Yesterday we drove from Coronado to the Navy Air Weapons Station at China Lake. On the way we visited Ann's parents graves in Ontario. Today we drove through Death Valley and ended up in Las Vegas. It was extremely stormy last night and we gave up on the idea of staying in our tent at Furnace Creek in Death Valley. The gusts were in the 40MPH range and sustained winds in the mid 20MPH range. The other part that made it not a good idea was the very heavy rain - gully washer rain.
Anyway, it was so cool to come across the old Harmony Borax Works near Furnace Creek. Here we are standing in front of an original three wagon set that was pulled by 20 mules - it took them 30 days to make a round trip. When I was a kid, I got a plastic model set of the 20 mule team and it was just like the one pictured here. I was totally stoked to see the real deal and to stand on the original site just blew me away.