2011 Trip - Day 23
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Tuesday, May 10 - Desert Skies RV Resort, Mesquite, NV or Littlefield, AZ - 216.6 miles - 5509.3 for the trip
Well, I'm in Arizona, I think. The AAA guide says the "Campground" I'm in is in Mesquite, Nevada, but the registration envelope says they are physically in Littlefield, Arizona. In any case, it sure is different from the places I've been staying, All concrete, utilities on the wrong side of the slab, sites on all sides, and the bathrooms (and, if they are really there, showers) behind a coded door for which I don't have the code. Seems the office closes at 2:00PM & doesn't reopen until 9:00AM the following day. To top it off, at $50.00 it is the most expensive site so far. I did try for the only other campground listed for Mesquite in the AAA guide, but although I found it, the signs stated you had to register at the hotel, and the hotel seemed to be closed.
Oh well, it is only one night. By the way, there was another fiberglass trailer in the Furnace Creek Campground; a Casita. I never saw the owners, but it is nice to see another "egg".
I did have one interesting stop today - Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. You walk up a hill that overlooks some incredible views. No matter which direction you look it is different & dramatic. It does make you thing what the settlers that moved west went through. Although I doubt that too many of them went through Death Valley (the name might suggest taking a different route) but the idea of walking or driving a wagon through those formations completely surrounded by mountains gives one something to think about. Definitely worth a stop.
I did end up buying 4 gallons of $5.75 gas at the Furnace Creek station, just to be sure I made it to the next gas station. After getting out of the park I followed CA 127 & CA 178 to Pahrump and 160 towards Las Vegas. The plan was to stop at the Red Rock Canyon Campground for the night but I never found it. It wasn't listed on the GPS, and although I followed the AAA guide directions, the only things 4 miles west of I215 on Highway 159 seemed to be new houses. I did find Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area which is a very pretty drive, but the woman at the entrance stop had no idea where the campground was. So, I gave up, got on I15, about the only practical route to Utah from Death Valley and a reminder why I hate interstates, and wore out at Mesquite. So, here I am for the night!
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A Casita "Egg" |
The View From My Window |
A Neat Stump |
Zabriskie Point |
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Zabriskie Point |
Zabriskie Point & Photographers |
Zabriskie Point |
Zabriskie Point |
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Zabriskie Point |
Zabriskie Point Parking Lot |
Red Rock Canyon Overlook |
Red Rock Canyon Overlook |
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Site 47, Desert Skies RV Resort |
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After a bunch of tries & a call to 1&1, my web site host, I finally got the photos to post. Don't know where the problem is, but I am having problems posting even though the connection seems pretty good...
Till Tomorrow-
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