Today's drive is 2 hours long. Eric drives and I take pictures.
We return to California
Today's route takes us north for a bit before turning east and eventually south.
We take the exit to California
State Route 138 South & ...
... pass a group of motorcyclists
on the side of the road.
Within 5 minutes the riders
are passing us.
Littlerock's Water Tower
Joshua Trees.
Joshua Trees can grow to
Charlie Brown Farms
40 feet in height.
The relentless west wind
We see different rock
formations as we
travel southeast.
Our route continues on
for a few miles.
This is a major North/South
Route in California.
We take the ramp to
Eric takes the Sierra
Avenue Exit.
The rest of today's
drive is on minor
roads.
ruffles the Palm Trees'
fronds.
Today's route takes us
through the San Bernadino
Lytle Creek through the
San Bernadino Mountains.
There are very few places to
pull over on this road.
Eric & I return to Mountain
We are fortunate to set up
camp in one of the few
untreed campsites.
We have 30 amp electric service with water and sewer hookups.
The power has just been turned back on. PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Company) shuts off the electricity when the Santa Ana Winds are blowing hard. High winds can cause the wires on the electrical towers to sway. The moving wires can touch each other and sometimes create sparks which can start fires in drought-stricken California.
The 2018 Camp Fire was started by sparking electrical wires. 153,335 acres burned, over 18,000 structures burned, and 85 people died. It was just one of the 8,527 fires that occurred in 2018. Total acres burned that year - 1,893,913 acres.
This is the first time Eric and I have been in California when the winds are blowing hard. Our electric setup allows the motorhome to use energy collected by the Solar Panels on our roof when the power is off. Eric and I will keep up on Red Flag Wind Alerts in our area and watch our electric panel during this stay.
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