What do I need to go camping?

[Lora]

Here's a small taste of the country as it looked to the travelers.

OR Trail ruts, WY (ruts, less than 6' from side to side, made by the travelers climbing up from the N. Platte River)

View when they got to the top. (Are we there yet?)

Great Salt Lake, UT (Those mountains aren't that far away! Almost there.)

Donner Lake, looking from the west (no roads to get from down there to up here!)

[Lora]

Just when you thought you were done!
Just one of the valleys in CA, west of Emigrant Gap that had to be traversed.

[D Davis]

I have always thought there is a little bit of pioneer spirit in all of us who love to camp, be in the woods, and explore. When I hike to a mountain top and look out, I like to imagine the land as it must have looked to them or the Indians. Raw, wild beautiful.
Thanks for the choice pictures Lora, they are wonderful!

[Lora]

Thank you. These were taken during our trip out west and back this summer. We grew up visiting lots of great sites like these and I have a lot of fun sharing them with my DH.

[Ricky 4]

I pack too much stuff.
Hubby says put camping stuff in the truck then---go take half of it back to the house.
We do need to pack light -small camper -not much space.
Going to try to camp while the grandkids are on spring break (I am the
daycare).
Hope weather is better.
Sorting camp stuff-so ready.
The Mrs.