Howard said Lucky was restless last night and so Howard did not sleep well but I did! We closed up Diana (that’s our rig’s name–Diana “Rigg”) and used the down comforter so Howard and I were cozy. The dogs, however, were not. I woke up about 5am and poor Toby was shivering. I hoped it was just the cold and not some sort of ailment but he calmed down after a time under the comforter. I need to remember to put on their cute little sweaters at night.
We took a long walk yesterday about 3pm. The dogs had many admirers along the way. Our destination was the visitors’ center for suggestions for sights to see. The ranger said that the Giant Forest is not to be missed. That was the area we passed on the way up the hill–the place where my attention was not focused on the sights; it was focused on the gas gauge. So we plan to go today. The dogs are not permitted on the trails so one of us will take a hike while the other relaxes in Diana with the dogs.
Tonight is our last night scheduled in this campground. We have 2 more nights before our reservations in Lassen National Park. I had originally planned to stop halfway to Lassen at a full hookup RV site. The Sequoia NP website said there were no dumps here and we will need to empty our tanks and fill up on water. But there IS a dump site at this campground. So we have decided to spend tomorrow and the next day at a campground about an hour north of here. There are other spectacular Sequoia trees there. Then we will drive directly to Lassen–about a 7-8 hour drive. That’s longer than we like but I think it will be worth it to spend 2 more days in Sequoia.
We had a nice dinner last night. We finished off some delicious, leftover pasta (including lobster ravioli!) from our lunch out the day before we left. I made a cucumber salad and Howard grilled Asian-marinated beef skewers. Amazingly, we got the beef from Target and it was delicious.