14 September 2016
The morning dawned around 6 am with much cooler temperatures. The jeep recorded 43 F and I was glad I had put a jacket in the tent with me over night. I broke camp fairly quickly and was on the road again by 7:15 am. I packed camp with a cayote serenade.
Jumbo Rocks campsite has Joshua Trees, but as I drove through the park to exit the other side, I got a feel for how many are in the park. Some areas of the park it was the dominantly form of vegetation and several were absolutely huge. Like our palm trees in Florida, the Joshua Tree is a monocot – like grasses, just bigger and thicker. The Joshua Tree is related to the agave or closer to home, our yucca.
On the way out I saw a lone cayote near the side of the road foraging. I stopped the car but before I had gotten my camera out and focused, he had wandered away.
The jeep GPS guided me to I-10 and the outskirts of Los Angeles. The reason, I suspect, is it is currently coded for the quickest route. You can change it to scenic route but with these seven plus hour drives I opted for quickest. Well, the LA route was not the quickest. You were in stop and go traffic through most of the interstate by pass. Once clear of LA, it was much faster.
The scenery north of LA is pretty spectacular. Huge, rolling hills kept the transfer trucks at bay and you could pass them relatively easy. California has a law that if you are an auto towing a trailer, the maximum speed for you is 55 mph. No one does 55 in California so I couldn’t imagine trying to tow something on California freeways.
The road next led more inland and I passed through Bakersfield as I headed northeast. I was amazed by the number and size of feed lots in this flat area. It looks like your steaks come from the Bakersfield area.
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I soon left the flat area and started to climb. Again, the scenery was magnificent as I rose to 6,000 plus feet with nothing but “S” curves and hairpin curves with sheer drop offs on the sides with only an occasional guard rail.
I reached Grant Village around 3:00 pm and checked in at the Muir Lodge (main check in for the park no matter where you stay) and got my cabin. It’s a duplex cabin with my own bath. Tucked away are other cabins and tent cabins. I suspect the tent cabins have heat and they have shared showers but if they don’t have heat, I bet it got cold in them last night. I had to turn the heat on twice last night in the cabin. Unfortunately, the thermostat doesn’t work but at least I have off and on heat.
Dinner last night was a hamburger with mac and cheese at their food truck. The restaurant that normally serves guests has been demolished and they are constructing a new one from scratch. In addition, I bought a few snacks at the park “market”.
I was asleep by 8:15 pm with plans to visit the General Sherman and General Grant sequoias tomorrow.
