Saturday April 6 Orange Grove

We left Pahrump, Nevada for California On Thursday April 4.Most of the drive thru Nevada and part of California was all desert.

Nevada desert

On the I-5 , transporting oranges

Orange grove across from the RV park.. there were half dozen oil wells in the middle of the orchard.

We arrived at Orange Grove RV after a hard drive into the wind for 5 hrs.We were lucky to have it recommended to us by Gary and Donna from B.C. The park has the usual facilities except that the washroom/showers were like out of a 5 star hotel..When we first arrived and registered we were given a bag of oranges. The park is surrounded by orange groves as well as having orange trees at each rv site.The trees are in bloom and the aroma is quite pleasing.We paid a visit to the California fruit and nut company down the road. We loaded up in nuts and dates and had a date milkshake... very good and almost a meal in itself.the next day we had a 3 hr drive to country manor rv in Visalia, Cal. There we will travel to Sequoia National Park. Stay tuned ..

Orange trees between sites

Death Valley, Scotty's Castle

Volcanic crater in Death Valley

Looking down from the highest point of the crater

Inside Scotty's castle.. this mansion was built in the 1930's in an oasis in the middle of Death Valley. The water source was measured at 100 gal/min with psi of 110. The owner was a mulitmillionare who had a degree in engineering. he built his own power plant consisting of water driven generator and 110   1volt batteries weighing 56lbs each.

Living room

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More of Death Valley

Hiked death valley canyon

In the middle of the canyon

Same canyon

On our way to the valley floor

Valley floor... salt flats in background.. 200 feet below sea level

Salt flats... the white is actual salt mineral.. its 93 F 

Pointing to sea level marker on the hill.

Scenic drive thru valley .. mountain scene looks like a painting

Same scenic drive

April 2, death valley pics

These are the mule trains used to haul the borax to california

These are the first rock formations we saw going into death valley, this is where they mined borax.. in the background  is the valley floor.

April 3, Parhrump, Nevada

We continued our journey to California thru Nevada leaving Laughlin on Monday April 1 for Pahrump Nevada. after 4hrs we arrived at Nevada Treasure RV Resort for two days. We are using this location as a jump off point for trips into death valley. Of all the rv parks we have been in this one deserves the tag resort, unlike many others. It has a full restauraunt, heated pool,hot tub,exercise room equipped with all the latest equipment(weights ,treadmills , exercise bikes etc.)All the roads are paved and all the pads are concrete, no leveling required, a real treat.From Laughlin to Pahrump there is not much to see other than the mountains and desert. We have made two day trips into death valley so stay tuned for photos.On Thursday we head south into California to Bakersfield and will use that location to visit the Sequoia National Park.

April 1,2013

We left Leaf Verde Rv Park in Buckeye, Az on March 31. The last two weeks of March were very busy as we tried to fit in a lot of activites in the park. We have had a great 3 months of winter free weather with new and old friends. We left for death valley ,thru California , to Nevada. We stopped in Laughlin Nevada and dryed camped in a casino parking lot overlooking main street and the Colorado river. Stay tuned....

March 31,2013

This is the view from the dry camping parking lot of the River palms Casino  in Laughlin Nevada.

This is the view from the dry camping parking lot of the River palms Casino  in Laughlin Nevada.

Same view overlooking main street and Colorado River.

On our thru to Death Valley , closest we got to Las Vegas

View leaving Las Vegas going towards Death Valley