Wild West

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Yesterday the weather just switched to summer - we drove East up highway 10 towards the desert. What fun it is driving this Mustang with the roof down - although it doesn’t do very much for my hair!! We arrived in Pioneer Town around 2.00 p.m booked into Gene Autry’s old room- what fun !! This town was originally a Cowboy movie set and has been kept alive for tourism. Took loads of photo’s and then went for a beer in the Saloon. Off for dinner tonight at Pappy and Harriet’s with a live band. Just a few hours to polish up on our line dancing!!
It’s amazing how many odd looking critters we have seen here in the desert - road runners, jack rabbits, turkeys, …………

Today started the day with a sunshine breakfast in a real American diner. Then hit the road for Joshua tree national park with all the amazing rock formations. Took a little walk around hidden valley and stopped at a view point to look at the San Andreas fault and Palm Springs way off in the distance we could even see Mexico 95 miles away. Checked out cap rock and skull rock then turned up the music to cruise down Route 66!!! With a short pit stop in Needles town to buy some swimmies and t-shirts we arrived at Stagecoach Trails Ranch - in the dark at 19.30 just in time for dinner.

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