Sick husband, slow times

Not much to report other than Rich has been sick with what appears to be the flu since Tuesday night. He hasn't left the moho much except when when he was feeling good enough for us to drive over to the south entrance of Joshua Tree National Park. We wanted to buy a yearly pass to get us into all the national parks, but we didn't have enough cash, and they didn't take credit cards. We did check out their campground, which we could have fit into, but this place is wayyy out in the boonies. There's nothing for 15 miles around. It does look like there's good hiking potential. Since we're here for another 8 days, we'll go back when Rich is feeling better, but next time we'll go to the north entrance, about an hour away.

Tomorrow, provided Rich is feeling good enough, we're moving to another RV park called Emerald Desert. We almost stayed there originally, but they didn't have internet access at the sites, so we came to Shadow Hills. Our 2nd day here we drove through Emerald Desert and it's beautiful! Unfortunatly, they sold out to a housing developer, so they are closing at the end of December.

News Flash!!! It's raining here!!! In an area that only gets 4" of preceptitation a year, this is huge! It's actually a little sprinkle, but it's cloudy and raining. We haven't seen rain in a looonnggg time, but we got our fair share in Pennsylvania.