15/7 To Rig Road campsite via the French Line

We woke up hoping it would not rain today, but our hopes were dashed with a bit of a drizzle!  However it only lasted for a short time and by lunch it had stopped raining.

We packed up and headed along the Rig Road until we hit the Rig Road/WAA junction.  We did want to go back to the French line, so we drove the extra 2km along the WAA line to the Colston junction.  There we turned north back to the French line.  When driving north or south you are not traversing the the sand dunes, apart from the occasional one.  The road is more level, but can also be more corrugated.
It was interesting to note that the further east we went the drier and fewer flowers we saw, to the point of no flowers at all at our next campsite.

After driving for ca 53km on the French line we hit the Erabena junction and turned down the Erabena track.  We drove south around 42km until we came onto the Rig Road again.  There we turn east and started looking for a campsite.

After a few sand dunes and finding a great campsite, which we realized was teeming with ants, we moved to another one and camped.  At least no ants about with a bit of wind shelter.

It had stopped raining, but there were still a fair few clouds about.  Thus we had a great sunset with deep red colors.  After sunset it went completely dark until the Moon crawled over the horizon like a second sun.  It was still hidden behind some patchy clouds.  This gave us another great view!

Of course we had another great campfire!

At the Rig Road/WAA junction

At the WAA/Colson Track Junction

Only 19km to the French Line

On the Colston Track heading for the French line

French line junction, looking west

Back on the French Line

Lunch between Sand Dunes on the French Line

Camping along the Rig Road

Pretty Sunset

The Moon is rising, just behind a big black cloud

Moon with some stars showing through as well