Day 16 and 17

Wednesday, September 23

• Left the Rye Patch campsite.
• Visited the Humboldt River crossing and camping area, where the sign indicated that the Humboldt Trail—and the Donner Party—crossed the river.
• Stopped at the Trinity Rest Area exhibits concerning the Humboldt Sink and the Forty Mile Desert.
• Visited the Emigrant–Donner Camp, or Donner Party Park, in Reno.
• Continued west on Interstate 80 to Donner Memorial State Park.
• Met Frances at the campground and secured excellent campsite number 4.

Thursday, September 24

• Returned the incompatible EcoFlow solar panels at the Truckee UPS Store.
• Located and visited the George and Jacob Donner families’ winter campsite at Alder Creek—one of the major highlights of the entire trip.
• Rediscovered the Alder Creek campground where you and Donna had previously stayed and found it open, despite the erroneous closure notice.
• Visited the Donner Memorial State Park museum and purchased several books concerning the Donner daughters and the expedition.
• Visited the Pioneer Monument at the former Breen cabin site.
• Attempted to visit the Murphy cabin boulder, but Annie was prohibited from the Nature Trail; downloaded photographs instead, having visited the site in 2018.
• Walked along Donner Lake and studied the steep approach toward Donner Pass that the emigrants attempted to cross.

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