Category: Rest Stop

Pony Express Rest Stop, Hwy 93 – Monday September 5, 2016

Another night at highway rest stop.  We pulled into a corner so we could have the bedroom slide out.
It is a big parking area out in the middle of nowhere.  Nice and quite p, Two trucks and two cars when we called it a night.
It has some neat art and information about the pony express.

Updated maps 9/9/2016 – Will post maps after I upload data from Inreach.  

 

Near Quartzsite, AZ – Thursday February 25, 2016

Another day on the road.

Our goal today was a boondocking area just north of Quartzsite, Az.  However, we didn’t make it.  About an hour into today’s drive we got a rock into the driver’s side window.  The star in the window is the size of a quarter.
Stopped in Palm Spring/Cathedral City to get the window fixed.  The first place we looked for was no longer at their internet address.  I think a lot of the window fix places don’t have a physical location any longer they all work out of mobile vans.  The second place has a physical location but I could not get the motorhome close to their building.  When towing the car I cannot backup so I don’t drive into a parking lot I don’t see a way out of without having to back out.
We drove around the block several times before I could find a place to park.  Ended up in a strip mall lot a block away.  They came over in their mobile truck and fixed the window.  They did a really nice job however this took us three hours
We ended up at a rest stop just inside Arizona and 20 miles from the boondocking area we were looking for.   It was 6:10 and decided it wasn’t worth the hassle of trying to find a boondocking campsite in the dark.
Another rest spot campsite.

Eugene, OR – Monday February 22, 2016

We are starting our southern trip to Peoria, Arizona for Mariner’s Spring Training.
Here is our campsite picture for today. We are at a rest stop just north of Eugene Oregon.  It was almost 11:00 before we left home and got here at 5:30. 
Little rain in Washington and clear sunny skies all day in Oregon.  Not much else going on just driving in the sun.  Will continue south to Red Buff or so tomorrow. 

Boron, CA – Friday November 20, 2015

We are at a rest stop on Hwy 58 100 miles east of Bakersfield.  We got here at 2:30 p.m. and unfortunately to move on we would end up in the area north of Bakersfield on I-5 looking for a place to spend the night.  I think the rest stops are pretty busy in that area.

This rest stop has a great place where we can have the bedroom slide out tonight and not have someone knock it off, should be a good night.

Here are our travels for the day.

Where we are, think I saw a B-1 bomber flying in as we were getting close of Edwards.

It was 79 degrees when we got here.  I was reading Facebook and here is a picture a Tim Yerdon (Navy friend) from Sioux Falls, South Dakota posted this morning,

At least day was warm and sunny, it was a good day.

We do need to get on the stick snow is coming to the Siskiyous Monday or Tuesday.

 

Highway 50, NV – Monday September 28, 2015

This morning I got an email from Verizon saying they had made a change to my cell phone plan.  I logged onto Verizon and I have my “Unlimited Data” plan.  This is good however Jean does not have a txt plan and will pay $0.20 per txt, now that’s a deal for Verizon.

Today’s travel plan is to drive halfway across Nevada on Highway 50 and stay in a rest stop out in the middle of no where.   We decided to give a trip to a Verizon Store and see if they can fix Jean’s txt plan.  At the Spark’s store Caesar said oh yes I can fix that with no problem.  Jean watched he face as he was working through all the computer screens to get the txt plan added “BACK” on our plan.  He worked on it for twenty minutes or so, we will see in a couple of days how successful Caesar was.
Rest stop campsite.
At home we don’t have neat clouds so I have to take sunset and cloud pictures when we are traveling.

Joshua Tree Natl Park to I-5 – Wednesday November 12, 2014

We are on the road today. Left camp at 7:45 and drove until 3:30.  I had looked for RV parks to stay at during the 2 night we’ll be in California but could find to many Passport America places that were not a pain to get too.  I decided we’d just to Rest Stops and stop before it gets dark and they start filling up for the night.

Went north on 247 to Barstow and west on 58 to Barkersfield and Hwy 99, north on 99 to 46 where we turned west again until we got to I-5.  We are at a rest stop by Avenal, Ca., 305 miles

I think Jean got some road pictures, if she did I’ll add them tomorrow.

Tomorrows driving distance will depend on traffic, I’d like to get to Red Bluff.