TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD: THE BEAUTIFUL DESERT

These are Desert Five Spot I think.

I have spent a month in the Pahrump area and I am sure you are wondering what there is to do here. Well the days seem to go by very fast.

There are a few single SOLOs here in town so breakfast, lunch and dinner out once in a while is nice. A great way to find out what everyone is doing. This is a come and go town you come here on the way to your final destination.

I had company for a week and through the Yahoo chat we found another couple that was in town. I have forgotten what it is like to do things with a couple. She is a good cook so cookies and brownies were among the great meals Pat cooked. They have a convertible, but it was too windy and cold to put it down. We went to the mineral hot springs just south of town and soaked for an hour. I went back last week by myself and enjoyed them. It was actually too hot to lay in the sun. They have one hot tub outside and one on the inside.

We took a drive after through Death Valley and enjoyed some of the spring flowers. This was a Beaver Tail Cactus there were so many buds on it would bloom for a couple of weeks. The area of Badwater was so white. What happens is it rains creates little pools all over the desert floor and then the sun dries up the water and leaves salt. Its like a beach without the water.

This is called scented Cryptantha

This bush was covered in a brilliant orange called Toothed Dooder is a parasitic flowering plant it covers host shrubs. I touched it and it is just like rubber. Would be interesting to see what happens after it dies, probably kills the plant.You could see them dotted all over the desert floor in Death Valley.

This beautiful cactus (Prichacereus) was in the garden where I am staying at Preferred RV in Pahrump. It is still flowering after a month. Love to take pictures as you can see. The rest of the pictures are from out on the desert.

The white looking like daisys are Desert Chicory. The yellow ones are Desert Dandelion. The ones that look like buttercups are Desert Gold Poppy. The one to the left is the Josuha Tree, interesting flowers. This green one with no flower is called Desert Trumpet.

The desert is covered with miles and miles of purple, oranges and greens right up into the mountains. Every time you go into the desert there are new once out. The catapillars were hugh eating all the flowers. The red flowers above are Desert Paintbrush.