My Life and Travels
Time to get moving. We want to be home for Thanksgiving and also want to stop by my brother’s in Sparks, NV on the way. We purchased 8 Lifeline AGM batteries and I need to pick up my 4 on the way home.
Today we are driving to Boron, CA and stay at a rest stop for the night. We have stayed here a couple of times on our way through California.
Here is our trip so far, tomorrow we point north for the trip to the big house.
Today we drove around the Salton Sea making two stops. One at Salvation Mountain and than Slab City.
Here is the moon setting this morning.
Salvation Mountain
Slab City and the garbage left by the people who live there.
We drove up to Borrego Springs to see the sculptures. I took over 400 pictures and most of them are pretty good.
Here are a few.
Up at 6:30 on the road a little after 7:00.
Today’s drive
We are staying in West Shores RV Park in Salton City. It is going to be in the low 80’s while we are here and we want to see some of the sights so we needed air conditioning for Hank. One of those older parks that has seen better days. Part of the park was a marina however the water is so far away the marina doesn’t even exist any more.
We are close to the water and it is a lot cooler the inland.
Campsite pictures, in site 97.
View from the picnic table.
Today’s drive, up at 6:30 on the road by 7:15.
Campsite #H24 same as last year.
We went to dinner with Jim and Edith Inks and had a great time. Jim and I spent a year together in Danang, Vietnam during 1971-72. I am getting old, I left Danang and got out of the Navy 45 year’s ago this month (November).
Moving towards the big house. Looking to the weather report for Northern California we may have to drive out to the coast to get by the mountains.
Today’s drive
We are at the Escapees park in Deming to do laundry and pick up our mail.
In site 22
And one picture of Jack.
Today was south to Fort Stockton for more history. The main part of the old town is pretty well closed up however they have saved a bunch of their history.
They spent a million dollars buy the land from the old fort and rebuild some of the buildings.
The guardhouse was one of the only builds left from the original fort.
The museum in town is in one of the original hotels.
We have one of these at home which Jack has been using.
Fort Stockton museum talked about the cattle and how they helped to make the area grow.
This museum has been recently redone with all new displays and a lot of technology. They have a lot of touch screens that show videos about people who started and built the oil business in the area.
This was a display showing where all the oil came from millions of years ago.
Lot of beautiful paintings.
Information about the oil companies that started here.
Equipment they used to use to drill wells and to they get it out of the ground.
Also had an amazing section of crystals.
It was a good 3-4 hours here.
Moved out of Odessa looking for a nicer place to stay.
The sites are really close but at least it is not a parking lot, site 26.
Before we went looking for a new campsite we went to the Presidential Archives and Leadership Library.
We spent 2 and a half hours reading a lot of the information they have displayed about the presidents and their actions while president.
Painting and a informational plaque for every president.
Paintings of all the First Ladies and a ton of more information. The focus is how the presidents lead the nation during it’s many difficult times.
This was a cool painting of all the presidents.
Closer look at the right side of the painting. I know I could have taken a much better pictures. Anyway, this is a place I’d like to go back to if come back through here.