Mojave 2018 - Canned Ham

Molly's been asking to get back to the Mojave Desert since we briefly visited on our big road trip back in 2016. We finally made it this fall, in part because the kids got the entire Thanksgiving week off of school instead of the usual three days off, which gave us the time we needed to get down there. Well, not quite enough time, because we packed in a lot of other stops along the way. So Molly is still asking to get back to the Mojave Desert for another, longer visit.

Clara opted to stay with Nana and Pa for the week, and since we didn't really know what we would be getting into for the trip it seemed to be a good idea. We ended up taking a side trip to Redlands to pick up a "canned ham" trailer (an insurance replacement for the yurt that was destroyed in the fire). That side trip took a bit of extra time because the truck needed new brakes and a new hitch. We were lucky, though, in that we were back on the road with just one day lost. The family that sold us the trailer hooked us up with their dad, who is a mechanic and who could squeeze us in first thing in the morning. Then U-haul did the hitch install quickly and we were back on the road in (almost) no time.

Here are some glamor shots of "Faye" the 1960 Santa Fe Trailer. Her insides are pretty simple: two couches that make one large bed, a hammock style bunk loft, a small closet, and a tiny kitchen galley.