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RV Restaurant Review Fiftyfifty Brewing Company (Truckee, California)

Published on July 26, 2019 | in Blog, Restaurant Review By Christopher Maitland |

Restaurant Review Fiftyfifty Brewing Company (Truckee, California) Fiftyfifty Brewing Company ‪11197 Brockway Rd Suite 1, ‪Truckee, CA 96161 ‪(530) 587-2337 July 26, 2019 ‪About: ‪Laid-back local microbrewery & pub with a diverse menu plus retail beer & logo merchandise. The location also has a dog friendly patio. FiftyFifty Brewing Company works […]

Donner Memorial State Park & Emigrant Trail Museum

Published on July 26, 2019 | in Blog, State Park By Christopher Maitland |

Donner Memorial State Park & Emigrant Trail Museum July 26, 2019 Donner Memorial (California) State Park, opened in 1928, preserving the site of the Donner Camp, where members of the ill-fated Donner Party were trapped by weather during the winter of 1846–1847. Caught without shelter or adequate supplies, members of the group resorted […]

Donner Pass

Published on July 26, 2019 | in Blog, Historical Landmark By Christopher Maitland |

Donner Pass July 26, 2019 Donner Pass Summit Tunnel Historical Landmark GPS: 39.316582, -120.330540 Theodore Judah was a man with a dream, and his was to build a railroad through the Central Pacific, routed via the Sierra Nevada mountains. In the mid-19th century, the civil engineer surveyed a large stretch of the […]

Restaurant Review The Rustic Table (Emigrant Gap, California)

Published on July 24, 2019 | in Blog, Restaurant Review By Christopher Maitland |

Restaurant Review The Rustic Table (Emigrant Gap, California) The Rustic Table 43440 Laing Rd Emigrant Gap, CA 95715 http://www.rustic-table.com/ (530) 389-8900 July 24, 2019 About: HEARTY MEALS Large servings of your favorite home-style cooked comfort foods. QUALITY SERVICE Our staff go out of their way to provide great meals, professional service and a family-like […]

Restaurant Review The Tavern at Rush Creek Lodge at Yosemite (Groveland, California)

Published on June 14, 2019 | in Blog, Restaurant Review By Christopher Maitland |

Restaurant Review The Tavern at Rush Creek Lodge at Yosemite (Groveland, California) The Tavern, Rush Creek Lodge at Yosemite ‪34001 Highway 120 ‪Groveland, California 95321 ‪(209) 379-2373 https://www.rushcreeklodge.com/yosemite-dining/tavern/ June 14, 2019 About: Lunch, dinner, and snacks for the Rush Creek Tavern are prepared by the Restaurant culinary team, so you can enjoy […]

Harvest Hosts Stay at From The Farm (Yuma, Arizona)

Published on April 5, 2019 | in Blog, Uncategorized By Christopher Maitland |

Harvest Hosts Stay at From The Farm (Yuma, Arizona) From the Farm 5158 S. Hwy 95 Yuma, AZ 85365 (928) 580-1051 GPS: 32.755279 -114.420538 April 04, 2019 When we arrived we checked in with Sally and she directed us where to park our 5er. The location was a fairly level spot on […]

Yuma Territorial Prison Arizona State Historic Park

Published on April 1, 2019 | in Blog, Historic Park, State Park By Christopher Maitland |

Yuma Territorial Prison Arizona State Historic Park Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park 1 Prison Hill Rd Yuma, Arizona, 85364 April 1, 2019 Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison. The Yuma Territorial Prison only operated for 33 years – but that was long enough […]

Oatman Massacre-Memorial Sites and Fourr Cemetery (Gila Bend, Arizona)

Published on March 31, 2019 | in Blog, Historic Place By Christopher Maitland |

Oatman Massacre-Memorial Sites and Fourr Cemetery (Gila Bend, Arizona) March 31, 20199 Oatman Massacre This terrible massacre occurred at what is now known as “Oatman Flat,” about 100 miles east of Yuma, Arizona. In 1850, Royce Oatman, his wife Mary Ann, and their seven children joined a wagon train traveling west toward Yuma. […]

Painted Rock Petroglyph Site and Campground

Published on March 31, 2019 | in Blog, Historic Place By Christopher Maitland |

Painted Rock Petroglyph Site and Campground March 31, 2019 The Painted Rock Petroglyph Site provides the opportunity to view an ancient archaeological site containing hundreds of symbolic and artistic rock etchings, or “petroglyphs,” produced centuries ago and are thought to be remnants of the Hohokam culture from about 300 to 1400. Human-seeming figures […]

Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge

Published on March 28, 2019 | in Blog, National Wildlife Refuge By Christopher Maitland |

Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge March 28, 2019 Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge offers excellent opportunities to explore one of the most biologically diverse deserts in this country. In 1774 Spanish conquistador Juan Bautista de Anza pioneered a 130 mile route fromSonoyta Mexico to the Colorado River crossing near present day Yuma […]