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  Friday October 4, 2024 We've departed Benson, AZ and the saguaro forests for our one night stay in Wickenburg, AZ.  This day is  about halving the distance between us and Death Valley.  It's plenty hot and we retreat indoors as soon as we are level and hooked up to utilities.  Our layover is in Desert Cypress Mobile Home and RV Park.  The main part of the park is set up for long term occupancy and we are in a block of RV pads that are outside the main park that is for overnighters.  Not cheap but fits our drive time and ease of access to our route.  We can cough up $70 for one night. Saturday October 5, 2024 Anxious to get to our last stop before entering Death Valley we are up well before sunrise and getting configured to travel.  We have a long leg today at nearly 5 hours of driving time.  Beating the heat is out of the question as it is nearly 90 degrees at 7:00 in the morning.  But we are getting to Pahrump, NV today come hell...

  September 28, 2024 Our report date to Furnace Creek, Death Valley is drawing near.  Just eight days to go.  But we've got some miles to go and sites to see first.  Number one after exiting Texas is Alamogordo, NM, the town adjacent to White Sands National Park.  Our last time in Alamogordo was about eight years ago and it was just a quick pass through on our way to White Sands.  This time we are staying in town at Boot Hill RV.  It's a pretty nice setup for a desert town.  It's flat, although roads and RV pads are dirt and gravel, nice landscaping, an onsite general store (strangely not open on weekends), and key coded entrance gate. Across the street, actually the highway, are two large pistachio farms.  Both have tourist attracting stores with trinkets and everything pistachio.  The pistachio ice cream was excellent! Worlds largest pistachio. September 29, 2024 White Sands is another park that has been some years since we last visite...