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Well, not in California. They charged us .10 for a wally world bag, now admit it\u2019s a good reusable bag but still, I guess it\u2019s a good thing we only picked up a couple of items. \u00a0This was in the you scan area, I\u2019m not fond of them simply because they eliminate jobs, but they are forcing people into using them or stand in line for an hour.<\/p>\n
Anyway a dime for each bag, and we stopped at Walgreens for a couple of things before Wally World, and she kinda made sure I didn\u2019t need a bag, I guess because she was going to need to charge me for the bag if I wanted one.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t get me wrong, I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing some easier recycling options along with some educational commercials on the need for recycling. OF course to go along with that manufacturing could cut back on the way they package items.<\/p>\n
Now that I\u2019m off my soapbox, its back to more of my boooooring gobbledygook.<\/p>\n
The drive through Joshua Tree was ok, it\u2019s a very busy park and way to crowded for my taste. The one hike we considered the parking lot was full so we bypassed it. We may go back but I seriously doubt it. The park is very big and it\u2019s something like 30 miles each way back to the trail head. We both felt the park was underwhelming and probably won\u2019t make the effort to go back at least this time.<\/p>\n
To go along with wildlife viewing and hikes, the park is a draw for rock climbers, each little pull off was full of cars and climbers.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not a good park to do a sudden day exploration. It\u2019s on the expensive side at $30 to get in. That was the cheapest entry price point. Now that $30 gets you a 7 day pass but if your just passing through for a day stop….OUCH.<\/p>\n
We didn\u2019t pay anything to get in, while at Mesa Verde we bought an $80 all access pass which gets us into all the National Parks. \u00a0Just for the record I don\u2019t know what the entry fee was on the other 2 parks, but between the 3 we have paid for the all access pass.<\/p>\n
Gas here ain\u2019t cheap either $3.59\u00a0a gallon.<\/p>\n
For a free spot this isn\u2019t to bad but for some reason we\u2019re getting a good bit of expressway noise, most notably at night, I think it\u2019s because of nothing between us and the expressway and Mountains on the other side to bounce the noise back at us. The truck traffic is more like white noise. But that sports car, we are in CA after all, was most loud and annoying. We\u2019re about as far from no where as you can get. I don\u2019t know what he was doing but he would come into the truck stop, stay a couple of minutes then go through the gears, turn around 5 miles down the road and come back.<\/p>\n
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The water where we filled up our water tanks doesn\u2019t taste so good, so while out exploring today we made a stop at Wally World to pick up some drinking water. You know the place where they double bag everything, sometimes putting one item in what seems like each bag, when you get home you … <\/p>\n