After spending Thursday and Friday killing time in a conference room at DeMartini RV while we waited for news about the progress of the repairs to our motorhome, Saturday we were ready to take a drive. We chose to go to Truckee, in the Sierra Nevada mountains near the Nevada border.
Viewpoint from Highway 20 on the way to Truckee
We took our snowshoes with us, and we found lots of snow in Truckee. After lunch at a interestingly named place called "Coffee And", we visited Donner Memorial State Park. Most everyone knows the story of the infamous Donner party of emigrants who took a "shorter" route and ended up being stranded without food during the winter.
Donner Lake
The small Emigrant Museum at the park features exhibits about the Truckee Basin, local Native American life, the overland immigration of the Donner party in 1840, construction of the transcontinental railroad, and lumbering and ice harvesting.
Emigrant Trail Museum at Donner Memorial State Park, Truckee, CA
Truckee is at an altitude of over 6000 feet and is full of natural beauty, especially when the area is full of snow. We strapped on our snowshoes and went for a walk on the nature trail at the state park, following a marked guide written for winter viewing.
Dave snowshoeing on the nature trail
A winter scene along the trail
Donner Creek (next three pictures)
We didn't mind spending the weekend in this area and now we are refreshed and ready to spend another day hanging out in the conference room at DeMartini. Hopefully the motorhome repairs will be finished on Monday and we will then head on to our next adventure!
