Day 32: Horton Creek Campground, CA to Owens Valley, CA

Day 32:

October 28, 2015:   Horton Creek Campground, CA to Owens Valley, CA

Our $5 campsite with awesome mountain backdrop

Horton Creek BLM Campground turned out to be pretty nice (cheap helps) in the daylight.  We took a walk around the campground and found 49 campsites (way more than we thought).  The dumpstation was closed (campground closing in 2 days from now) but they had water for us to fill our tanks.  Upon leaving we found a FREE pile by the garbage station.  We procured a 2015 Woodalls Campground guide (value $10), a shorter piece of hose to use as a black tank flush hose (value?), and an unopened gallon of white vinegar ($3.49 value).  You can guess where this is going…our $5 campground was more than paid for by the goodies we acquired.

South on California route 395 with Keough Hot Ditch as our destination (David’s hot spring tour).  Our arrival found us an unoccupied pool (think very wide section of the stream) with a very comfortable temperature.  There is a paid Keough Hot Spring up the road maybe ¼ mile so we get the runoff from that hot spring. It was clean and we ended up trying out two of the four “pools”.  A nice afternoon.

This more than paid for our campsite....free at the dumpster.

Tonight’s lodging is on a knoll off route 168 overlooking the Owens Valley off route 395….it fulfills the roll of scenic.  Let’s see how windy it gets tonight!

Boondocking in Owens Valley

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