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With the school year wrapped up as of yesterday, it is time to hit the road in the RV for a few weeks.  This year we are focusing on southern Utah, mainly Zion and Bryce Canyon National parks.  It was a bit tough getting out of the house and on the road, I had a hockey game last night at 11 PM and so I was struggling to get everything out of the house in the morning.  We got on the road a little before 10 and the kids promptly fell asleep for the first leg of the trip.  We stopped for lunch around Bakersfield, and finally reached our first RV park in Calico.  Calico is definitely a desert town, we had hot dusty wind blowing as I tried to BBQ some pork chops.  But there is an old west ghost town up the road, and we plan on visiting it tomorrow.  The park has a pretty great playground.

 

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Yay! :)

 

Picture not working? :(

 

Edit: Ok, clicking the link works. Maybe the https tags confuses the forum

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Bakersfield? Are you going Vegas or something?

 

*thinks* ok, I can understand it, although I probably would have taken 50 to carson city and down 95

 

More Scenic in the Sierras.

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Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.

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When you're driving the RV full of family.. where do they all sit? Do you allow them to be in the actual house part of the RV or does everyone have to be seated in the front with their seatbelts on?

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Calax - we are taking that route home, I like to make my trips as circular as possible.  :)

 

mkreku - the front of the RV only has the two seats, so the kids sit in the house part.  My 3 year old usually sits in a car seat that I strap into the couch.  It is right behind the passenger seat, so he can see out the window and he's easy to get to.  My daughter is 6 so she can sit next to him on the couch or at the table using a regular seatbelt.  Sometimes my wife will take them back to the bed and watch a movie while we are driving too.  The law says you only need seat belts when in the front part, but I try and keep them strapped in as often as possible.  It's a lot more comfortable than travelling in a car, that's for sure.

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Calax - we are taking that route home, I like to make my trips as circular as possible.   :)

 

mkreku - the front of the RV only has the two seats, so the kids sit in the house part.  My 3 year old usually sits in a car seat that I strap into the couch.  It is right behind the passenger seat, so he can see out the window and he's easy to get to.  My daughter is 6 so she can sit next to him on the couch or at the table using a regular seatbelt.  Sometimes my wife will take them back to the bed and watch a movie while we are driving too.  The law says you only need seat belts when in the front part, but I try and keep them strapped in as often as possible.  It's a lot more comfortable than travelling in a car, that's for sure.

Hurlshot when we use to go on trips in our RV my dad use to let us attach a rope to the back of the RV and  he would pull us on our skateboards on the quiet roads, that's something I'm sure your kids would enjoy?

"Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

John Milton 

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Are you guys going to monument valley?

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"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
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Watch out for the Barbie museum! It's NOT what you think!

 

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You see, ever since the whole Doritos Locos Tacos thing, Taco Bell thinks they can do whatever they want.

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*blink*

*blink*

 

Is that you, Mojave? Is this me?

"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

             -Elwood Blues

 

tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.

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Day 2 - We took a shuttle up to Calico Ghost Town, which was a major silver boom town for a couple years before being abandoned.  It was restored by the guy who owns Knott's Berry Farms.  We got there around 10 AM, which was good, because it got hot by the afternoon.

 

We ran into a little trouble with the law at first.

 

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We rode a little train around and saw a lot of holes in the rocks where people had prospected.  Apparently there are millions of dollars worth of silver in the leftover rock from the blasting and digging, but it would cost more to process it than it is worth.

 

Later on we visited Doc's house in Primm.

 

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We were dead tired by about 2 and headed back to the RV for a nap.  At least the adults took naps, the kids watched a movie.

 

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Tomorrow we get back on the road towards Utah.  We'll be passing through Vegas, baby.  But not stopping :p

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Hurlshot's RV trip threads are becoming one of the best "annual traditions" of the forum.

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“Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
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That picture of your kid smiling in a coffin is awesome. I've been trying to work out if I can turn it into a block colour image and put it on a t-shirt.

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"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

             -Elwood Blues

 

tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.

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Day 3 - We were driving for most of the day, so all the pictures are from the road.  But I convinced my wife to hang out the window to take some great shots.  We passed Helios One, err Solar Two, out in the Mojave.  You can see an odd light shining out of it.

 

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Then we actually stopped in Primm for some shopping.  I've never actually seen the coaster at Bisons Steve's running.

 

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We drove through Nevada and Arizona, and finally entered this impressive pass to get to Utah.

 

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We are at a very nice park along the banks of the Virgin River, just a few miles outside of the Zion park entrance.  We are jumping on a shuttle early tomorrow to explore the park.  Now I just need to get the kids to bed.

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Keep em coming. It's like having a vacation by proxy.

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"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

             -Elwood Blues

 

tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.

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Keep em coming. It's like having a vacation by proxy.

 

:biggrin:  Exactly

"Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

John Milton 

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

 

 

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That was the greatest post in the history of ever.

 

I just found out from Brian Regan what the name of that roller coaster is: (It's supposed to start at 8m53s)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vTc88Govj4&feature=youtu.be&t=8m53s

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You see, ever since the whole Doritos Locos Tacos thing, Taco Bell thinks they can do whatever they want.

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Man.. you know I love your RV adventures and your pictures and your family (especially your wife) as much as the next guy, but this is just too much..

 

I mean, look at this!

 

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WHAT

 

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THE

 

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****

 

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IS

 

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THIS?!

 

ANKLE SOCKS! EVER HEARD OF ANKLE SOCKS?!

 

I'm going to have to go lie down now.

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