Much warmer today, managed to eat our porridge outside without jackets or hats on, bliss! Spent most of the day on the road. Beautiful day for a long drive; more amazing scenery and sights. We passed through two large Indian Reservations and a few nice small towns, including a place called Hurricane, where we stopped for gas and a bite to eat.
We made it to our destination, Mount Charleston at around 3pm (30 miles out of Las Vegas). We weren’t too sure where we were going to stay as it appeared a small, sparse town, but we soon came across a fully equipped RV campsite (Fletcher Canyon Campground). After a few nights of wild camping, we decided to treat ourselves to a night in a proper campsite. Best campsite we’ve stayed in so far, not only did it have showers and an outside grill, it also had full hook ups, so we could plug in our heater, lamp and laptop – perfect!
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| It was so sunny when we left Hurricane Valley... |
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| Updating the blog next to the campfire |
The park was run and maintained by a really nice couple called Jim and Janine (Jim must have told us his name three or four times! lovely chap though). Jim went around on a quad bike making sure all the campers had everything they needed and offered us some firewood (I think we got special treatment as he liked people from “Scotchland”. Apparently we were the first Scotch people to stay. He was delighted).
After reserving our camp spot, we headed half a mile back along the road to a lodge we had just passed (Mount Charleston Lodge) for hot chocolate next to the open fire. Great way to end a long day driving.
Tomorrow we start our journey to Yosemite Valley.
Tomorrow we start our journey to Yosemite Valley.
