Today’s route from Ana Reservoir RV Park to Crystal Crane has taken us through some wide open spaces around Table Rock Mountain along Christmas Valley Highway in the northern reaches of the Great Basin desert. This time we knew that we’d find a little oasis in the desert in the form of the town of Riley, Oregon. Back in 2014 we’d stopped here ever so grateful for a fuel stop opportunity. With plans today to fuel up in Burns, a few miles east of here, we stopped at the Riley Store for a few provisions. Arriving just after us was Alice traveling in a 2019 T@B 400! Who would have expected two T@B 400s to rendezvous in this minuscule town of just two buildings here on US-20?
It was an incredible experience to actually walk the streets of Pompeii, once a bustling resort town in the Roman Empire until 79 AD when an apocalyptic explosion buried it under 20 feet of volcanic ash. Archeological excavations since the 19th Century continue to reveal evidence of a thriving community.
Once the largest cruise ship in the world, Allure of the Seas will be our home for the next seven nights as we cruise the Western Mediterranean and explore the eighteen decks of this behemoth.
Our recent travel misadventures seriously curtailed our time in Rome pre-cruise but we did get to visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel before making the trip to Civitavecchi for an overnight in the port city of Rome preparatory to departing on Allure of the Seas tomorrow.
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