Red &Tillie

Red Rock Canyon SP, CA

Our first 20 days of travel are in CA.  We'd planned to spend 2 nights each at Red Rock and Mono Lake.  Instead, did one night at Red Rock (too hot and windy).  Due to the weather, we didn't take the hikes to view the stone spires of red rock and sandstone but the pix below provide some idea.

We expected to see hobbits, gnomes and leprechauns darting about in the rocks but were disappointed.  Must have been their day off.

Joshua tree sunrise.

Tillie Creek Campground, Sequoia NF

After Red Rock, we headed north to Mono Lake but didn't make it.  Instead, we hung a left and drove to the Sequoia Natl Forest and Lake Isabella.  Tillie Creek Campground is on Isabella, a large man-made lake with hundreds of campers and hundreds PWCs - personal water craft.  We're here 3 nights, then will head north to our next campground; will save Mono Lake for a future trip.

The view from our front door.  The view from our back door is much the same.

That's because we only have one door.

Mostly, our internet access during our summer travels is via smartphone, USB- tethered to the computer.  So, whenever we have cell phone service, we have internet.  In this location we have max bars on cell phone signal but internet speed sucks big time.  Don’t know why.  Can cell phone towers generate max bars signal strength but still lack capacity, band width, something - getting sucked dry by too many users?  Could be.