Sunday 18 June 2023

Wild west

 The doof doof went all night though we're still not sure where it came from. I reckon it was the nautical sports club. Then cars pulled in from the early hours. All in all it was a surprisingly disrupted night!

The drive today was through the desert where they filmed many Westerns. I am watching one as I write, though I can't be sure it was filmed here. (Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress)

We chose to go over the Sierra rather than through the valley. 1416m with quite a few switchbacks. Still, nothing like the the other possible road that would have been quite interesting in Reggie.

The first section was through a huge marble production area where whole hills are disappearing. 



On the other side we passed a solar research site that has a few of those concentrated solar power towers where mirrors reflect light on a central water reservoir to create steam. We'd passed a couple working installations on the other side of Spain. These didn't appear to be currently working. (Get it?)

We also passed a motorcycle racing circuit which I guess explains the Route 66 restaurant somewhat.

No pictures as I was driving.

Our stop has a swimming pool, but it was actually raining today so not as hot as previously. It also has power so we can watch Spanish TV. Shame they dub rather than subtitle.

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