Shoshone California: an Oasis in the Desert

Shoshone California: an Oasis in the Desert. We stumbled upon this tiny village on the SE edge of Death Valley National Park, and decided to stay here several weeks to explore the area. We're in a funky little RV park, which had it's beginnings as a trailer park in the '50s; we have trees & welcome shade (we would have had full sun at the Death Valley RV parks), the temperature is about 12-15 degrees cooler than Death Valley, the place is clean and quiet, and there's a delightful bonus of a warm mineral water swimming pool large enough to swim laps. We have great access to the surrounding areas, including Death Valley. The geology is fascinating, and there's a rich mining and railroad history; the area attracts researchers in most of the natural sciences -- geology students recently camped nearby. While Death Valley & the lower canyons have yukky air pollution from both southern California coast and LasVegas, we're a bit above it most of the time.