Nov. 12- 29, 2018

Time to start moving east and then south towards Texas- we have a reservation at an RV park in Port Aransas for January. We have ordered a new truck and it should be in Corpus Christi when we get there!
We are in The Desert…at least it’s fall and not summer, so our temps are really nice- mid-70s and very very dry- 20% humidity.

Do you remember, 20 Mule Team Borax and Death Valley Days? We visited the borax mine!

Sawtooth Canyon- a little BLM campground mostly for rock climbers- quiet and scenic in this harsh west style.

Joshua Tree National Park- where two deserts meet. The Mojave is distinguished by Joshua “Trees- one of the largest “forests” of them is here.

The Colorado Desert to the east and has Ocotillo and Cholla. There had been 6 inches of rain in 30 mins about 2 weeks  before we were there and so many plants were blooming!

And from a 5500 ft viewpoint we could see the San Andreas Fault and the Salton Sea which is 235 ft BELOW sea level!

Dome Rock Mtn. BLM land near Quartzsite. 100s of acres a mile from Rt 10 of barren desert open to camping for free.

During the winter, Quartzsite hosts a RV Gathering every year in the winter and thousands of RVers show up for a week, or two, or a month! There are over 25 RV parks in this tiny town, and a dozen or more BLM dispersed camping areas. Many Rvers that we have met have encouraged us to attend, we have yet to find ANY reason to be with that many people, that many RVs and that many generators running.
Civilization again- we are outside of Phoenix and wish we weren’t. 3 million people live in greater Phoenix. Highways and roads everywhere, construction everywhere, dust everywhere. We found a really nice RV park though- spacious sites, nice friendly people, even a pickleball court, so we played! Time to re-stock, do laundry, make plans and do some business before we head back out. We were invited to join the snowbirds at our RV park for T-Day dinner and we accepted- mmmmm, a real T-day dinner!