Happy Spring

We are still in Pahrump, NV but this is our last week here.  Once again, we have kept busy while we have been enjoying this wonderfully perfect weather.  Each and every day brings sunshine and great temperatures during the day with cooling temperatures at night.

I think all the maintenance has been done on the motorhome.  It has received another wash and coat of wax after giving the roof a good scrubbing.  There were a number of mouldings that had badly discoloured  that got a paint job - starting to look almost new (notice I said almost).

There was an RV show nearby which we took in.  There were mostly high-end coaches  - Monaco and Holiday Rambler.  The most expensive one was a mere $657,000.  I don't know how many units they sold but we did see some being test-driven so I'm guessing that there were some buyers.  We did see one in the park that has been made to double as an ice-fishing house (it is no shack).  Very unique.

We took a day and made a tour of Death Valley.    The colouring of the mountains and the varied formations is absolutely amazing.  Depending on the sunlight, and the time of day, and the direction you are driving, every turn is a new scene.  There were a group of cyclists that were doing a circle tour - all different sorts of bicycles and a very varied age of riders.  Fortunately, most of them that the wind on their back.

 Above is a panoramic view of the mountains along side the road

We took a 9 mile drive called Artist's Drive.  These two photos show the variety of colours at one point called Artist's Palette

 This is is called Zabriski Point - a scenic view point.  

On the right is one of the cyclists out for a ride.




 We did see some wildflowers - some had an amazing fragance - something that you don't find in the wild.

Flowering Yucca

A beautiful beaver tail cactus

 These flowers are very fragrant

There also was a balloon festival this weekend.  Lift-off was to start at 6:30 a.m. so it was a very early morning for us.  Well, some of them started to take their balloons and other equipment out at that time but lift-off did take place about an hour later.  While there were only 27 balloons and the shape of them all was very similar, the colours made quite a sight.  It was great fun to watch as the balloons drifted across the sky.  We just saw day one.  Tomorrow evening there is supposed to be glow balloons which we will have to see.  Perhaps they will be in next weeks story.

We were told that this was the local air force.  It really is a few of the many ultra lights that flew around.



Another week has come to an end and spring has arrived.  I hope you have a great week.