Well we made it to the Las Vegas area. We are in Pahrump Nevada at the Charleston peak Winery & RV Resort about 60 miles from Las Vegas. The resort is nice even tho the pool is a little small. We arrived on schedule Thursday afternoon, got settled and immediately went for a free Pizza dinner and listened to a presentation on the Medical Air Services Association. Friday we stayed around the site in the morning to get one of our blinds fixed, went grocery shopping in the afternoon and then went to a TGIF function at the clubhouse at 4. This was supposed to last just until 6 BUT Judy discovered this Wine called Desert Blush and Well after 2 bottles and some Karaoke we finally cooked supper with some new friends at about 1030. Bed time ended up being around midnight.
The trip from the Valley of the Rogue State park in Oregon went well, We left there on Tuesday morning early and made it to the Lighthouse RV resort & Marina near San Francisco that evening bypassing Sacremento. The Resort has just come out of Foreclosure with new owners and they charged us $7 for the night even tho as ROD we were supposed to get in for free-We will follow up with ROD. the resort is a little down at the heels right now but the new owners are working to bring it back up.
The next day we headed towards Barstow and the Ghost town of Calico just east of Barstow, arriving at about 6 pm after a 700km drive through the desert aided by a good tail wind.
Thursday Am we took a leisurely departure from Calico and made it to Pahrump by 2 in the afternoon. It's good to be situated for 7 days and we unhooked the CRV for the first time since starting our trip. We have internet access while we are here and so can receive emails until we leave the area on May 14th. Once again, as we had heard was happening, the rates have gone up and we are paying $5.00 a night instead of last year's energy rate of $3.00.
Judy found the trip to Pahrump a bit hilly for her liking. Two high mountain passes and the RV was making some pretty loud noises close to each summit. We've since learned that Highways 127 and 178 would have been flatter and less travelled so not a problem even with them being just single lane. It's still new to us and so we continue to learn.
We are planning two trips to Death Valley and hopefully will be able to explore the Furnace Creek area as well as make it to Scotty's Castle. The latter is a full day but we're told worth it.
This afternoon we will work on finalizing the remainder of our trip and get our paperwork organized. Gary is hoping to get the satellite dish working.
Guess that's it for today. We're getting off to a slow start but the weather is warm and so it's nice just to relax and take our time.
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