Summer 2018, Day 22: Mines and Spaceships, Cesar Chavez NM

It was 117 degrees here over Shabbos, but with all three air conditioners running, we made it through.

It was windy this morning, so Ryan and I didn’t break out the PPGs:

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Trish and I went for a ride:

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We poked around this abandoned mine:

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It’s a hardrock mine, so we went in a little ways:

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On the way back, we visited China Ranch:

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We packed up the RV and drove west.  Our next stop was Legacy Park at Mojave Air and Space Port:

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The park houses the Roton Rotary Rocket:

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…as well as a replica of SpaceShipOne:

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We continued west through the Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm:

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We next visited Cesar E. Chavez National Monument.  It was closed by the time we arrived, unfortunately:

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We continued on to overnight at Sequoia Field.  See the alternating yellow line on the trip map for today’s drive.

Summer 2018, Day 20: Flying Tecopa Hot Springs
Summer 2018, Day 23: Sequoia NP, Kings Canyon NP

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