We ended up spending almost the whole month of October fooling around in San Diego. We were reunited with some of our old friends and cronies, got to see our kids, serviced the truck and the fifth wheel and spent too much dining out. It was great. We finally departed on October 28.
Now we are in Las Vegas RV Resort / Thousand Trails which is a very tight park with trailers and motor homes parked in big phalanxes, side by side with spaces about 18 or 20 feet wide. There are full hookups, 30 or 50 amp power and paved roads. Initially, I thought there were no animals of any type around but right after the sun went below the mountains to the west, the delightful sounds from flocks of birds in the park trees could be heard over the TV. The lights here are amazing at night unless you are trying any stargazing.
The night before last we spent in Shady Oasis Kampground in Victorville. It is shady but it is also located right next to I-15 which is open for business 24/7. There are also nearby train tracks with multiple grade crossings so the air horn concerts can be quite lengthy. Victorville and adjacent Apple Valley are located in between some gorgeous rock formations but we only stayed for one night so we didn’t go into either town.
As we pulled into Shady Oasis, the message center on the dash of the truck indicated there was some kind of wiring fault on the trailer. The message came and went and the trailer brakes were working when we left Victorville. We headed north on I-15, passing through some breathtaking desert scenery, zipping by a town called Zzyzx and passing by the world’s largest thermometer in Baker, CA. After scurrying across the Mojave to Vegas, the nasty message started to come back and by the time I pulled into the park, we had no trailer brakes. We set up the trailer, turned on the air conditioning and called a mobile RV repairman.
Today, since we were free of the trailer, we took a spin to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. It is located west of Vegas and offers a pretty spectacular 13 mile drive through very pretty and colorful dry desert canyons and mountains. It was midday during our pass through today so the only animals we saw were a lizard and some pet dogs. We will come back either in the early AM or near dusk to see if we can spot more critters.
Back in the RV park this evening, the birds put on another performance and it was quite nice. There was also a truly magnificent sunset out the trailer back window. Mountains and pink clouds in the distance and razor wire on top of a masonry wall in the foreground. It appears unlikely we will encounter intruders coming from that way.
There are some pictures from the last two days you can see if you click here