We were in Twenty Nine Palms before we bought our home in San Carlos and it wasn’t much of a town then and it is even less so now. The lack of water in California has turned this town into a dried up groups of homes and businesses.
We don’t usually carry water in our unit when we travel longer distances and this time wasn’t any different. We knew our destination of Jumbo Rocks Campground in Joshua Tree National Park didn’t have any facilities at all….no water, no power, no sewer dump and no wi-fi. We researched ahead and found that the Visitor Centre for Joshua Tree set aside an area that RVs and campers could fill up before entering the Park. That was our plan until the Visitor Centre’s water pump wasn’t working. They told us to go to the RV Park by the golf course and they would look after us and allow us to fill our 30 gallon tank….they did for $25.00 USD! Fred, the pessimist, decided that the Visitor Centre guide and the receptionist at the campground were in on a big scheme and walked away with our $25.00. BTW, we didn’t get a receipt for the water!
Jumbo Rocks Campground was certainly built for tenters and when I booked they told me that we would be okay with our unit. And we were, but just barely. Fred had to move around for a long time before we were able to comfortably put the slides out.
It was a tiring drive today so we didn’t do much other than set up, get a few things organized and make grilled cheese sandwiches before climbing into bed at 7:00.
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