Mesquite Springs It was quiet in Death Valley especially at our new campsite in Mesquite Springs. and beautiful. Eight days might be a little long. Each day provided new views and light shows with unexpected attractions. We saw the Milky Way span across the sky, identified Mars and Saturn without a telescope and counted at […]
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Westgard Pass – Gilbert Summit is on California Highway 168 west of Big Pine California to Oasis California. This is a bad road for an RV. In Oasis Highway 168 connects to Nevada Highway 266. Westgard Pass connects to White Mountain Road and leads to Grandview Campground. Nevada Highway 266, south from Oasis is also
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Death Valley Days 2018 brought to you by 20 mule team Borax. It is still very warm in Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park at the end of October, next time we visit the bottomland will be in January. I am surprised that anyone ever came to the valley in the summer, especially to work.
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Another RV term is “Toad” which means a car towed behind the RV. The word is used in a sentence as if “What kind of toad do you have?” Our old toad was an Acura, very nice and we got it already with the necessary equipment to tow behind the RV. The Acura had one
Not Recommended We found our comfort limit today. It is 8! We did a narrow winding road, 30 miles long at less than 20 mph at 8% grade, sometimes it got steeper, and we went both up and down in first gear. At one time the canyon walls narrowed the road down to one lane.
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Yesterday was not a good day on wheels. We’re stuck. No starter. We are broken down waiting for repair. We are still at our friend’s house. No jiggling of the gear shifter is getting me out of this one. Willy the local mobile mechanic came over with his repair truck and diagnosis was a break
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Squaw Creek Canyon – Bad Roads for RVs is located on U.S. Highway 95 south of Marsing. This road is a steep two-lane road. U.S. Highway 95 is also known as the I.O.N. Highway No. 456 ( I.O.N. stands for Idaho, Oregon, Nevada) The road descends part of the Little Squaw Creek Canyon and Squaw Creek
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Virginia City and Perfect Beef Stroganoff I bet you didn’t expect this in our travel blog. We are visiting Virginia City, and Tami is standing in front of one of the many bars. Tami is not leaning. The building is leaning –honest. Perfect Beef Stroganoff Well to get perfect beef stroganoff, first, someone has to
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It is a long way from Boise to Gardnerville, Nevada even though we stopped in Winnemucca. It is a long way from Bend to Boise but we made it in one day. I realize that some people in RVs will knock off 300 mile days without complaint but we were tired on all three legs
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It has been a great stay in Boise, Idaho with family. We will be going about 500 miles south to our friends, Joel and Patty’s house near Topaz Lake in Nevada. Yesterday we passed the seven-month mark being out of California. After that, we cross Death Valley — just because we have never been there.
