Monthly Archives: February 2012

Where to next?  Hmm…  We’ve been to Las Vegas a few times before so that was not at the top of our list.  After mulling it over a bit we decided to head to the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead … Continue reading →

Heading to Death Valley today. It’s pretty remote, so if you don’t hear from me in a few days that’s why.

I think we’ve gone about as far north as we’re going to go this winter.  California has more things to see and do, but we’ll save those for next time.  We drove back to Bakersfield for tonight, staying in a … Continue reading →

The RV park we are in is just across the street from the Sun-Maid Raisins processing plant.  So, naturally, we had to go see.  They have a very nice store next to the office.  We saw a little video and … Continue reading →

We knew visiting Sequoia National Park would be risky when we came this way, but thought we would take our chances anyway.  It was a bit of a drive from our RV to the entrance to the park but that’s … Continue reading →

Before we left Bakersfield we went to get a picture of this shoe-shaped shoe repair shop.  It was built in 1947.  It’s had a few owners over time, but you can still get your shoes fixed here. Big Shoe Repair … Continue reading →

Remember 20 Mule Team Borax?  On our way to Sequoia National Forest we went through a little town of Boron, CA, and saw this mining operation off in the desert.  We found out that it really is where borax is … Continue reading →

It was nice having civilization and full hookups at the RV resort in Twentynine Palms but at $35 a night we thought we should move on.  Before we left we had a look around the town.  They have a lot … Continue reading →

The last few days we have been at Joshua Tree National Park.  We should have known we would not have Internet service, or TV, or cell phone service, so that’s why no blog from me for the last few days. … Continue reading →

No Internet, no TV, no cell phone service. Maybe no blog for a few days.

Palm Springs is only 15 miles from the casino where we are so we drove the car over there to explore it.  This used to be a real hot spot for celebrities, but not so much any more.  Palm Springs … Continue reading →

Up early this morning and out to explore the area.  Near here are some really big dinosaurs.  These have been around several years and have been in Coke commercials, rock videos, and in the film Pee Wee’s Big Adventure.  There … Continue reading →

We enjoyed our walk on Mt. Rubidoux yesterday so much that we did it again this morning.  Yesterday we went around clockwise so today we went the other way to get a different view.  We did find a few things … Continue reading →

Since we didn’t do anything yesterday we thought we should go for a walk today.  There is a big hill near us with a large cross at the top, we thought we would investigate.  Turns out it’s an awesome hiking … Continue reading →

Nothing to blog about today.  We just took it easy and hung out around the park here.  No plans for tomorrow, but we’ll see what happens.

Rain!  Something we haven’t seen much of in a while.  It didn’t last long and didn’t amount to much but we stayed in and spent most of the day inside reading, cooking (and eating), watching TV, and some computer time. … Continue reading →

We’re still in Riverside, and plan to stick around until Friday.  This morning we went to find the Parent Navel Orange Tree.  Every navel orange grown in California is a descendant of this tree.  We found it on the corner … Continue reading →