Faria Beach – we have reached the Pacific Coast and the ocean is in sight from the back of our RV window.

Faria Beach is in Ventura, CA. We arrived at our beach campground and had to navigate really tight turns to back-in to our site.  But the reward was that there was perhaps a 50ft barrier of big rocks between the back window of our RV and the ocean.  We are literally as far west as… Continue reading Faria Beach – we have reached the Pacific Coast and the ocean is in sight from the back of our RV window.

Bonelli Bluffs

Bonelli Bluffs was a midpoint stopover between Joshua Tree National Park and the Pacific coast.  It is located slightly north of I-10 in a place called San Dimas, which is slightly east of Los Angeles.  It is a wonderful oasis in an urban environment, with views of the snow covered peaks of the San Bernardino… Continue reading Bonelli Bluffs

Joshua Tree National Park – day 2

Yesterday, we covered the top part of the park, which is where the Joshua Trees are, and most of the trails. Today, we drove all the way to the South entrance of the park (Cottonwood visitor center), which interestingly gets into a distinct desert.  The western half of the desert (yesterday)  is in the Mojave… Continue reading Joshua Tree National Park – day 2

Joshua Tree National Park

Today we did a loop inside Joshua Tree National Park, entering by the Joshua Tree station and exiting from the Twentynine Palms station. While the main attraction is the Joshua Trees, there is also a major component related to geology (aka rocks – once again…) We had lunch at Keys view, with a magnificent view… Continue reading Joshua Tree National Park

Driving into California through the desert

As we drove into California, we had a forced stop for agriculture control at the California state boundary but we were  just waved by. We were impressed that during our drive  in the desert heading north on CA-177 from I-10, and then west on CA-62, we did not encounter a single house or business for… Continue reading Driving into California through the desert

First Dispersed Camping Experience – Quartzsite AZ

This stop was an add-on because I heard and read so much about it from the RV community. A bit of research reveals that the permanent population of Quartzsite is 1000.  But in January and February it hosts on average 700,000 visitors, mostly RVers staying on Bureau of Land Management dispersed camping areas.  The estimated… Continue reading First Dispersed Camping Experience – Quartzsite AZ

Saguaro National Park – day 2

As mentioned yesterday, Saguaro National Park is divided in two different sections.  One to the east of Tucson (the Rincon district) which we visited yesterday, and one to the west (the red hills district).  Yesterday, the loop drive was paved.  Today’s loop drive was just a dirt road, but there were several more trails, and… Continue reading Saguaro National Park – day 2