Tried Our Hand

We finally were able to get our site and unit organized enough to attempt our hand at golf….the weather was beautiful and the golfing was fun, even though our scores reflected that this was the first round in three months.

The course hasn’t changed that much since we were here last [we are guessing thirteen years]. It is a little dry form the summer heat, but should green up now that the cooler winter temperatures have arrived.

Showering is a bit of a chore as we have to go to the swimming pool at the Ranch to use their facilities. It is a 15 minute walk to get to the pool and the showers are dirty, but they do their job.

Our stay so far has been unusual as the temperatures at Death Valley have always been a selling point of Furnace Creek Campground. This year we are cold in the evening [starting at 4:30] and very cold in the morning until around 11:00. The winds are keeping the daytime temperatures around 20C, but at night they are going as low as 4C. Not a whole bundle of laughs!

I can hear everyone saying “suck it up, Buttercup!” and I don’t blame them. Maybe we should have gone back to San Carlos….Gloria tells us the temperatures are around 35C right now.

Making My Ears Pop

It may have taken us eight days to drive to Death valley, but we are all set up and waiting. I’m not sure what we are waiting for, but here we sit.

Somehow I missed the fact that Furnace Creek Campground has eighteen electrical and sewer sites when I booked six months ago….and now they are all gone!

I booked a site that says it is fine for an RV and ours fit, but it is too small to hold our truck so that has to be parked in overflow parking away from the campsite.

The site we are in was very difficult to get our unit in as it is at such a strange angle. Not sure we could have succeeded if the other sites were occupied.

This place is much like Cypress Hills Park in the fact that everything is booked, but no one is here. The place is empty with open sites that say ‘reserved’ on them.

Every once in a while Fred or I will get a day of “what the heck are we doing here?” and yesterday was mine. Today I woke up with a better feeling even though we are still in the same site…no electricity or water for fourteen days.

No electricity or water for fourteen days isn’t so bad if you can hook up and go load up with water, but our site is not made for that strategy so we have to learn to use things sparingly…keep your fingers crossed that we make it to the fourteenth day!

We moved the table this morning to make a small area for my exercises..it is well hidden away from prying eyes.

As you can see from the pictures the drop in altitude can cause a few ear popping moments!