Feb 22. After breakfast at the ELKS Club with Chuck, Lorraine and three of their friends we headed back towards LA to Yucaipa, CA where we wanted to check out a campground we were told about. Leaving the Palm Springs area we had very strong winds, blowing dust and the clouds were coming over the mountains.
Driving into Yucaipa you could tell they have had some rain recently as everything in so green.
It started to sprinkle some after we got set up in the Yucaipa Regional Park and later that night we had .48 inches. Very nice campground and we would stay here again if in the area. The next day it rained so we took advantage and did laundry and bought groceries.
Of course, the day we are leaving, it’s a nice sunny day.
Spring blossoms popping out all over.
While it was raining on us yesterday, it snowed at the higher elevations.
On the 24th, after 2 nights in Yucaipa, we headed north to Lone Pine, CA which is just west of Death Valley. As we were driving up Cajon Canyon Sandy took this picture of the San Gabriel Mountains out the back of the RV and caught this car driving way too close. Just kidding, that’s our Subaru.
Driving north on Hwy 395 we had the Panamint Mountains on the right with Death Valley about 75 miles on the other side of the mountains to the east.
And on our left we had the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Sequoia National Park on the other side of the Sierras.
We took this picture from the Eastern Sierra Interagency Visitor Center just south of Lone Pine, CA. While talking with a ranger inside we found out that they have only received 15% of the snow that would normally fall by this time of year. It looks like another bad year for water in California.
That is Mount Whitney under the flag which at 14,494 feet in height is the highest point in California.
We will be camped at the BLM Tuttle Creek Campground that is located in the Alabama Hills. There were lots of movies and cowboy serials made in this location starting in the 20’s until the late 60’s. Some movies are still filmed here today, but it’s getting to be less as time goes on.
We saw this movie crew as we drove in, but we think they were doing an Audi commercial. Notice the European license plate. We were told later that they make about one commercial a month in the area.
The camera person sits in the chair at the end of the boom hanging out back.
This is our camp site for the next two nights.
After we got settled in we went for a drive on a road into the Sierras.
We did not get too far and came to this “road closed” sign.
This is the next morning as the sun is rising from our back side. The sun is not above the horizon yet, but you can see the glows reflection on the RV.
Mount Whitney is behind the RV.
After watching the sunrise shine on the mountain faces, we decided to stay another day, making our stay 3 nights. Wish it could be more. We “WILL” be back. Thanks Bob and Dorothy for telling us about this Campground. What a wonderful way to wake up in the morning to enjoy the view with a hot cup of coffee…just can’t be beat. And to think this cost us $2.50 a night with our Senior Pass. You younger folks have to pay the unseemly price of $5 a night.
We have the Sierras to the west of us…
and the Alabama Hills to the east.
Until next time,
Dave and Sandy
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