From January 2015

Mosaic Canyon

We took a hike up Mosaic Canyon last week.  Mosaic Canyon is one of the most scenic and popular hikes in the Death Valley National Park.  The hike is not difficult, the path is hard-packed dirt or rock, and a gravel road takes you to the mouth of the canyon.  We hiked Mosaic Canyon when …

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Happy Birthday John!

Warning:  Sappy blog post ahead! Today, January 29, is John’s birthday.  He is 27 today.  The name John means “gift of God” and this is the way Tom and I have always felt about John.  I was told by some doctors that I would never be able to have children, but thanks to some experimental …

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Why Is There a Castle?

Thanks to Kris Moye who asked this very appropriate question recently:  “Why is there a castle in Death Valley?”  I will begin to answer that question today, and write a little more about it each week.  If I do it a little at a time you might not get  tired of the subject! Tom and …

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Ubehebe Crater

Tom and I work four days and then have three days off.  One of those days is spent going to church, finding internet, posting my blog, taking care of other internet business, and grocery shopping.  One of those days is for taking care of things at home such as cleaning and laundry.  And one of …

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Invitation to Pilgrimage

For my morning devotions in January I have been reading the book “Invitation to Pilgrimage” by John Baillie.  John Baillie wrote a wonderful book of prayers that I read frequently, so I was excited to read this small book.  A noted English theologian and Christian apologist, Dr. Baillie delivered a series of lectures on Christianity …

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Magic Mile Marker 25

As I mentioned in the last post, we are staying at Grapevine Campground and do not have any cell signal or internet.  The first day we arrived at our campground, before we even set up the RV, we asked the couple in the other RV – Mike and Isabelle – what they did.  They had …

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Destination Death Valley

Tom and I accepted volunteer positions in Death Valley last year.  Our first day of work was January 14, so we set our arrival date as January 11.  It takes close to four hours to travel from Las Vegas, the nearest big city, to where we are stationed in Death Valley. Most people who come …

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