Category: California

Near Quartzsite, AZ – Thursday February 25, 2016

Another day on the road.

Our goal today was a boondocking area just north of Quartzsite, Az.  However, we didn’t make it.  About an hour into today’s drive we got a rock into the driver’s side window.  The star in the window is the size of a quarter.
Stopped in Palm Spring/Cathedral City to get the window fixed.  The first place we looked for was no longer at their internet address.  I think a lot of the window fix places don’t have a physical location any longer they all work out of mobile vans.  The second place has a physical location but I could not get the motorhome close to their building.  When towing the car I cannot backup so I don’t drive into a parking lot I don’t see a way out of without having to back out.
We drove around the block several times before I could find a place to park.  Ended up in a strip mall lot a block away.  They came over in their mobile truck and fixed the window.  They did a really nice job however this took us three hours
We ended up at a rest stop just inside Arizona and 20 miles from the boondocking area we were looking for.   It was 6:10 and decided it wasn’t worth the hassle of trying to find a boondocking campsite in the dark.
Another rest spot campsite.

Boron, CA – Friday November 20, 2015

We are at a rest stop on Hwy 58 100 miles east of Bakersfield.  We got here at 2:30 p.m. and unfortunately to move on we would end up in the area north of Bakersfield on I-5 looking for a place to spend the night.  I think the rest stops are pretty busy in that area.

This rest stop has a great place where we can have the bedroom slide out tonight and not have someone knock it off, should be a good night.

Here are our travels for the day.

Where we are, think I saw a B-1 bomber flying in as we were getting close of Edwards.

It was 79 degrees when we got here.  I was reading Facebook and here is a picture a Tim Yerdon (Navy friend) from Sioux Falls, South Dakota posted this morning,

At least day was warm and sunny, it was a good day.

We do need to get on the stick snow is coming to the Siskiyous Monday or Tuesday.

 

William Kent FS Campground, Lake Tahoe – Friday, September 25, 2015

This is a really nice campground on the shores of Lake Tahoe.  It was a challenge getting into  the campground.

Driving down the road at 25 mph which way would you turn into the campground, here is the signage on the road.
Here is the one on the RIGHT.
Here is the one on the LEFT.
If you said left you win and get drive into the campground if you said right you’ll need to figure out how to go down a narrow two lane road with cars parked on both sides and not turn into the road with the little sign that says limited access no turn around.  After a couple of tries we made it.

We are in site 16 and here are the campsite pictures.

Great weather, sunny and 80 degrees low of 45 at night.

Calico Ghost Town Regional Park – Barstow, CA – Thursday May 28 , 2015

We decided to stay here for one more day and look around the park/ghost town.  This will give us a 410 mile drive to Winslow, Az on Friday.
The campground is about a half mile down hill from the town.
Some of the information about  the town points out the town is on one of the many ground faults.  This is not a very good picture however you can still see how the rock is twisted.

This picture is looking down onto the town.  It was interesting and Jean and I had a good time.  Spent the afternoon enjoying the heat, 95 I think was the high.

Calico Ghost Town Regional Park – Barstow, CA – Wednesday May 27, 2015

We took our time Wednesday morning and drove to Calico Ghost Town Regional Park a couple of miles outside Barstow, Ca.   12 million dollars worth of silver was taken out of this town and 20 million total for the surrounding area in the late 1800 and early 1900.
We are in site A8 and part of A9.
There is only 25 to 30 feet between the power and water poles.  The park information says they have 265 sites and we are one of 5 people tonight.   The park ranger said they should be sold out this weekend.
We have reached summer, it was 95 today and I got a strawberry drink.

Lone Pine, CA – Tuesday May 26, 2015

Campsite picture:

This county park you pick where you’d like to stay and that’s your campsite, $14.00 a night.  No numbers, no designated areas, it festival seating of camping.  It is really nice during the week but this place has got to be a zoo on the weekends.

Another California first, having to pay to dump the holding tanks after paying for a campsite.  I can see this moving north as a way of increasing fees without telling anyone they are going to be paying more to camp.

Note on the instructions you have 60 seconds to get your hose into the dump after you’ve paid the $10.00.  If you don’t get the hose in within the 60 seconds you get to pay again.    You get 15 minutes to dump, thus making it difficult for two people to dump on the same $10.00.

Weather is great, 84 this afternoon and should be 85 to 92 over the next week.

 

Yosemite National Park – Monday May 25, 2015

Here are some pictures from our trip into Yosemite.
This is a picture from Google taken from Olmsted Point.
This is what we saw, looking at the cracks on the rocks I think they are close to the same point.
Look at the trees growing out of the side of the center rock.
Important big rock.
Tioga Pass on the way home, sticking on the road.

Snowed for a while at camp.
We still had a great time and we can say we have been to Yosemite.