BOBBLE HEAD TRAVELERS

Hello Everyone, It is the Bobble Head Travelers out in the Lake Tahoe State Parks having fun as we always do.

***Our Spooner Lake Home Spot, 7,000 feet in elevation. A nice Average 78 degrees during the summer..***

We have been here at Spooner Lake State Park for about 2 months now. We really do enjoy this area of the country. It is beautiful and we just don’t get much bad or nasty weather like most places in the states. We have to be very concerned about the forest fires, but that is about it.. Oh, and maybe a few tremors here and there. Nevada had a big earthquake about 4 months ago. A 6.5 Mag about 36 miles outside of Tonopah, NV. We had to travel North on Hwy 95 to get here and that road was badly damaged by that quake and had to get a quick fix. It was patched by the time we went through, but a week after they closed the road down to repair it the right way… A few after shocks were felt later that month. Never had I experienced a quake before this year. We even had a 5.4 hit just outside of Yuma while we were there and felt that one too. We are done with Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Flooding and Snow… We will take the 76 – 80 degree clear days every summer in Lake Tahoe area. As of now its like 116 in Phoenix and the Hurricane Isaias just hit South Carolina and North Carolina, New York and New Jersey, as it headed up the coast. Wishing everyone up and down the east coast the best of luck in this mother nature and pandemic crisis… Stay safe and be smart.

When we got here last year, we arrived in April, and had 5 to 6 foot snow drifts and 5 feet of snow all around the RV and all over the Park. When we arrived this year June 1^st there was no snow, but come 8 days later we got snow.. Really!!

We are doing trail maintenance and clean up of the park, small projects, Two other co-workers and I rebuilt a deck on one of the cabins we have in the back country, Jodi and another co-worker stained the deck. Jodi and I stained 9 memorial benches around Spooner Lake.

Before and After of Staining

The Park is going to be getting a new face lift starting this Fall and going on next Summer. A new visitor center and gift shop is being built, with restrooms, and an amphitheater and expanded parking lot. The park is busy enough to get all this done. So when we come back to Spooner Lake in the summer of 2022 it will be all done.

This area is just so beautiful, and just about every photo you take does not come out just “so so”, or just “okay”..They are Stunning…and yet still don’t do it justice. Here are a few…

The NEOWISE comet was a sight to see, I did not take any pictures or even had a chance to see it. Where our RV is, it’s surrounded with huge trees. I have some pictures that I found that were taken on Lake Tahoe, in the Tahoe area. I am not going to take credit for these pictures.

Here are three pictures. NOT MINE…

The bears are all over the Back Country here at Spooner State Park and they like to climb trees. We have a lot of Aspen trees here and see lots of claw marks on many of them. We still have not seen a bear yet here this year. But the year isn’t over yet, so maybe will see one soon…

We do plan on being park hosts here at Spooner Lake for years to come. We also plan on park hosting in other states for a few years for states we have not got a chance to see yet, like Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Washington. We were supposed to host at Federation Forest State Park in Washington this Summer before heading back to Nevada for a position at Desert National Wildlife Refuge for the Winter but Covid 19 messed up those plans. We were lucky to get back in at Spooner Lake for another summer. We found out that even if the Visitor Center at Desert National Wildlife Refuge is closed due to Covid-19, they said we will still be able to host there, because there will be plenty of work for us to do. So we are going to head there this coming winter… December through February, then we will slowly head to Washington State for Summer and hopefully host at Federation Forest State Park.

We do hope all are doing well, and doing the smart thing to stay healthy and away of the Covid Virus.. Wear the mask like we are supposed to and we should be able to kick this virus in the ASS…. Stay tuned and keep looking for updates on our travels….

The Bobble Head Travelers, Mark and Jodi

One of the many burros of Beatty

We went on another hike to one other place just outside of Beatty, NV.. Torrance Ranch which is part of a Nature Conservancy. Then we went to a place called Spicer Ranch which is a private property open to the public with bike and hiking trails and at times do music events. There was some unique art here too. People in the desert get eccentrically creative. We made the best of our time in this small town. The town is also close to Death Valley for those who may want to visit the Death Valley National Park someday.

While we have been here in Hawthorn, NV we checked out the Walker Lake Recreation area. The sad thing is the lake is drying up and lots of algae is growing on the shoreline, so no swimming. For some reason it’s getting very hot again, 100 to 102 for the next few days.. Here are some pictures of the Lake and area.

In about three days, we will be at Spooner Lake State Park getting settled and getting ready to start working this Summer. We’ll keep you posted and share some great pictures of the Tahoe area. Such a beautiful area to be for the summer, and temperatures are nice and cool; the weather is great. We love the area..

Jodi and I are doing everything we can to be careful and stay healthy. Wearing our masks and cleaning our grocery’s when we go shopping. We are so tired of doing it, but it is keeping us healthy. Please everyone do the right thing and stay safe and healthy.