Red Rock Canyon State Park in California (Snowbird Trip 2017/18 Update)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 เม.ย. 2018
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In this video, I show highlights from our late March 2018 visit to the Red Rock Canyon State Park in California. The park is located on the southeast edge of the Sierra Nevada Range, and a fantastic landscape awaits visitors.
Sandstone deposited millions of years ago is tilted up at an angle exposing all colorful layers. Over time the wind and rain have weathered the rock into a vast variety of shapes.
I show you the scenic Ricardo campground area then take you along on a hike of Hagen Canyon. An easy nature trail through this fascinating landscape.
The video ends with a high up view of highway 14 cutting through the heart of the park and a slideshow of still photos I took.
Red Rock Canyon State Park official link - www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=631
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The dump has been closed for at least 10 years. I have been camping there for at least that long and have never dumped there, ever. From what I understand the dump was simply a septic tank and the leaching field collapsed because it was in a very sandy layer. As such it was not large enough to handle the amount of RVs dumping there. Every time I've been there they tell me the same story, that it is going to get fixed soon. I really wish it would because we stay at several places in the Dove Springs OHV area just north and it would be a great place to stop and dump on the way home. Oh well. Great review of this beautiful campground there Ray. Hope you enjoy your trip north this spring. I look forward to the next one.
Pat
Thanks for the info, Pat. Cheers!
Have a safe journey back North Ray. so glad we got to meet up at Saddle Mountain, hope to run into you again somewhere...
Thanks, good to meet you guys too! Cheers.
Cool video. I always drive right by this place on my way to Death Valley or Alabama Hills. Now I'll make a stop!
Great video, calm and soothing, great visuals. Thanks!
You need to check out a couple of nearby local features: the opal mine (you can dig your own opals) and Burro Schmidt’s tunnel, a nearly mile long tunnel thru solid rock, hand dig over several years by this colorful character. The roads are rough gravel but completely passable.
Cool, will have to remember fro when we return in the fall, thanks!
Thank you for letting us tag along! The scenery is absolutely beautiful and seeing Angie going on all fours made me smile. Great info!!
I'd love to go back in time and see all these places as they once were.
What a beautiful site. Thanks Ray.
Another awesome view of America the Beautiful! Thanks Ray!
Really neat area Ray. Thanks for capturing it and taking us along! - Shane
Another great place you have taken us to. Thanks.
Stunning videography! Thanks for taking us along with you. Safe travels.
Thanks for showing this area... pretty cool.... bummer that your season is almost over.... love seeing the new areas to go to!
So beautiful! Thank you.
Stunning photography area to visit. I have learned so much from you and so appreciate all the effort you put into sharing with us all. Hope to do this soon.
Such beautiful country, very nice videography, thanks so much for sharing, your videos are always a home run!
Great video. Sure am going to miss it when you leave the desert. I really enjoy the places you guys travel too.
Beautiful site, awesome views, thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing your experience. Will be visiting in a few months. Your dog is sweet. You got some amazing photography at the end.
That is one really cool canyon! It would be so much fun to hike in.
We pass Red Rock a few times every year on our way to the eastern Sierras. It is a first year geology major introduction class that I was in over 30 years ago (myself and one other woman with about 20 men) and then again in a field mapping class a few semesters later. Surprising that you didn't encounter a few University field study campers there this time of year. It's as beautiful as it is interesting!
Outstanding video!
Thanks, Ray the deeper reds of the park remind me of Central Australia.
Forgot to mention many other attractions nearby. There's Robber's Roost, just north on 14, where bandits maintained a watch for the sheriffs posse back in the mid 1800s, which is now a bird sanctuary. Easy to spot, it's the core of an ancient volcano. There's also Lava Falls (?) which is near the cinder cone about an hour's drive north. There's an old Indian trail on the lava flow cliffs just past Ridgecrest (see if you can spot it where the high tension wires cross the road).
Thanks for sharing, still snow on the ground up in Maine, but finally melting!!!!
Yay! :)
Thanks Ray, a nice video
Great video Ray as always, keep on keeping on 👍
It looks very much like the pinnacles area near Strawberry Reservoir between Salt Lake and Vernal. It's really beautiful.
HI Ray. You were within 25 minutes of our place in Ridgecrest. .. there is a dump at Buttermilk Acres just east of 395 on the south side. An Rv park. $10 I think
Thanks for the tip. :)
Wow your turtle grew and is moving a lot faster.
Very nice Place to go love the videos thanks for sharing I have subscribe keep it up safe travels
Great video. I need to visit there!! Can I ask what type of GPS you use? I’m looking at purchasing one that is for RV’s to avoid areas that are not possible to travel through.
Thanks! We use a Garmin. Here is my review - www.loveyourrv.com/garmin-rv-gps-review/ another brand I've heard good things about from a few other RVers is the Rand Macnally - www.randmcnally.com/electronics/rv
Cheers! Ray
Terrific video Ray! Looks like such a beautiful place. You mentioned that it got up to 86 degrees during the day but I was wondering about the night and early morning temperatures. I noticed Anne was wearing a jacket on your morning walk. Also, have you ever done a review on the video equipment you use for your vlog?
It was down into the high 40s at night so chilly the morning until the sun came up.
Here are a post and video I did a few years ago. Cameras are getting a little long in the tooth so will be upgrading soon - www.loveyourrv.com/love-your-rv-photo-and-video-creation-tools/ I like the Sony's they have stood up well to my abuse. :)
I bet this is the place we used to take our dirt bikes about 50 years ago when we lived in southern cal.
Ray, really cool place. The sites looked pretty big. Any chance I could get a 40’ motorhome in?
We are 45 feet hooked up and the pull thru we were in was plenty long enough. But leveling may be a chore. ;)
Is this a first come first served campground? If you reserved, how far out did you make the reservation. Every Campground in the SW seems to be full this time of year even boondocking sites.
Its first come first serve. We arrived on a Wednesday and had lots of sites to choose from by it filled up pretty good on the weekend. There are BLM sites to the south and north with lots of sites but they were ATV hotspots so a bit noisy. Cheers, Ray
Epic video footage!!!
At 86 degrees, did you need to turn on the air conditioner for your poco siesta?
Thx!
No AC since it was dry camping. We had the Fantastic fan going full blast tho! :)
www.loveyourrv.com/installing-fantastic-vent-fan-rv/
Ray have you ever camped in the undeveloped portion of California City? There are Miles and miles of city streets cut into the desert east of California City that never got developed. Its kind of neat to pick a random Street and go find it and camp there for a night!
I've heard about but figured it was all ATV, 4 wheelers, and dirt bike crowds that went there to race around. :)
Love Your RV Yeah I know what you mean... I like to camp where it's peaceful too! If you are there on a weekday I think it should be ok for a night. I just found it amazing that it's all laid out and no one came!
Interesting will have to check it out.
No water most likely because we're still in a severe drought only at 40% of normal precipitation! Notice how the Joshua look really stressed... Thanks for the tour!
ah, I see I thought maybe it was for the winter since it freezes up there and maybe they open it in the summer. Cheers! Ray
Thank you for all the information!🚍
You bet, Cheers! Ray
Don't be in a great hurry to head north. We are still using scuba gear to go to work up here.
haha, well we still have a month so will meander slowly. :)
When they say the max length of RV allowed in the park is 30 feet then I guess that is just the travel trailer? I think your travel trailer and tow vehicle together would be longer than 30 feet.
The website says: Max. Trailer LengthsTrailer: 30 Feet
Camper/Motorhome: 30 Feet
We are 45 feet hooked up. I think they state that because the majority of the sites are double wide to park the truck but not that long. However there are 4 -5 pull thrus, we had one and the truck and trailer fit un-hooked so it must have been about 50 feet or more. The big problem is the level is not good at most sites.
Thank you for your response ☺
45 years ago when I was a young man we would ride dirt bikes all around there, can’t any more too much scarring of the earth. I had friends living in Bishop and would travel there a couple times a month. The Alabama Hills was party central for the local kids had some great times. Don’t miss Mono Lake. I was there camping out of my 65 Rambler when they were shooting Clint Eastwood’s High Plains Drifter. Lots of cool places on that side of The Sierras.
Cool! :)
nice vid thanks A GIFT FORM GOD BEAUTY
One of our favorite "within a few hours desert campgrounds" from Ventura! Funny thing ~ we were in that EXACT same spot at the beginning of March! Nicely done & great to see your pup on a hike ~ here is my most recent vid on RRCSP th-cam.com/video/6PbKWRXdcyQ/w-d-xo.html (have a prior one too). Thanks for sharing this special place!
Why does everything always look like the road to Quartzsite?
Not sure what you mean
You can camp just up the road at Dove Springs for free.
Yes, took a drive up there. Was easter weekend was pretty packed with ATV's and dirt bikes looked like a dusty, noisy place but a few campsites had sweet views, would like to try it when it's less busy. We also took a drive down the Jawbone Valley, looked like some neat spots in there.
You're right, I'm sure it was a busy weekend. Also, if you or your wife can get a handicap plate, you can get a lifetime Federal and state of California card that makes all of these parks half price.
$25 is a bit steep when you can boon dock a few miles down the road on BLM for $0 and just pay the day use $6. I've stayed at much better campgrounds for free or around $10 dollars.
I don't mind supporting the state parks sometimes and it's a pretty location. I checked out the BLM areas nearby they were pretty packed up with campers, lots of ATVs and dune buggies running around when we were there. Cheers, Ray
what do turtles eat???????
It was a desert tortoise and I think they eat grasses and leafy plants. :)
Nice how they shut the water off to RVers at the visitor center , but put water out in the desert for illegal aliens . WTH ?