After our now completed four week mission with family in K-stan, we are finally back on the move and are camping in Carson City, NV for a couple of nights. As I mentioned before, the return trip will be at a bit of a more leisurely pace and staying for more than one night at each stop.
Our route today was a scenic one, driving over the Sierra Nevada Range from Stockton to Carson City. We started with a short trip up CA 99 to pick up CA 88 going northeastward. The scenery rapidly changed from suburban to agricultural to rolling foothills and then the mountains.
Kit Carson Pass crests at an elevation of 8574 feet MSL. Even though it is well into the spring season, there was plenty of snow on the mountains and a couple of the alpine lakes were still mostly frozen. The Carson River flowing down the east side of the pass was moving rapidly with plenty of white water from the spring thaw.
We’re going to do some souvenir shopping at the Casino across the road tomorrow and maybe bring a take-out dinner back to the RV afterwards. We are going to meander southward on the next lags of the trip and will likely be back home in a week.
Safe travels!
I was out the other day and saw there’s still snow in some of the peaks you can see from here.
I have to go to Denver to the airport to pick up the wife’s best friend, and I know I’ll see snow down that way.
OK thanks, DrJim. You travel safe on that I-25 beast, too.
I always drive like the other guy is trying to kill me. Worked in SoCal, and seems to work OK here, too.
Never had to dodge deer in SoCal, though…..