In September we took off for Utah and Kodachrome State Park, Zion National Park, Snow Canyon State Park. We then traveled through central Nevada to get to Sugar Pine Point State Park (California) on the west side of Lake Tahoe.

Kodachrome SP is one of our favorites, great hiking and close to Bryce Canyon National Park and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. There was a heat wave while we were in Utah but the evenings were cool.

The next camp was at Watchman Campground in Zion National Park. With COVID, it was a bit strange. Not many people and the trams were running half full by reservation only. We decided to bicycle up to the narrows and then we hiked the Watchman trail from the campground.

The final Utah stop was Snow Canyon SP, north of St. George. Another unique park, beautiful formations, incredible light.

After Snow Canyon, we drove to Las Vegas and then north on Highway 95 to the town of Hawthorne and the smoke. Then on to Lake Tahoe. The heat was crazy on that travel leg of our trip, temperatures varied from 102 to 108 degrees the whole way! But, Sugar Pine Point SP was worth it, cool temperatures and clean air I rip our trip home. We met the Bibbys for socially distanced dinner and Nick stayed in his tent for a couple of nights. We hiked and played disc golf with him, a good time.

In this time of the pandemic, we decided to get out for a couple of two-week trips, one in August and then another trip to Utah in September. We kept our social distancing and wore our masks where needed. Getting COVID would sure hamper our traveling!

In August, traveling with Ann and Bruce, we stayed at several parks with widely spaced sites in Oregon. Our first stop was Collier State Park in southern Oregon. It is a beautiful state park in the pines with a clear stream and a logging museum across the highway. It’s a short drive to Crater Lake NP where we hiked the Garfield Peak trail.

The next stop was Schwartz Park, below Dorena Lake, an Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Row River. We hiked and rode our bicycles on beautiful paths and explored a number of covered bridges.

We then stayed a couple of nights in an RV park on Dexter Lake and met our OAT travel friends, Bonnie and Neil, first for socially distanced wine tasting and the next day a beautiful hike in one of the many Oregon forests.

Our last campground was Sunnyside County Park, on Foster Lake. Here we met Lu and Joe for a distanced dinner and another beautiful hike in a county park noted for waterfalls. We had great weather as you can see from the images.