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Sixth Winter at Samuel P Taylor State Park, Part 1

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The beautiful sign in front of our campsite. Made and gifted to us by a friend. And our campsite - home for six months.     As I write this we have been back at Samuel P Taylor State Park for over 3 months. Obviously I  have gotten behind in writing these blog posts, and the more behind I get, the more I procrastinate working on them. I am determined to get a post published today, Ground Hog Day, when the word from Punxsutawney Phil is that we will have six more weeks of winter. This post will not be comprehensive of our time here, but will at least be a beginning reflection of this sixth  season living in the cool, damp redwoods of Marin County. We do love it here, but I think as I age the cold is more noticeable. For the most part we stay warm in our cozy motorhome, but when the temperature outside dips to the low 40s or into the 30s the little space heater we use has a hard time warming us. We do have a propane furnace, but because we have to drive out to refill o...
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A Road Trip to Two More National Parks

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October 20, 2025       Rob and I have visited over 40 of our beautiful National Parks, but never Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks in California. We did visit the General Sherman tree in Sequoia, I think, many years ago, but that didn't really count. Between our Atlantic Coast cruise and returning to Samuel P Taylor State Park to camp host for the winter we made a short road trip to visit Kings Canyon and Sequoia where we spent 3 nights at the John Muir Lodge in Kings Canyon National Park. This was during the Federal Government shut down so the visitor centers were closed, but there was still much to enjoy and marvel at.      We did spend one full day in Colfax between returning from the Atlantic Coast and heading south to the National Parks. The timing was just right to see granddaughter Avi dressed up for a school field trip to a Renaissance Fair.  Avi, ready to go back in time! She rarely wants her picture taken, but in costume she reques...
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