I have corrected a problem that caused very slow downloading of the blog. It was trying to display 10 posts and with that many pictures it took a long, long time. Now it will only display the most recent post and you can select older post or click on the sidebar for the post you want to see. I am learning.
Today we left Zion at 9 am and fought the wind all the way to Lone Pine, CA. The wind had to be at least 40 mph with higher gusts. We encountered head winds, cross winds, swirling winds and for about 10 miles of the trip tail winds. The 10 miles of tail winds didn't begin to make up for the extra fuel consumption fighting the other winds. The air was filled with dust and in one section which was very sandy it was hard to see the road as the sand was blowing across it.
Our route took us north of Las Vegas up Hwy 95 to Beatty, NV and then through Death Valley to Lone Pine. We arrived about 5 pm and set up for the night at Boulder Creek RV Park just south of the town. We had stayed here the last time we visited Death Valley and it is a very pleasant park. The pads are gravel but there are a lot of cottonwood trees and pines to break the wind. Yes, it is still blowing.
I asked the lady in the office if she would guarantee us no wind tomorrow. She replied "No, the wind blows until August".
No pictures today as it was just too hazy with all the dust in the air. Maybe we will get some nice pictures on the way up Hwy 395 tomorrow of the snow capped peaks along the way.
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