Aw, thanks guys, we'd be so grateful if anyone had a tent we could borrow.

And now that I think of it, we do have an air mattress, but it's auto-pumping. Is there electricity anywhere nearby campsites, usually? (I'll also need to use my CPAP, so either I'll have to figure out the battery function, or I'd need to plug in.)

We're totally considering it - which is a first for both of us. Neither of us have ever been camping before!

Some campgrounds have "accessible" campsites with a plug. I know McArthur-Burney does.

Is there a way to hook up a separate air pump to your mattress? We've got a battery powered one with multiple spouts (if that's the word).

I've never been at a campsite with an outlet before, and I have to say I'd rather we didn't...

Yeah, there'd be no electricity at any campground I would consider "camping." (Though I'm sure swank camping would strike many camping purists as outlandishly landlubberish).

Battery power solves everything!

Suggestion (though I can't commit so would only be tagging along to anything planned as an afterthought):

Jumbo Rocks at Joshua Tree

I have a power inverter that plugs into a car outlet/lighter. If we don't go, I'll be happy to lend it to you for the trip, and if we do go, you're welcome to use it as much as you need. :)

Joshua Tree sounds great. Sometime in the fall? (gives everyone more time to plan).

Personally, I'm not partial to Joshua Tree. First off, it's a day trip for me that I take pretty often. But mostly, the campgrounds seem like you're in a parking lot. Perhaps it's just because of the stark desert environment. But not pleasant camping, imho.


BTW, if you're going to visit Joshua Tree, it's way best in the Spring when the cactus (and other) flowers are in bloom.

Oddly enough I had a few tents rather like one, most of the camping I have done was in the SCA, where I would wear a full length gown (and often a corset too) & sleep in a tent I sewed myself . . . cooked for 30 people over and open flame and so on . . .

whereas I totally dig desert camping. never been to Joshua that I recall. then again, my dad used to take us to some pretty nice spots where none of us (except him) really knew where we were.