California Parks and Sailing friends

Our travels from Arizona took us thru Mojave National Monument where there are more Joshua trees than Joshua Tree national Monument, then on to Sequoia National Park where there is a very large lake called Lake Isabella, and the Kern River which at this time of the year is a class IV and V. Lots of Kayakers were running it. The lake had loads of windsurfers and kite surfers sailing back and forth. We tried going up hwy 155 but soon encountered snowy and icy roads and had to turn back. This time of year is too early to traverse many passes above 5000 ft.
After camping in these lovely parks, we found our friends Tom and Ann Carr in their wonderful Skye Ranch which I call a retreat. With beautiful gardens, trees and new bee hive, swimming pool, hot tub, workshops, gives something for everyone. The first picture shows a party of cruisers,Anna and Don who just finished circumnavigating and whom we met in Costa Rica, Nancy and Tom whose boat is in New Zealand and they are home visiting for the summer and Tom and Ann and Gary and Ron. Great BBQ and hors d'ouerves!
The next photo is our van and the other photos are of the Sequoia Park and it's various attractions.

Visiting Friends

Now we are visiting our friends in Tucson, Mimi and Gary who left the cold climate of Steamboat springs Colorado for the warmth of Tucson.
Their lovely back yard, view of the mountains from their yard, Pip their sweet dog and and picture of mim and Gary clowning around.
We are soon to head to California to work on our camping van which we bought in Tucson...........