12/31/13: The rest of the days at Borrego Springs were
pretty nice. We did some hiking; it's
really deceiving as to how far away the hills are, and how far you can actually
see. The town is supposedly 7 miles from where we are parked and we can see it
fine. We had to drive back to town a couple of times until we finally got our
mail and packages. It’s a busy little town at Christmas season. We spent
Christmas there; at night a few of the RVs had Christmas lights up outside.
On the 26th we went to Oasis Palms RV Park in Oasis, CA. We had full hookups so I was able to do laundry and then spent time baking and cooking. Curt washed both the jeep and RV and partially waxed the RV, but ran out of wax. We had video time with our kids and granddaughters for Christmas, but our internet was so slow it didn’t work very good. We did get to see them off and on though, so it was fun. The campground accepts PassportAmerica ,
it was $20/night for full hookups and 50 amp. They have a swimming pool,
showers/rest room, laundry, meeting room. There were grapefruit, orange and
lemon trees, and some date trees. They’re trying to keep the grass growing
(which is nice to see in the desert). It’s a nice park, but it’s right beside
the highway and there is constant traffic noise, day and night.
We spent a night at Spotlight 29 Casino inIndio
(free) and then moved on to Joshua Tree National Park. We’re parked on BLM landnear the south entrance and plan on spending a week or so here, until we have
to dump tanks and get water again. We’ll be heading on toward Quartzsite , AZ
On the 26th we went to Oasis Palms RV Park in Oasis, CA. We had full hookups so I was able to do laundry and then spent time baking and cooking. Curt washed both the jeep and RV and partially waxed the RV, but ran out of wax. We had video time with our kids and granddaughters for Christmas, but our internet was so slow it didn’t work very good. We did get to see them off and on though, so it was fun. The campground accepts Passport
We spent a night at Spotlight 29 Casino in
View of the campers, to the east
View toward town, to the west
Upper middle of pic, there's a coyote that we scared away
We weren't sure what this was, but it looked like there's tarps over it. We decided not to go near.
sand had blown on to the road near town
more metal sculptures
that's our jeep beside the scorpion - kind of small in comparison
these metal men are taking care of a vineyard
an old vineyard that apparently didn't make it
Ocotillo tree (and me)
the camper, about 2 miles away
The "badlands", just over the hill we hiked to
that's town, 7 miles (by highway)
long-eared black-tail jackrabbit, he moves fast
Salton Sea in the background
More boondocking areas, also lots of dune buggies there
Very sandy area
Salton Sea
quite the mural
vineyard
haven't seen a Spanish-only board before
where the workers live
Oasis Palms RV Park, Oasis, CA
my girls, hanging out in the kitchen with me
Pizzelles, traditional Christmas cookie
lemons in the park
oranges, lots of seeds and strong flavor
Ruby Red grapefruit
Some type of a date tree
Date tree in the park
The park is right by the highway, lots of traffic day and night
more farm workers
Date and fruit orchard
Farmer's market
Spotlight 29 Casino, special parking lot for RV and for trucks, free
CA is a very expensive state for fuel
starting out at 164 feet
Climbing a long hill, 2.4 mph, not nice
climbed to 1652 ft
going down...255 mpg, I like this mileage!
very rocky area here
BLM land at the south entrance to the park, that we can camp at.
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