Almost Home

We enjoyed a few days near Bend Oregon where we found beautiful sunny warm days, but cool nights. This time we spent two days visiting the Lava Lands nearby. It was very interesting and well worth seeing.

We are finishing our three week stay in Pahrump Nevada. For the first two weeks it was hot and sunny and we spent every afternoon in the pool. Since the afternoons were very hot, we did evening walks mostly. We had a couple of light shows over the mountains that were spectacular. Enjoyed sitting outside and watching the stars that you can actually see twinkling in the desert sky. Lots of planes coming in to land in Las Vegas and even a satellite one night moving through the sky. The past few days have reminded us that winter is coming with 40's at night and 60's during the day and even one whole day of storms and rain. It snowed in the mountains, so time to move further south.

We enjoyed a visit with friends Sue and Ray. They drove over from Las Vegas and we had a great time catching up with them. It has been a few years since we have seen them. Tom and Linda joined us here in Pahrump for a week (we think they brought this cold wet weather from Washington with them). We have enjoyed the delicious and inexpensive buffet at Nugget Casino here many times before and after their arrival. We all went to Death Valley and spent a day there. That is certainly a must see, and do not miss Scotty's Castle as that was the highlight. The castle is at a higher elevation and it was very pleasant walking and having a picnic lunch there. We saw the sand dunes, Badwater Salt Flats that are 282 feet below sea level, lots of colorful mountains and plenty of scrub land. Anyone interested in geology would certainly enjoy Death Valley. We were wishing we had a geologist with us to explain what causes all the colors in those mountains. It was a mere 104, but a good breeze helped when we were out walking.

Next stop is Casa Grande for the winter/spring. We will be there on Sunday and it will be a long, warm day getting set up and and unloaded. But, our dear friends Roger and Barb, are fixing dinner for us since they knew we would be very tired and ready to relax! Thank you!

We are excited to see all of our friends there and they are all trying to get us involved in one activity or another. Looks like we can be as busy as we choose!