We Arrive at Charleston Peak RV Park

We said goodbye to Las Vegas and headed over the mountain (about 60 miles) to Pahrump, NV. The motorhome was really pulling up the mountain pass to get here and I was concerned since it acted like it was underpowered and we had just got it back from Cummins with the new engine work done. I was told later that the road to Pahrump, Rt. 160, has a 6% grade for most of the way and an 8% grade for a while near the top. We dropped down to just under 45 mph at one point but we kept moving and did make it!! The "hill" did not look that steep, but I guess it was.

Charleston Peak RV park has fairly large sites but we got stuck in between a large fifth wheel and another fifth wheel with a semi-truck attached to it, so we had almost no view on either side of us. The folks were nice on both sides and Wheeler, the man with the semi-truck, was an interesting guy to talk with.

As you can see by the picture, we are still surrounded by mountains. Charleston Peak, the snow covered peak you see, is about 12,000 feet high. We were lucky to get a 50 amp hook-up when we got here since they only had two available and since we were going to be her 11 days, we wanted the maximum power available. The RV park is build around a winery called, appropriately enough, The Pahrump Winery! We actually did a video shoot for American RVer while we were here, for the May show. More on that later...

The pool here is quite nice and they have a spa pool next to it. Both are heated and that makes it nice to take a quick dip. The temperatures here at this time of year were in the 80's. We did get one day of rain sprinkles and the temp was in the low 60's that day.