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Left Snow Canyon on Sunday Dec 17 & headed to Las Vegas. Arrived at Arizona Charlie’s Boulder RV Park in time to see the Denver Broncos football game. After the Broncos won we went to the casino & had dinner at the Wild West Buffet. It was not the best buffet we have been to in Las Vegas but it was good.
Monday morning we took the Sightseer to Findlay RV just across from AZ Charlie to have a recall worked on & to check out the Furnace. When they were done we drove to The Olive Garden for an early dinner. Then back to AZ Charlie for the night.
Tuesday we left AZ Charlie & stopped to see Eargon at the Regal Boulder Station 11 Theatre. WOW it has been a long time since we went to see a movie in a big city. It cost the 2 of us just under $30 for 2 tickets & a large popcorn & 3 Medium Cokes. Eargon was good if you do not try to compare it to the book to much. After the Movie we headed toward Death Valley. We made it to Amargosa Valley Rest Area on HWY 95 where we spent the night.
Wednesday we stopped in the town of Beatty where we gassed up & stopped at the Death Valley NP Beatty Information Center where we picked up Death Valley info & got our Park Entrance Permit by showing our Golden Access Passport.
We stopped at Bonnie Claire Playa to take a pic of it snow covered. When I worked at Scotty's Castle we went out to there New Years Eve to party & shoot off fireworks. We stopped at Scotty's Castle to walk around & take some pics. While there I talked to one of the Rangers & he showed me one of the books we wrote things in that had happened while we were working. I found a Picture of Me & my fellow Rangers & others that were working at the Castle when we got real telephone service at the Castle back in 1986 if I remember right.
Our travels will continue in the next Blog.
Mike Lawrence
Mike, Wendy & Sam our Chocolate Lab
2004 Winnebago Sightseer 27C
Boondocking with Solar Panels, Inverter & Generator
Manual Roof Mount Hughes Internet Satellite System 89W 1150
Mike at we2rv.com
2007-01-01
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January 1st 2007 - Ed Prigmore:
Just found your blog last nite and really enjoy it. Keep up the good work. Ed
January 1st 2007 - Paddy Mackin: Larger Photos on Travelblog
I vote to place larger sized photos (like the last one posted) on your travelblog page with the narration. The size of the photos on your other site are just too small to fully appreciate.
I enjoy seeing and reading about your trips.
Thx for the imput I have changed the pics.
Mike
Thx for the input , glad you liked it.
Mike
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Death Valley National Park entrance sign
Death Valley National Park entrance sign & our Winnebago Sightseer
Scotty's Castle Hacienda
The Hacienda has 2 guest apartments each with a living room kitchen, bathroom & bedroom. Below the apartments is a basenent that has another Bathroom access to utilities & was left mostly unfinished. ... [more]
Scotty's Castle
Shallow end of swimming pool, front of Main House & Chimes tower. Yje small rectangles on the wall of the swimming pool are viewing windows. There is a tunnel that runs along the side of the pool & fr... [more]
Scotty's Castle Chimes Tower
The tower has a small apartment at the base that was never finished. Above the apartment in the control rom for thr chimes there the chimes can be set to chime with the Clock, play via a paper music r... [more]
Scotty's Castle
View from behind the main house of the Power House & Chimes Tower. The Power House Contains a large diesel generator & a Pelton water wheel. The Generator was added in later years to supply electricty... [more]
Scotty's Castle Main House Flag tower
The Flag tower is also a way to enter or exit the second story Music room
Main House & Annex
The Main House is where the Johnson's stayed. The Annez first floor had Johnson office, storeroom, the garage & a small apartment that had a living room & kitchen, bedroonm & a bathroom. The apartmen... [more]
Main House Tower
This is nothing but a lookout or viewpoint. Stairs lead to it from the second floor & from it you can look out over the Castle ground from 3 sides. Real nice views from there but it is not open to the... [more]
Main House Entrance
This is the Main House Entrance v iewed from the rear of the Garage. The garage is now used as a sitting area for a talk before going inti the house for the Tour.
4 Comments - Add Public Comment or Send Private Message
January 1st 2007 - Ed Prigmore:
Just found your blog last nite and really enjoy it. Keep up the good work. Ed
January 1st 2007 - Paddy Mackin: Larger Photos on Travelblog
I vote to place larger sized photos (like the last one posted) on your travelblog page with the narration. The size of the photos on your other site are just too small to fully appreciate.
I enjoy seeing and reading about your trips.
Thx for the imput I have changed the pics.
Mike
Thx for the input , glad you liked it.
Mike
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