Day 168

Kershaw-Ryan State Park to Caliente, NV
Spent 6 days at the state park campground then headed out to the next park on the map, but we needed a spark plug for the generator and couldn’t get one until tomorrow, so we stopped at the Young’s RV park in Caliente for the night. Glad we did since there was a huge thunderstorm that rolled through the area. Glad we have full hookups and not at the mercy of the generator. Much nicer to be inside instead of out putting gas in the generator in the rain.
Kershaw-Ryan state park was really nice. The campground was undergoing a major overhaul as they were putting water and electrical hookups at each site. Lee hated it because the heavy equipment was kicking up dust and getting it all over the truck and trailer. I loved it because there is nothing better than spending your days watching the boys play with their Tonka Trucks.
The park did not have any cell phone service, which meant no internet for me, but it did offer internet access for a fee, so I purchased a plan for Lee. (I enjoyed reading about 4 books, so I didn’t really miss not having on-line access). We were able to listen to the Nascar scanner during the races, which made the race that much better. We were able to watch the race because we have satellite service.
Dinky rediscovered his love of lizards. And boy were there a ton of them. I am surprised that my arms are still attached to my shoulders, since he was constantly trying to get them. And Frogs. They came out at night and were hopping everywhere. I was a little slow and he actually caught one of them. I got it away from him before he hurt it, but not before it peed in his mouth. His reaction was priceless. Funny, he didn’t want anything to do with the frogs after that.
We finally were in a place where we could ride our electric bikes. They have been riding around on the back of the trailer since we were at the Nascar race in Vegas in March. They are beach Cruisers, so no shocks. Not a smooth ride unless you are on a smooth road. We rode up to the park and spent some time enjoying the beauty of it. We also rode them into town to get some groceries. Food in the front baskets and bags of ice in our backpacks. It was only about 2 1/2 miles, so we didn’t have to worry too much about the ice melting. Electric bikes are definitely the way to go.
The weather was really weird all week. It was so warm that we were still sitting outside at 10 pm before the weekend, and yesterday we were running the heater in the trailer. It rained so hard last night that it kept waking us up, and then the huge thunderstorm today.
We found out today that the county that we are in has only about 7,000 residents in the entire county. Can’t imagine so few people in an entire county.