Steens Mountain Loop

Highlights

• The sub freezing temperatures make for an ideal sleeping environment all bundled up under multiple layers of bedding. Fortunately for Ross, Robin is first to get up and fire up the furnace and coffee. Ross stays in bed snuggling with T'Chat who after eating her breakfast is ready for a warm host.
  

• The 400 watt solar install is charging our batteries to 100%. It's one thing to have a plan. It's a second thing to execute that plan. It's the best thing when the execution works out as planned. What this means is that we have unlimited power to run our trailer as long as the sun is shining. We did have to briefly fire up the generator to blend our green smoothie. Our blender is old and pulls over 1,500 watts to get started.
  

• We hopped in the Ford F-350 (aka "The Beast") and drove the 50 mile Steens Mountain Loop. The views were outstanding, especially overlooking the salt flats of the Alford Desert.
  

• Have you ever heard of Shakshouka? It's a Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, chili peppers and garlic, and commonly spiced with cumin, coriander, and cayenne peppers. We prepared this on our cowboy wok and it was delicious. Nothing like eating gourmet meals in a rustic campground.

View toward Alford Desert from top of Steens Mountain.

Aftermath.