This is the interior of our accommodations during the recent winter cruise. Verna was looking up the next campground in the AAA guidebook. Bear, well, she was waiting for me to finish fooling around with the camera so we could get going again.
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Quite by accident, we found this RV park in Pahrump Nevada. It is located about halfway between Las Vegas and Death Valley National Park. We stayed at this park the night before we went to Death Valley.
Image: The Cruiser all hooked up at the luxury KOA in Pahrump. Click 4 big.
From the Pahrump KOA listing:
Located 60 miles northwest of Las Vegas and 50 miles from Death Valley, the Pahrump Desert Retreat KOA is a highly rated luxury RV Resort. We have 202 RV sites that can accommodate RVs up to 64 feet long and 50 AMP service. Amenities include a 10-ft. waterfall, 2 outdoor solar-heated pools and Jacuzzi, indoor spa with saunas, steam rooms and Jacuzzis, fitness center with Cybex equipment, laundry facility, putting green, shuffleboard, bocce ball, horseshoes, pet center, 4,000 sq. ft. convention center, 24-hour security, free WiFi internet, bowling center.
It is a great place to stay with more amenities than we needed. We’re planning to go back for a several-day visit to explore Death Valley and the surrounding ghost towns using the KOA as our home base.
We totally broke away from the usual routine while we were on the road last week. We spent evenings passing the time reading the blogs on the computer, posting our adventures and enjoying adult beverages after dinner. We didn’t bring a TV and didn’t watch any DVDs on the computer. It was just SO relaxing.
Normally, when visiting the seashore, I take panoramic images of the coastline and surf. This time, however, in addition to the usual, I turned around and took a panoramic series of shots of the area behind the cove and combined them into this view. This was taken near Roessler Point, Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes Estates, CA. Click on the image for the full-sized panorama.
Yesterday, I posted a view of the LA Basin looking north. Here is a view of Catalina Island taken a little earlier in the same day, looking south. All the smoke and haze normally seen to the north was now seen obscuring the Catalina Channel at lower elevations. Click for a larger view and notice the subtle but pleasant colors in the sky just above the island.
Every fall and winter, we get those special days where the winds come and blow all the haze and smoke away from the Los Angeles Basin.
Last weekend on Saturday, we took a drive up to the Palos Verdes Peninsula to see what we could see from the top of the hill. We weren’t disappointed with the views of Santa Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands, although the haze along the ocean’s surface obscured the lower elevations of both islands. I’ll post a photo I took of Catalina tomorrow.
Meanwhile, with all the haze blown out to sea, we had this view of the L.A. Basin as we descended from the hill through Crenshaw Canyon. Click on the photo above to enlarge.
