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

March 16, St. Patricks day parade in Phoenix

March 10, Tonopah Rodeo

This horse danced to music

Brahma bulls used for bull riding.. a lot of bull

This is how they learn early on how to ride 

This is where they end

We watched both of these young folk get bucked off the bulls.

Ring side seats

March 8 Sandstorm

We experienced our first sandstorm. March 8th ... the weather for the day was showers and breezy. The morning was cloudy with a little sun, breezy but not considered windy. In the afternoon around 2pm we were in the lounge playing cards, the weather had not really changed other than it was more cloudy, no sun. A lady came running into the lounge warning everyone that there was a sandstorm coming. When I looked outside, the wind had suddenly picked up and on the horizon it looked like brown smoke in the air.I had just enough time to run to the trailer and close all the vents. On the run back to the lounge it was like running thru a heavy snowstorm pounded by wind but it was all sand . The pictures are in chronological order and from the first picture to the last was about 5 minutes.It was like something out of the movies. After the sandstorm it started to rain very hard. After about an hour the wind died down to nothing.