We left Lone Pine at 10:30. Our plans were to go to Cowboy Church at Anchor Ranch, but when we woke up this morning there was a strong wind blowing from the North. Since it was an outdoor service, we didn’t especially want to sit in the wind.
We’ll put that on our “next time” list. In all likelihood, we will be back to Lone Pine for another Film Festival someday. Because I wasn’t feeling well, there were several things I didn’t do this year that I usually do when we are at the festival. They’ll go on the list, too.
Death Valley was aptly named. The pioneers must of thought this desolate land would never end. Occasionally, we will see a warning sign about cattle on the road. This is open range. Bill said he couldn’t imagine a cow being out here. There wasn’t anything for it to eat.
The wind was strong on Hwy. 190 today. The sign reading “strong winds” had been been blown over. That tells it all, doesn’t it?
By the time we actually got to Death Valley, below sea level, the temperature was 97°. One more place we don’t want to live when we get off the road!
We drove to Beatty, Nevada, (Honk, honk! Yahoo!) before turning south for Pahrump. Shortly after turning, we saw a sign warning to watch for burros on the road. That was different! There were lots of mines in this area “back in the good old days.” When the miners left they often turned their burros loose. Generations later, some of them are still there.
Our friend, Jo, lives in Pahrump at an Escapee RV Park. We put the coach in a dry camping spot and called her. She wasn’t home. We drove to her RV parking space and, sure enough, she wasn’t just hiding from us...she was gone. She probably made a quick escape knowing we were headed her direction.
Actually, we thought we would stay in Death Valley for a day or two before coming to Pahrump, but an unfortunate happening with the MH made us decide to go on to Michelle’s in Loveland sooner than we had planned.
Today we traveled 192 miles and saw one critter...a coyote!
No comments:
Post a Comment