Roughing it

That’s us!  No phone or TV or Wifi for almost TWO WHOLE DAYS.  Don’t know how we survived before the microwave was invented.  I’m not going to get all nostalgic but I just recalled when we got our first microwave.  It was huge, almost more than one could carry.  And of course, after trying all the recipes that came in the accompanying cook book, we soon settled down to not much more than reheating coffee.

Teri and I just discovered a secret.  We figured that the reason our parents never took us to Death Valley was because you only went there to die.  The real reason probably was they had enough desert by the time they got to Barstow or Mojave, why look for hotter and drier places?

Well this place is a very well kept secret.  Not only do you not die here, unless you do something stupid (like go out side in the day time), but the place is beautiful.  A lot like the Painted Desert, in AZ.  We never imagined so much color without vegetation. 


 



 

 









 



And this place has one serious salt flat.







 


The “Devil’s Golf Course” reminded us of the auto sized ice blocks that form on the mud flats in the Turnagain Arm.




This was once a paved road, a bit narrow, until 2+ in of rain triggered a gully wash.

Stay cool.

Cautiously Optimistic

That's us.

Well we’ve had two good long days and a short one today and are just outside Kingman, AZ tonight.  The truck continues to run strong and smooth.  We are finally in the desert where it cools off at night; yeah!  Don’t know what our connection will be like for the next few days so thought I’d give you our plans.

We were able to get two days stay at the Furnace Creek Resort in Death Valley for Monday and Tuesday.  So that is the plan for now.  We hope to go from there to Lancaster Wed and on to Moorpark Thursday.  Beyond that, just get to Redmond, OR by the 9th of April. 

Teri got a few more shots from the hip, so to speak.

This means Texas is visible only in the rear view mirror

Then, with Texas only a nagging memory, there was New Mexico overpass art.

Updates when ever I get time and a connection.

Stay between the ditches.