Arizona Charlie’s Casino & RV Park, Las Vegas, NV, to 29 Palms Golf & RV Resort, 29 Palms, CA:  Left Las Vegas shortly after 8:00 this morning.  Took 515 south through the urban sprawl of Las Vegas and Henderson which turned into 93/95 and then we headed south on 95.  Pretty good road until we crossed the California line and the road degraded some.  Just a two-lane road.  When we got to I40 we took it east and stopped and fueled up at a Shell station.  One of the guys there told us the shocks on the RV were bad.  So we had four new shocks put on.  Went across the road to a little restaurant and had lunch.  Walked back after lunch and they had just finished the job.  So, an hour and a half and $600 later we were back on I95 heading south.  Still just a two lane road with quite a lot of traffic.  We’re now in a much more mountainous terrain.  Arrived at 29 Palms and were set up by 3:30.  93 inside the fifth wheel which only came down one degree in an hour.  So, we decided to drive down to Palm Springs and check it out.  A pretty drive through Morongo Canyon.  Huge wind farms around Palm Springs.  I’ve never seen so many in one place.  Hundreds of these huge things.  Drove around Palm Springs for a while and then back to 29 Palms. 

In a high valley between two mountain ranges.  This ribbon of asphalt seems to go on into infinity.  No signs of life out here at all. Not even any road kill.  Not a good place to break down out in this searing heat and unrelenting sun.

Started seeing these odd trees again that we saw in the desert south of Las Vegas.  And, guess what?  They're Joshua Trees!  We're going to the Joshua Tree National Park tomorrow.

Part of the wind farm outside of Palm Springs.  The wind whipping through this valley was daunting, blowing sand across the road and pushing the truck around quite a bit.  Good place for a wind farm I guess.