Feb 10: We had a nice drive with some different, but lovely scenery. We stopped and ate a bite of lunch along the way and arrived to the campground just after noon. Unfortunately there is little to no shade in the area where we are. But we are in walking distance to the Furnace Creek Visitors Center. We took a walk over there and left Tony in his kennel in the trailer. It was between 75-80 degrees in the trailer and it was for less than an hour. He didn’t even want water when we got back, so he was fine. After we got back from the Visitors Center we saw 6-8 people from their Casitas all sitting in their folding chairs together. We went and said HI and they invited us to join in. We said we would later after we ate dinner if they were still there. They were somewhat friendly but it seemed they all knew each other and were talking about past trips they have taken together. We went back and ate our dinner, also started our generator to charge our laptops. Before we were done eating one the “main” people from the Casita FB site (Eileen) came along and asked why we were running our generator. I said to charge our laptops and asked if it was bothering her. She said “We’re just not generator people.” No one told me that but that’s fine. We did notice that most people had a solar panel “suitcase” unfolded and in the sun most of the day. She went on to tell us how we need a solar panel and showed me different adaptors that would charge a laptop from a 12 volt battery. Not feeling too welcomed in this group I guess… BUT, trying it out is the only way to know. We’re here now and we will be taking some day trips from this location. As the sun went down the temperature dropped nicely, glad of that. I think it was between 75-80 today but seemed pretty hot in the sun.
Almost There!
Made it!
Death Valley Marker
Sea Level, but no SEA for sure!
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