Sunday, January 14 - Today we drove the Jeep from Kingman to Oatman, Arizona. Oatman is an old mining town up in the mountains. When the miners left, they turned many of their Burros loose. The Burros wander loose all around the area, including in the town of Oatman. I was offended that people were feeding the Burros and not feeding me, but it was still fun to see them, especially the baby Burros.
Monday, January 15 - Today we moved the motor home from Kingman to Pahrump, Nevada. Pahrump is a small town about an hour west of Las Vegas and an hour east of Death Valley National Park. Mom and Dad thought it would be a good place for us to base for a week. After we got set up, Mom did some client work and Dad caught up on some things that needed fixed the steps again! I took a Siesta.
Later in the afternoon, they went to a local winery for some wine tasting.
Tuesday, January 16 - This morning was more work around the coach. In the afternoon, Mom and Dad went to the Pahrump Museum to find out a little more about the town. One of the things that they learned is that Pahrump first connected to the electrical grid in 1964. Before that, the town had diesel generators that ran during the day, but people used oil lamps and such at night. Pahrump connected to the electrical grid and 5 years later man landed on the moon!! Wow, that's something to think about!!!!
I probably shouldn't mention this, since so many of you have been suffering with cold temperatures, snow and ice, but I decided to stay home because it's so hot here. It's been in the high 60's to mid 70's.
Wednesday, January 17 - Today Mom and Dad took a drive southwest of Pahrump. Their first stop was the town of Shoshone. They looked around the museum and saw some cave houses used by early settlers around 1910. The settlers dug caves out of the side of a cliff with the doors facing north so they could stay cool in the heat of summer. They had stoves that vented through the pipes. Some of them had wood floors while others were dirt floors.
The settlers had a pretty nice view from their front doors, well except for the community out house.
From Shoshone, they went to Tecopa and saw natural hot springs. The water here is naturally about 90 degrees.
After the hot springs, they drove on to a place called China Ranch Date Farm. They tried several different varieties of dates and split a date shake. Then they took a walk among the date palms.
They learned that unripe dates may be red or yellow. Different varieties produce different amounts ranging from about 100 pounds to 300 pounds per tree per year. The trees ranged from short to very tall.
The date farm is along the Amargosa river and Mom and Dad took a hike out into the river valley.
As you can see mom and dad took lots of day trips, at least they came home each night to feed and walk me. I'll tell you more adventures in Pahrump next time.
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