
George has to admit, that this is a better campsite, and that the view from
his workstation window looks right down at the Illinois River.
Below is a pic of George looking across the Illinois River at last year's
campsite.
Reader's Email A reader emailed George this afternoon, asking if he got bored being a fulltimer?
"What do you do all day?", this fellow asked.
George answered that one of the things that he does and enjoys soooo much, is
cooking. Also shopping for groceries! Below is a pic of this evening's supper
with meatloaf topped with a yummy secret sauce. What do you think? Do you like
the way this supper looks? Hmmmmm? BTW, George says that he has not been bored
for even one second since he began fulltiming!
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Tuesday, August 24, 2004: 7AM We pulled out of Mazama Campground early, and made Breakfast Camp about ten
miles down the road along Highway 62. This is the road to Medford, Oregon,
but we will be heading west of Medford. Below is a pic of this lovely road
in the Rogue River National Forest!
5PM We are in Grants Pass, Oregon. We have made Nite Camp inside the city, on a
quiet street where there are a few big rigs parked, always a safe sign for
MsTioga to camp. Guess what? We are only 27 miles from last year's wonderful
Camp on the Illinois River!! :) This is the Camp featured in MsTioga's Magazine!
Below is a pic of our Nite Camp in Grants Pass, Oregon.
Rogue River Gorge This afternoon we visited a National Forest Service site that was sooooo interesting!
Would you like to see it? Below is a pic of a sign, which explains how the Rogue
River was formed. I hope that you will be able to read the small printing! If the
pic is hard to read, hold your cursor over the pic, and a "print" symbol will appear.
Print out a copy of the pic, OK?
Next, we took two pics of the Rogue River gorge, whose formation was explained by
the sign above.
Have you ever wondered how we decide where to go? A lot of where we decide to go is just a feeling. We like to think that we are
somehow "in touch" with where we are, and a decision whether to go left or
right at a fork in the road is sort of a hunch.
We also have a feeling about how fast Ms. Tioga drives, which is usually a lot
slower than others on the road. There is a speed, where we feel "in tune." At
that speed, Ms. Tioga seems to be in a rhythm, her tires carry the right beat as
we roll down the road!
Have you read Ms. Tioga's Magazine article on "Heating your RV?" MsTioga Magazine Link
Monday, August 23, 2004: 6:30AM The Team is sooooo hopeful this morning, that we will be able to see the blue
waters of Crater Lake instead of only rain clouds! We are leaving the Mazama
Campground early, and heading back up to an overlook, in order to see the sun
come up over the water.
In the pic below, you see George and Ms. Tioga just before we leave our Mazama
Campground site in Crater Lake National Park.
7:45AM This is soooooo exciting! Wow! We have driven to an Overlook called
"The Watchman", which looks down on Wizard Island in Crater Lake when
there are no clouds. Take a peek at the pic below. You may see that
we are definitely inside a cloud!
We figured that if we Day Camped at the highest point that we could find,
that Mr. Sunny might be able to get power from the Sun. Guess what? The
Sun pops thru the clouds every now and then. Looking North and away from
Crater Lake, we actually look down at the clouds in the distance. According
to Mr. DeLorme, we are at 7,682 feet altitude!
9AM We were just about to make breakfast, when Mr. Mavica shouted out, "I can
see the Lake!!" So George and Mr. Mavica ran out, and took this pic below,
just before the clouds began to close in again.
11AM It took two hours for the Crater Lake to be visable again thru the clouds. In only
a minute, the Lake is clear, with no clouds. A few minutes later, nothing.
For the rest of the afternoon, Ms. Tioga and The Team drove around the Lake
and Mr. Mavica took pics.
Mr. Mavica and George have decided to put up the following pics with no words.
What could describe Crater Lake, better than the Lake itself?
Sunday, August 22, 2004: 6AM We are up early, looking to watch the Olympics on the TV for awhile.
Outside, it looks pretty stormy! Wow! It is August and it is stormy
looking. It's hard to get used to that, being that we are from California.
10AM We are moving out in a short while, heading south toward Crater Lake National
Park. The Team talked it over, and we decided that if something looks neat,
that we would stop along the way and explore instead traveling all the 80 miles
to reach Crater Lake today.
Below is a pic of our Camp, with George looking up at the rain. Do you see the
rain drops that fell on Mr. Mavica's lens? They look like smudges, but they are
really rain drops!
2PM The Team is about 44 miles from Crater Lake, and we think that we are going
to make a run for it. We found a videocam called "Crater Cam."
TiogaRV Team Mission: To share the vagabonding life
with our fellow RVers like yourself. We hope that you will try to boondock and dry camp. We have found great joy in
camping away from the RV Campground. We would like you to try our camping life style yourself. Sharing with you our Daily
Adventure is our way of encouraging you to try to camp as we do.
