May 28

Late May - Revised Plans for the Final 10 Stamps!

Based on our Bay Area adventure, we decided to do the Northern California trip as a 3 day trip. We also had been planning to split Death Valley off as it's own trip so we could explore Scotty's Castle.

Trip	Stamps	Days	Miles	Description
RD3	1	1	580	Death Valley
RW1	5	2	800	Sierras
RW3	4	3	1690	Northern California
	10	6	*3070*

The trips would cover the following sites:

Park Name	Stamp Location	Planned Trip	Notes
Death Valley National Park	Stovepipe Wells	RD3	Other stamp locations available

Devils Postpile National Monument	Ranger Station	RW1	Shuttle
King's Canyon National Park	Visitors Center	RW1	Grants Grove
Manzanar National Historic Site	Visitors Center	RW1
Sequoia National Park	3 Locations	RW1	Giant Forest, Lodgepole, or Foothills (S entrance)
Yosemite National Park	Tuolumne Meadows VC	RW1	Also in Valley and Wawona

Lassen Volcanic National Park	Loomis Museum	RW3	Also at SW Entrance (Sat&Sun only)
Lava Beds National Monument	Visitors Center	RW3
Redwood National & State Parks	Hiouchi Info Center	RW3	Also at IC in Crescent City and VC near Orick
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	Whiskeytown VC	RW3

The weekend trip to the Sierras might become 2 one day trips, one for the Eastern Sierras (2 parks), and one for the Western Sierras (3 parks).

Here is a brief description of the trips:

RD3 - A ride to Death Valley / Scotty's Castle. Including a loop to Beatty for food.

RW1 - First day would see us going up the east side of the Sierras, ending up in Lee Vining for the night. Then over Tioga Pass for the westerns Sierras.

RW3 - A trip up to the far north of California. First Lassen and then to Alturas for the night. The second day would be Lava Beds, then across southern Oregon to the Redwoods, finally staying the night in Eureka. The third day would be a dash across the Klamath Mountains to Whiskeytown, then 500 miles home.