Goin' Back to Cali!

I'm not sure if it was the need to get out of Tucson, a change in scenery (need to see something green!) or just a need to drive, but we made it the 410 miles from Tucson to Desert Hot Springs in 1 day! The hour that we picked up crossing over from Mountain to Pacific time helped. I know that dosen't sound like much to our non RV'er readers, but when your driving your house, thats a lot!

We made it to Catalina Spa RV Resort (link to their home page) before post work traffic kicked in! Our full-timer friends Susan and Rick (a link to their website), who we met here on our last visit, via our blog (the web makes the world a really small place!), greeted us on arrival. We are set up next to them and are sharing their internet connection, Thanks, guys! Anyway, this is a members only park. Susan and Rick got us in for 5 days for $25 (the budget really appreciates that!) We have to listen to the membership sales pitch, but it could be a potential for us, they have parks all over the country and prices around 7-10 dollars a night. We will let you know how that goes later.

After checking in, setting up and chatting with Rich and Susan, we set off for some local mexican to refuel. On return we drove around and checked out the campground, nice place. We found the natural spring pool and hot tub, oh yeah!

We've been cooking ourselves in the tub at the park in Tucson, but between the chlorine and the extreme dryness of the area (they actually have a negative dew point, like -4 degrees, how does that happen??) it made it not so fun for your skin the next day. Here, they use their own hot spring well to fill the pool and tub. The water was around 100 degrees and completly changes over many times per day. The water was buttery smooth and no chlorine smell. I''m sure this will the perfect way to finish a day of hiking in Joshua Tree, which we will problay hit in the next day or two. It sure was the perfect way to finish a long day of driving!

-Rich-