Thursday, November 7, 2013 (Pahrump, NV)

We woke to more sunny skies; we love it. Today was going to be a long travel day for us, around 275 miles. The scenery between Hawthorn and Pahrump was pretty barren with small desolate towns few and far between. We have it pretty good compared to some of the homes we saw in those towns.   We did start to see our first Joshua trees.

Joshua tree

We drove by Columbus Salt Marsh, the white stuff is salt

We arrived at Pahrump about 2:30 p.m. and got checked in at Wine Ridge RV Resort. The park looks pretty nice and our pull through site is plenty long.

Our pull through site at Wine Ridge RV Resort

View out the back window of our 5er

After we got setup we took a walk around the park to check out all the amenities. They have two pools and two hot tubs, but only one pool and hot tub are open and only the hot tub is heated. Rats, it would have been nice if the pool was heated. They have a pickleball court – we’ve yet to try that sport out, it looks like a combination between tennis/ping pong/badminton. They also have a lot of park models here that people can rent. We talked to a couple people that actually winter here, I think it might be a little cool in the winter for my tastes. We also walked around their vineyard, which is pretty small; they offer tours so that will be on the agenda. We will be here in this location for a week so should have plenty of time to see the local sights, check out Death Valley and relax.

Upper pool closest to our site

Lower pool