HIKING IN DEATH VALLEY

Here I am hiking my buns off in Death Valley at Golden Canyon. The many times we have been there we always do this hike. It is a steep one and long one. I doubt I could I make the long grade to the top now, but I would try.
It is very hot so you start early and take a plenty of water and wear a hat. Hiking and biking in Death Valley is something we have done four times in the past. We hope to go again at some point. We find when you are craving warmth and are bummed out from winter's gray wet days, Death Valley is a good fix. This time of year through March is normally in the mid to high eighties. However one year we were there it was into the low hundreds and it was a furnace. We were staying at Furance Creek......truthfully that was the name of our campground. We had to move to a different part of park to Stove Pipe Wells as they had full hook ups and we needed our air conditioning at night. The first night we were at that campground we were sitting outside and could see many coyotes circling our RV camping area. It was quite spooky. But our closet encounter with a coyote was at Furnace Creek. We had just finished dinner and it was almost dark. I was cleaning up the dinner mess and we heard a whining like a dog below the window. I looked down and there was coyote, it was begging for food it seemed. It continued to stay for about ten minutes and pitifully whined as we watched out the window. Then it gave a couple yelps and meandered away through the hills. Quite strange indeed. I intend at some point to write something quite poignant about Death Valley. It is an incredible place.

Today our reality is to go for a drive to check out a camping area at Fern Ridge reservoir.The campground there we normally go to is closed until mid April. It is very nice, large spaces and the lake is a short walk away. It is so close, fifteen minutes from home. The other campground we are driving to today is at the other side of the reservoir. If we like it we will go when the weather allows, just for a couple of nights. It is nice just to get out of the house and camp as you can take walks, enjoy the wildlife etc.

Tonight for dinner who knows? Hubby is home today and maybe he will cook. The fridge is stocked as well as the pantry so he can come up with something. I made a nice breakfast for us this morning.

I need now to get ready for our little outing. It is a little brighter out now this morning was light rain and very gray. Actually it suppose to be partly sunny today, we will hope for the best.
Have a great Friday the weekend is upon us.