Shiloh is on the mend! Actually Monday, by the time I’m posting this, he seems all better. He’s eating….and other digestive functions are back to normal. Yay! He feels better and therefore I feel better.
We are back in the desert, and Shiloh is digging’ it! Ha 🙂
Here is Shiloh, demonstrating that he feels better! Rollin’ through the desert.
AND…my absentee ballot arrived here in Barstow! I went to the post office on Saturday with my fingers crossed, and YES, the ballot had arrived!
Pertinent info deleted from the receipt.
I brought the ballot out to JR and asked Joy and Shiloh for their opinions about the voting….
Then put the ballot in the special envelope and put the whole thing in a Priority envelope and mailed it back to SD. I can track it, but it’s supposed to arrive at it’s destination in Pennington County on Tuesday, November 1, a week before it’s due. Phew.
The Barstow KOA/Calico campground has been jam-packed and wild over the week end. Sorry to say, but Halloween brings out the crazies! (or maybe just extra alcohol). Generally it feels safe here. Lots of kids around, who are fine….if only they could keep their parents (and grandparents) under control! 🙂 This campground is near Calico Ghost Town, where there are multiple events related to Halloween, and this campground is nearby.
Yesterday, Sunday, being the end of the week end, about 3/4 of the campers left here, and now it’s calm and quiet. Yay! Not sure what will happen tonight…
Sunset reflecting on the Calico Mountains.
Another sunset view.
Sunday we drive about 7 miles out to Owl Canyon Campground. There is about 4.5 miles of washboard road to drive over to get there. Arriving I find about a dozen of the 35 camp sites in use. Only a couple were RV’s, otherwise, tenters and a few car campers. The vibes here are fine.
Owl Canyon Campground is in the Rainbow Basin. The hills are soft and rounded, in pastel colors. It costs $6 to camp here. It has pit toilets, a few water spigots and there are trash cans available. Each site has a covered picnic table, and a grill/fire pit. It’s $3 with my Senior Pass.
Rocks of multiple, soft colors are everywhere.
Small view of the hills.
Joy and Shiloh looking into the canyon.
There are some Joshua Trees here.
There has been rain here recently and the ground cover is starting to get green.
Remember Shiloh digging above? He likes to lie in the place he digs out. 🙂
Today or tomorrow we will drive out to Sawtooth Canyon Campground and get the feel there.
In the meantime, Joy, Shiloh and I wish you a happy….and safe….Halloween!
My two companions dressed as fur children. 🙂
Wandering Spirit 
I love the costumes on your fur kids! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Stay safe tonight. We’re going to hole up in the back of the house and let daddy pass out candy to any kids that show up. Out here we usually have only one or two kids. Hardly makes it worth the wait…but then again we get to eat the extra candy.
I’m glad you got my little funny, Dawn. 😃
Yes I bought candy just in case, too. Hopefully I won’t have to eat any! 😉
Happy Halloween! Owl Canyon looks like a pretty place. 🙂
Happy Halloween to you Michael!
Owl Canyon is pretty, in its own way. So many versions of pretty, in nature!
Love the pictures of Owl Canyon and the Calico Mountains. Both are going on my list. So who are Shiloh and Joy’s candidate, hmmmm???
Hi Lori S,
Glad you enjoyed the pictures!
Joy and Shiloh made me promise not to tell! ☺️
So glad you and Shilo are feeling better. Shilo looks like he has on a white mask for Halloween!
Hi Sharron, yes it does, doesn’t it? I don’t even notice it when I look at him but people mention it all the time. And Joys face is completely white now. I should take them out trick-or-treating tonight. 🐶🙂🐶
Yea!, Yea! annnnnnnnnnnnnnd Yea!
Voting straight Dog ticket, Yep, that’ll make the world a better place. 🙂
Rick I do believe you have the answer!!!
So glad you got your ballot. We are fortunate to have the ability to vote, no one should waste it!
I live on a busy intersection in a family neighborhood so on this Halloween night I am getting up every few minutes to sate childish greed. I like seeing the kids’ costumes. I wonder whether there are any campgrounds where trick-or-treating happens? It’s fun, but I’d rather be out full timing! Two years or so to go.
So far I’ve had 3 Halloweens on the road and haven’t seen kids out at any of them Alane.
Two years will go by before you know it…I hope you are getting ready! 😃
I’m so glad your ballot got there on time, hopefully your fur babies voted the way you wanted!! Don’t want any fur flying!!
We have not lived in an area where we could see the kids all dressed for Halloween!! Haven’t given out candy in about 30 years!! Tonight we are in a hotel so no children here!! We went thru a town on the coast of Oregon today where all the stores were decorated and giving out candy to all the kids in their costumes! It was so cute!!
Glad you got to see the kids dressed up today Sue. It’s been pin drop quiet around here tonight. After our sunset desert walk we walked around the RV park and saw narry a kid. I’m enjoying the quiet after the rousing week end though.
We all agreed on our vote but I think Badger Rick in his comment above has the right answer. Vote the Dog ticket!
Mindy and I decided to bake cookies to give instead of icky candy that has been in the stores for months. we worked all afternoon(the doggies hung out hoping for a cookie spill accident) but no luck. I knew this place is too dark and too far from the road to get trick or treaters but oh well,now we can freeze them for Thanksgiving. Happy trails to you in such beautiful desert with great rocks!
I’d be so surprised if you got trick or treaters Elinor! Well unless it was the neighbor behind you grand kids. I bet the cookies are yummy!
How was Halloween where you were? We got zero trick or treaters here.
Zero here also Dawn, and very quiet.
This has nothing to do with what you have posted this time but thought you would like to see the picture that I happened to run across and thought of you.
Aha…thanks Ed. Always makes me smile to see the boys when they were….boys. 🙂
Mick about 22-23 there. 73 now. Where did that 50 years go???