MONDAY APRIL 9th

Hi there...we are in Parhump, NV today.  Spent Saturday night at a campground in Death Valley.  We had hoped to see Scottie's Castle but got there just as it closed. I took a few pictures of it, got some postcards & a book that tells about it's history.   We wanted to go thru the valley..so headed out from the campground Sunday morning in the opposite direction.  It was about 100 degrees all day as we were driving.  We found a beautiful resort (Furnace Creek) in the actual town of Death Valley.  Had our Easter lunch there...got 5 gallons of gas ($4.29), visited the Borax museum (remember 20 mule team Borax?)  and continued on.  Even with the terrible heat we enjoyed the beauty of the valley.  I took pictures of course...  We got to Parhump yesterday evening.  (Much cooler)  We went to their Wal Mart and I got my 188 pictures printed out, started an album and had them all put on a CD for later when I put them in my journal (thanks again Monica for the help in that area)  Today we are at the library, while we wait for a 2pm appointment for a guy to check our propane tanks.  Then on to Las Vegas for tonight and then on to the Grand Canyon.  Bob's daughter & son in law, have a place in Phoenix that they rent out...there's no one there right now, so we'll be able to use it while in the Phoenix area.  That will be nice..a fully furnished home away from home for a few days.  I hope you all had a blessed Easter weekend.  It seemed weird to us to be out in Death Valley on Easter.   But we did encounter a full grown Easter Bunny at the resort.   More later.....Linda