Hey, we're on the road again, headed for San Diego and, eventually, Arizona. Two days ago it was snowing in Northern Nevada and it just seemed the proper time to seek out some warm country. We left the Davis ranch around 9:30 this morning and had nothing but smooth sailing, if you can put it that way, all day long. The skies were blue, the highway lightly traveled, and the truck ran like a top. Around lunch time we turned off the highway and headed for the Mono Lake Visitor's Center where we spent a lovely hour touring the grounds and the museum as well as the book store. Concetta had never visited before. I think I discovered the center on a trip I took with Charles Seims some years ago as we headed for our annual hiking trip in Pasadena. If you haven't stopped, please do so on your next trip. It's very nicely done.
After lunch, we headed off down the road for our next stop, the museum in Independence, California. Did you know that Charles Manson was tried in the Independence Court House? Even if you're not up on the Mansion trial, the courthouse is definitely worth a visit. And if you haven't ever visited the Independence Museum, you're really in for a treat, especially if you like American Indian basketry. Also to be seen at the Independence Museum is the section on the Manzanar Japanese relocation camp. They've even recreated a nice section of one of the dwelling units right inside the museum.
Since we hadn't planned on traveling more than a couple of hundred miles today, our destination turned out to be the Boulder Creek RV park just south of Lone Pine. We've passed it a hundred times as we traveled between Los Angeles and Carson City and I always thought it looked interesting, especially for the wonderful boulder masonry they've constructed along the highway. Well, today we stopped and were pleasantly surprised to find it a spacious, well kept, and reasonably-priced park. For those who don't want to whip up breakfast before they hit the trail, they offer coffee and rolls. They have a pool and hot tup, a big-screen TV for in the rec room, and lots and lots of trees to shade us from the western sun. You have the towering southern Sierra on the western (highway) side and the vastness of the great basin desert on the east. This afternoon when we arrived the air was warm and inviting and we couldn't wait to get in a walk after dinner.
Setting up the RV didn't go quite as nice as I like this first day out. I got the leveling all wrong, I parked so far from the sewer outlet I had to s-t-r-e-t-c-h the hose to its breaking point to get it to fit. And I dumped sewer water all over my hands when I removed the cover from the outlet pipe, evidently due to my not having tightened down on the shutoff good enough last time. Oh, well, I didn't try to rectify anything. I just left it alone. Tomorrow, I'll get it right.
Wonder of wonders we have decent WiFi here and, in addition to my connecting with the laptop, Concetta was able to get her IPAD on as well. So, it was a quiet evening as we each answered our email and read from Facebook. Tomorrow, we're off down the road toward San Diego. At this point we're not sure just where we're going to be staying tomorrow night except to say we probably won't try and make the whole 300 miles in one jump.
Until then, I bid you good traveling.
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