It was a great trip and now that it is done this blog will be stopped. Well, OK we will be going back and adding more details and thoughts (and days we missed altogether) but this was intended to be a record of our trip and perhaps helpful for anyone else planning a similar trip.
To Start at the beginning of the trip go to Day One.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Day Seventeen: Oakdale - Dunsmuir, CA
Trying to figure out where to stay on our last night in California we thought that Dunsmuir looked like a largish town and a good spot to stop. Just before we got there a road sign advertised the Dunsmuir Lodge! We had to check it out and when we checked in they had had someone from "our" Dunsmuir Lodge stay there already!
Even more odd: on the way I wondered if this little railroad town had any connection to "our" Dunsmuirs. Imagine my amusement when I found out the town was named for Alexander Dunsmuir who, accordning to local legend, visited the town in 1888 and offered to donate a fountain to the town if they changed their name to Dunsmuir. Alexander appears to have been a son of Robert Dunsmuir who is so very familiar to anyone in Victoria.
Very nice town BTW. I bet "Railroad Days" are a hoot!
Even more odd: on the way I wondered if this little railroad town had any connection to "our" Dunsmuirs. Imagine my amusement when I found out the town was named for Alexander Dunsmuir who, accordning to local legend, visited the town in 1888 and offered to donate a fountain to the town if they changed their name to Dunsmuir. Alexander appears to have been a son of Robert Dunsmuir who is so very familiar to anyone in Victoria.
Very nice town BTW. I bet "Railroad Days" are a hoot!
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