The journey has begun! After spending Thanksgiving with family in Sublimity OR we headed south toward the desert region of Southern California and Arizona. The itinerary is very flexible. So far it includes a scheduled meeting with Roberta for a week in Quartzite mid-January and a few weeks with brother Dick and wife Shirley in New England in early May.
The adventures have already begun with rush hour traffic in the dark thru Sacramento, two blow-outs on the inside tires of the rear duals requiring emergency road service, and an overnight on a street in a small town as a violent desert windstorm and driver fatigue made continuing in the dark too dangerous.
Of course adventure is one of the reasons for making the trip, so no complaints—at least days and rest after the experiences! It was quite a sight to see the motorhome pulled up on the tow trailer and the driver carefully measuring to see if it was going to go under the overpasses.
In the windstorm I kept listening to see if any of the loud rattling & banging noises were caused by my newly mounted solar panels leaving the roof.
As I write this we have been camped at Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California, enjoying the unique desert environment of this place. Our campground is called Jumbo Rocks and is in the midst of huge granite boulders. The combination of lots of sunshine, low temperatures (20’s at night, 30’s during the day) have us experimenting to make the most efficient use of solar panels, batteries, propane, generators and warm clothing.
We just spotted a First Baptist Church in the nearby town of Joshua Tree and will be attending church their tomorrow and then moving on to one of the desert Long Term Visitor Areas (LTVA) for our next stop.
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Ohio lies between where you are & New England. might you come this way?
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