The trip to Pahrump

November 11, 2010

Leaving from Coarsgold, CA (The location of the Park of the Sierra's) we headed south on the "99" and stayed overnight at Mojave, CA. If we say there was nothing there...you can believe us. There was nothing there...nor in California City, which was the next town close by. We ALWAYS adventure out...and we ALWAYS find something. Oh, Oh...we forgot. We did find a "parking lot" for airplanes that are out of service...temporarily...while a new route is established...etc. on the edge of Mohave.

There were areas of roads that looked like they went on forever! And they looked as though they just ran into a hill...not until the last second could you see where it might turn. This stretch (Pic 1) clocked out at about 9-1/2 miles from where we took the pic to where there seems to be a line on the horizon below the hills.


As we traveled through desert area, there was not much vegetation. Once we passed the Joshua trees in the Bakersfield area...there weren't even any cactus. Just a few brambles growing the the sandy soil.

Caught some views of the dunes near Shoshone (still in CA)...Not nearly as wide and long as the dunes along the shores of Oregon. Several campers "boondock" out on the sands - bring their ATV's and enjoy the day.

As we arrived at Pahrump, the most impressive site was Charleston Peak in the Spring Mountains which lie between Pahrump and Las Vegas. Just a bit of snow on the cap. It hasn't been cloudy enough to have snow in the mountains...but, we may see an increase on the peak before we leave.