Laurel on RV mountain travel and Death Valley

I write from an RV park outside Mammoth Lakes CA, where we take a moment to plug everything in and collect batteries. After the Grand Canyon, we took 93 up over the Hoover Dam to Vegas. It took some work to get across the Hoover Dam, I surmise because of terror plots and the like. Macy and Caitlin wanted to take pictures, so they jumped out of the RV and took off across.....and they couldn't get to the RV until a mile up. Oy. So then, Vegas. Yes, tatoos were had. And TWO buffets. Then, we left Vegas.

We entered Death Valley on the west side at about 6:30 p.m. If I've heard one person this week say "don't go to Death Valley," I've heard ten people say it, but after so long, you just got to do what people say you can't do, you know? Initially, I thought it would be too dark. Driving down was FRIGHTENING. We're in this massive RV (which, in spite of the check engine light on day 3 or so, has been really well behaved) and towing my Vue, so....it's a lot of momentum. We crested out at the bottom of the valley (our GPS read -75 feet, below sea level) at dusk, and one day away from the full moon. Spectacular. Heat in the 90s, but....this giant sand desert between these massive peaks. Wow. The drive back up was less nerve wracking,...until the switchbacks started. In the dark.

Terrifying.

Then we found camping and had lunch in Bishop CA and headed up here and here we are, waiting on Yosemite, tomorrow, We followed some 15 miles of an access road into Kings Canyon, but those 7%, 8% grades......they're just frightening, and, there did not appear to be much in the way of turn-around space. Tomorrow, we'll take the Vue up through the whole of Yosemite....to the Sequoia groves and waterfalls on the other side.

Also, having some network problems. My computer, too, got dropped (the "big" one) and is not recognizing any networks, so we're a little out of touch.