Attractions and other places we visit.
While staying in Yermo, California, we had dinner at Peggy Sue’s 50’s Diner, a classic roadside diner built in 1954, and restored with lots of movie memorabilia. And a 5 & Dime store and dinosaur park.
Menu:
Malt shake:
Jenn’s French dip and curly fries:
My Hawaiian burger, curly fries, and potato salad:
5 and Dime store:
Diner-saur park:
While staying in Yermo, California, we visited the nearby Calico Ghost Town, an old West silver mining town that was founded in 1881 and became a ghost town just 15 years later:
We took a short hike in the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley.
On the road:
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, another Star Wars filming location, where R2-D2 and C-3PO were lost in the Tatooine desert in A New Hope:
Heading to the Father Crowley overlook:
Stovepipe Wells:
Interesting lighting:
Badwater Basin is a salt flat in the lowest point in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level.
A sign high on the cliff indicating sea level:
An info sign listing the lowest places on Earth:
But it’s a dry heat…:
Boardwalk and path:
282 feet below sea level:
Path to the salt flat:
Selfie:
Beard attack:
Death Valley contains several filming locations for the Star Wars movies (episodes IV and VI).
Death Valley is the driest national park… so of course it was rainy:
Twenty-mule Team Canyon, where R2-D2 and C-3PO traveled to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi:
Dantes View, where Ben Kenobi and Luke Skywalker looked down on Mos Eisley, the Tatooine spaceport, in A New Hope:
A little foggy:
Very hidden:
A break in the clouds:
Artists Palette, the backdrop for R2-D2’s journey through the desert canyon right before Jawas captured him:
Desolation Canyon, where the Tuscan Raiders attacked in A New Hope:
Lots of people on Micro.blog have been posting lists of places they’ve been, so I thought I’d join the fun.
Despite living full-time in a motorhome, I actually haven’t been all that many places yet. But we’re working on it.
My list, with emojis inspired by Jean’s much more impressive list:
We have a map on our coach for places we’ve visited since buying it, which is a shorter list — Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas:
We’ll pick up 10 more states later this year — North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas. Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida (I’ve been to Florida before, but not in the coach):
We visited Valley of Fire State Park, north of Las Vegas, Nevada.
A cheeky squirrel found some food in the picnic area (no, we didn’t feed it):
We visited Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada.
Entrance station; timed-entry reservations required:
Visitor Center:
Gift store:
Exhibits:
Tortoise:
Jackson the burro:
Picnic:
We did a hike to a waterfall:
One night while staying in Las Vegas, we went to the strip for a nice steakhouse dinner and The Beatles Love Cirque du Soleil show.
The Mirage hotel:
The Mirage foyer:
We were early, so played some slot machines, to make an offering to the gods of luck:
Then checked out a swag shop:
And The Beatles Shop:
Then went to the Stack restaurant for dinner:
Martinis:
Salads:
Steaks:
Adult tater tots:
Desserts:
Professional photos:
Food and beverage:
The Love show (they were okay with photos, a little unusually, so of course I took a bunch):
The Mirage:
