March 15-22, 2023 Shoshone, California

 67 degrees, cloudy and some rain and wind. 77 in Death Valley when we left. 

Our friends Tracy and Doug were in Death Valley today. We had a nice but short visit with them. We left the Inn today. Good bye pool!

I went on a short hike today on the Shoshone wetland trails. It started out sunny, but then this huge storm rolled in. I got back to the bus just before it started to rain. It was raining at sunset, but there was this tiny bit of pink on the horizon. 

65 and sunny. These are a couple of special order hair barrettes I made from pine needles. We had dinner with Mac and Rod last night. They are staying in the Bunkhouse in Shoshone. 

Sunset. 70 and sunny. Ted Faye gave a talk at the museum this afternoon on the history of mining in Death Valley. He has written a couple books about this area and made some documentary movies. Great talk. 

We had happy hour on the Primrose Patio tonight. I scored this huge pile of beads, tools, findings, cords etc.- about 8 inches high here from a friend who inherited them. I am going to have to make a lot of baskets to use them up.

This middle of this basket started out as a barrette. It was way too big, so I added sides and made it into this. It is made from natural and dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass beads, a dichroic glass center I fused and an old earring. It is 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches. Rod and Mac's daughter and husband arrived today, so we  had a welcoming happy hour on the Primrose Patio. 

62 degrees, mostly cloudy, rainy and high winds with gust up to 50 mph. Judy and decided to go out for a walk. Threatening clouds over downtown Shoshone. There was this huge bright rainbow on our hike. 

Arch on the Aqua trail. Sue in the arch on the Aqua trail. 

We were entertained tonight by Lilly furiously digging for a gopher. We are easily entertained. John came in from working on the trail with a line on his head from his hat, which he said was his halo and posed as an angel.

60 and partly cloudy with some wind. There was no rain in the forecast, but it came anyway. The vintage sign in downtown Shoshone with rain clouds. Mac served us a wonderful burrito delicious tonight. Good food and good friends.