Death Valley and a move in Pahrump!

Jun 2 – Jun 8, Mon-Sun ... Monday, we drove the 60 miles to Death Valley National Park. It was a sunny, hot day with temps approaching 103 degrees. We had taken our lunch with hopes of eating outside in the park. It was too hot for that so we ate in the car with the engine going and the air condition running. The gift shop at the little town of Furnace Creek is an interesting place, especially with so many people from foreign, mostly European, countries visiting. That afternoon we drive 13 more miles to Dante’s View, an overlook in the park that’s 5,500 feet up. The temp was about 20 degrees cooler and the view of Death Valley, which is 283 below sea level, is hard to describe. Much of the floor is white in color looking like its snow covered but it’s the minerals (mostly salt) that flows down from the mountains. Although the sky was a bit hazy, we could see for miles. It was a truly awesome sight to behold and made the trip well worthwhile.
Tuesday and Wednesday was spent running to the grocery store, going to the pool and going to the fitness center in our rv park. As I stated before, we were very impressed the Preferred RV Resort in Pahrump, NV.
Thursday was move day; this time just 3.5 miles to the Charleston Peak RV Resort. While the park is only about a third full, it too is a well kept park and even has a winery and restaurant attached to it. We plan to visit both during our almost three week stay here.
The rest of the week was spent doing things around the mh such as clean window screens and calking on the roof. We also went to the very nice pool here at the park. It has water misters in the seating area to help keep you cool in the 90+ heat.