We have spent 7 days (leaving tomorrow) at Owl Canyon BLM campground just north of Barstow, CA. This is a nearly free ($3.00/night with Senior Pass) campground about 8 miles from Barstow. We are trying to stay a little longer at places waiting on it to warm up further north. Our plans are to go on to Sequoia National Park, Yosemite National Park, and Redwoods National Park. We are going to see as much as we can at Yosemite but it is early in the season and many of the roads are still closed due to snow cover. From Redwoods we plan on heading north to Oregon to see the southern part of the Oregon coast that we didn't get to see when we were here last year.
Our Route
Our site at Owl Canyon
The latest addition to the camper - we added an extendable pole to our cell phone booster when we were in Virginia over the Holidays. Though we don't always extend it, it has proven to be a good addition that has improved cell and wifi hotspot reception particularly out here in the desert. Here at Owl Canyon we had no usable cell service from the ground but with the booster on the pole we have 4 to 5 bars of 4G service - we have been able to stream Netflix consistently with no buffering. We have had the cell phone booster for about a year but this extendable pole which gets the booster antenna about 18ft. off the ground has made a big improvement - we rarely have unusable cell service now.
View of our campsite from the rim of the canyon
Looking up the canyon
The wash that runs through the canyon - it rained some the day we got here and it is surprising how much water ran through this wash the next day - the following day it was pretty much dry
View of the campground from the north end of the canyon
A natural arch in the rim of the canyon
View from the rim of the canyon looking south towards San Bernadino which is past the mountains - the snow-capped mountain in the center is 10,000+ foot, Mount San Antonio
