From April 2015

Historic Railroad Trail

Tom and I haven’t ridden on a bike trail in months.  We planned on riding in Death Valley but the only place to ride was on the road which was either all up or all down.  So while we were in Las Vegas we took some time to ride on the Historic Railroad Trail from …

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Spring Mountain Ranch State Park

One of our day trips while we were in Las Vegas was to Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.  Spring Mountain Ranch is on land next to Red Rock Canyon.  Red Rock Canyon is super-crowded with people, so even though it is beautiful, I didn’t want to go back there.  Traveling bumper-to-bumper at 10 mph along …

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The Racetrack

Before we left Death Valley, we rented a jeep for one more adventure.  Adam and Laurie, the Christian Ministry in the National Parks leaders, picked up the jeep at Furnace Creek and drove up to our compound to pick us up.  Then we headed past Ubehebe Crater to the Racetrack. The Racetrack is a playa …

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Back in Civilization

Tom and I left Death Valley on Tuesday and arrived in Las Vegas (civilization) three hours later.  We have a week here at the Oasis RV Resort to re-acclimate and get used to driving in traffic.  In Death Valley, three cars going by our house in an hour was a traffic jam.  The Oasis RV …

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One Year Anniversary

Exactly one year ago today, April 22, Tom and I left our house and moved into our RV full-time.  It was the day after Easter and John came up to help us with the heavy stuff.  We took a couple of truckloads to the RV and took a U-Haul load to church and we were …

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The End of the Season

We are on the last day of our season at Death Valley.  It has been a great place to spend the winter and we have really enjoyed working at Scotty’s Castle.  We hate to leave the other rangers who have become an important part of our life in just a short time.  But the season …

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