As it turns out, they have a nice dump here at the park so we didn't have to stop and pay to dump at Boulder Creek RV Park in Lone Pine on our way down. Oh well, better empty than full. RV dump stations are becoming rare since most are being closed for no particular reason?
It's a little warmer here since we're further South and a few thousand feet lower but still nice since there is an easy breeze.
Saturday: We got up early, prepared a nice breakfast of leftover saurkraught potatoes and sausage. We then hit the road in the toad South to Landers, Ca to visit Don's aunt Mary. We left the RV in the camp at Red Rock Canyon next destination is to the West so we just took a day trip to see Mary.
We had a nice visit, and went down to the town of Yucca Valley for lunch at the Fish and Brew restaurant, then a tour of the local thrift stores.
On our return trip, we stopped in Adalanto for dinner. Lou and I shared some very good Chinese food at the Fresh Wok while Kenzie had some cold cuts and other stuff from the, Market next door.
We stopped for gas and some more of Mike's Roadhouse Cafe pie in Mojave before arriving home about 9:30 PM.
When we opened the door we found a note from the ranger advising that we needed to leave or pay for our site. Something to ask about tomorrow.
Sunday: Mother's day!
We had cereal for breakfast and then took a nice walk up the wash near camp. Lots of flowers, more never previously seen. Also some intresting beatles. When Lou and Kenzie decided to return toward camp, I headed on up the wash then up to the ridge. I followed th ridge bck to the bluffs oerlooking camp then along them back down to amp. Some nice vistas to be seen!
Lou went down and straightened out the site payment with the ranger receiving an apology for the note. Evidently an multitude of errors on their part. We weren't thrown out.
We relaxed in the shade much of the rest of the day. It was quite pleasant with a light intermittent breeze. We shared our shade with some travelers form Germany that were traveling by car and stopped to take a walk on the trail.
In the evening, we walked the nature trail near the visitor center and drove around looking at some other areas but the wind was quite strong and we were blown home.
Monday: What a difference today. The sky is overcast and it's cooler, much cooler. The forecast is for 74 degrees as the high. it was over 85 degrees yesterday.
Today we leave Red Rock Canyon headed toward Bakersfield via Lake Isabella on highway 178. Since it's cooler, we probably will take another hike before we leave.
I'll get these pictures integrated into the posting soon.
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