We've had a pretty uneventful couple days so that's why I haven't posted anything since, what, the 27th? Hmmmm Real exciting vacation here, huh?
The last few days we've gone on some long walks around town. We went to the Yuma swap meet on Sunday but so much of it was the same as what was at Quartzsite that we zoomed through the booths quite quickly. It was very cold and windy so that wasn't hard to do. They had all the booths nicely covered, I'm sure for when it's really hot, but we could have used some of that nice sun to warm everything up. We found another Christmas present for our SIL.
Yesterday, we hung around here. Chuck has a cold so he did a lot of resting and napping. I read another book and then traded it in for a new one at the clubhouse. We did go for a walk in the early afternoon. He felt good enough to walk for an hour and 15 minutes. We checked out a store on main street that looked intriguing. We got Chuck some cold remedy. He went to bed about 7:30 - 8:00 and I followed about 9:00pm.
We're packing up today to move on to our next resort closer to Yuma. It's called Yuma Lakes. We're about ready to go........better scoot.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
December 26, 2008 Friday
This one is a Saguaros cactus.
Friday we went to the Organ Pipe Cactus National Park
What an amazing place. Much like the national parks in Washington, Wyoming and Montana but instead of lodge pole pines, there's millions of these Saguaro and organ pipe cactus. We took a road that was around 20 miles around a one-way loop. Once you got into it, there was no turning back. It was mostly gravel so the going was slow but that was ok with us. The scenery was amazing.
Those were all saguaro cactus....can't see them very good but they're there. The one next to me is the oragan pipe cactus outside the visitor center.
Those were all saguaro cactus....can't see them very good but they're there. The one next to me is the oragan pipe cactus outside the visitor center.Then just 7 miles south of the park was the Mexico border. We had to go see it and they all look alike.
December 25, 2008 MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Christmas morning we decided to go to the show and see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Cute show, very good acting but actually a weird story. We enjoyed it. The theather was in a super huge mall and I can't wait to go back to shop. I still have to find a few Christmas presents for when our family gets together after we all get home.
Jen and Dan are on their winter trip at this time also. Check out their travels at http://www.mitchellswintertrip.blogspot.com/ They're actually heading to Minnesota to spend New Years with family in Plymouth. They've come across some real wintery roads but so far are doing fine.
There was a dinner in the clubhouse for everyone Christmas day so at 5pm we went to that and had fun visiting with the people at our table. Everyone is so friendly and willing to share their travel stories. Many are fulltimers so we always have lots of questions.
I must tell you something about this resort. It's very small but only a few feet away from where we're parked, there's a railroad track that is used quite frequently during the day and night. Here's a picture.
See the white horizontal line through the dark gray area behind the bushes. This is taken from our RV door. Actually, it's not as bad as you'd think. The trains are extremely loud and even shake the RV a little but they don't seem to bother anyone. During the day, you almost don't hear them anymore. It's kind of a neat sound and watching them scream by really facinates us. I'm going to try to get a video sometime today. They haven't kept us awake even one night.
Christmas dinner was the works. Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, etc. It was a potluck so we also had lots of jello salads, of course, cabbage rolls, turnips, chicken noodle hot dish, homemade candy and tons of pies, cakes and other desserts.
We went back to the RV and got ready for our walk. We walked about 45 minutes so that helped our over eating some. We try to walk everyday but miss a day now and then. I have an exercise CD I've been doing in the RV and it claims to burn on one whole meal if you do the whole 4 miles. It's a walking CD and it doesn't takes very much room to do so I can do it in the in the RV.
Jen and Dan are on their winter trip at this time also. Check out their travels at http://www.mitchellswintertrip.blogspot.com/ They're actually heading to Minnesota to spend New Years with family in Plymouth. They've come across some real wintery roads but so far are doing fine.
There was a dinner in the clubhouse for everyone Christmas day so at 5pm we went to that and had fun visiting with the people at our table. Everyone is so friendly and willing to share their travel stories. Many are fulltimers so we always have lots of questions.
I must tell you something about this resort. It's very small but only a few feet away from where we're parked, there's a railroad track that is used quite frequently during the day and night. Here's a picture.
See the white horizontal line through the dark gray area behind the bushes. This is taken from our RV door. Actually, it's not as bad as you'd think. The trains are extremely loud and even shake the RV a little but they don't seem to bother anyone. During the day, you almost don't hear them anymore. It's kind of a neat sound and watching them scream by really facinates us. I'm going to try to get a video sometime today. They haven't kept us awake even one night.Christmas dinner was the works. Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, etc. It was a potluck so we also had lots of jello salads, of course, cabbage rolls, turnips, chicken noodle hot dish, homemade candy and tons of pies, cakes and other desserts.
We went back to the RV and got ready for our walk. We walked about 45 minutes so that helped our over eating some. We try to walk everyday but miss a day now and then. I have an exercise CD I've been doing in the RV and it claims to burn on one whole meal if you do the whole 4 miles. It's a walking CD and it doesn't takes very much room to do so I can do it in the in the RV.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
December 24, 2008 Merry Christmas EVE!!
Merry Christmas to everyone! The best to all of you in the New Year!
You can barely see it but there's a Merry Christmas sign in the window, up high!
Quartzsite is known for the thousands of RVers that hit this little city and do what's called boondocking. That means just parking in the dessert with no amenities! No water, electricity, etc. Also called drydocking. I tried to get a few photos but we are a little early to see the thousands. They are starting to come into the town now and in a couple weeks, there'll be thousands.
Here's just a few of the hundreds of vendors that are set up in Quartzsite along all the streets. We took these pictures as we were going through town on our way to Wellton, AZ to our next resort where we'll be for a week.
The first one is Wellton main street and here's what the homes look like in Wellton, AZ and most of AZ. 
We're only about 30 miles from Yuma. There's not much to do around here in Wellton so we went to Los Algadones, Mexico today. We parked the car in Anrade, California and walked into town. Which is like crossing the street!
One of the shops. This is where we ate breakfast.
These are some yummy crispy things they served with salsa for breakfast. Turned out to be pork rinds.
Some of the shops in Los Algadones, Mexico
Couldn't resist taking this close-up of some glass stars.
We found a plaster factory going on behind some of the shops. They seemed to store all the plaster ware on the roofs and there were lots of roofs covered with these statues and figurines.
You can barely see it but there's a Merry Christmas sign in the window, up high!
Quartzsite is known for the thousands of RVers that hit this little city and do what's called boondocking. That means just parking in the dessert with no amenities! No water, electricity, etc. Also called drydocking. I tried to get a few photos but we are a little early to see the thousands. They are starting to come into the town now and in a couple weeks, there'll be thousands.
Here's just a few of the hundreds of vendors that are set up in Quartzsite along all the streets. We took these pictures as we were going through town on our way to Wellton, AZ to our next resort where we'll be for a week.
The first one is Wellton main street and here's what the homes look like in Wellton, AZ and most of AZ. 
We're only about 30 miles from Yuma. There's not much to do around here in Wellton so we went to Los Algadones, Mexico today. We parked the car in Anrade, California and walked into town. Which is like crossing the street!
One of the shops. This is where we ate breakfast.
These are some yummy crispy things they served with salsa for breakfast. Turned out to be pork rinds.
Some of the shops in Los Algadones, Mexico
Couldn't resist taking this close-up of some glass stars.
We found a plaster factory going on behind some of the shops. They seemed to store all the plaster ware on the roofs and there were lots of roofs covered with these statues and figurines.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
December 23, 2008 Tuesday
We're here! We made it to Wellton, AZ which it outside of Yuma about 20 miles. We'll be here one week. It's quite a small park; maybe 50 total but awfully friendly. This park is called M & M RV Park.
We went into town which is about a couple thousand people, maybe, and found the VFW and a nice little bar called Shooters. We had a beer and chatted with a couple local people.
Tomorrow we're going to go into Mexico through Algodones where you park on the California side and walk in. I'm kind of excited about doing that.
I'll write more later and add some photos.
We went into town which is about a couple thousand people, maybe, and found the VFW and a nice little bar called Shooters. We had a beer and chatted with a couple local people.
Tomorrow we're going to go into Mexico through Algodones where you park on the California side and walk in. I'm kind of excited about doing that.
I'll write more later and add some photos.
Monday, December 22, 2008
December 22, 2008
Nothing much happening here. Last night we went to the ice cream social and raffle. All day they were selling raffle tickets for 50% of the pot. It was at $90 last night so the winner would get $45. Guess who won?!! ME!!! It cost us $5 for 6 tickets so we really won $40! I couldn't believe it when she called my name.
After the ice cream and drawing we went right into the horse races. Just a fun game using wooden horses and dice.
This morning I went back to the clubhouse for walk aerobics for an hour and then we walked about a mile or more to the Flying J filling station/truck stop/restaurant! There was a store up on the highway saying they had over 10,000 DVDs and VHS movies so we had to stop by there. We found a couple we liked. There was a restaurant there called The Cookery so we had lunch and headed home. Excellent food!
On our way to the Flying J, we stopped in at the cemetary.
Yesterday we tried to get Frank out for a walk. He cries at the screen door wanting to go out so we thought we'd give it a try. He should do better each time.Walk Frankie Walk!!
After the ice cream and drawing we went right into the horse races. Just a fun game using wooden horses and dice.
This morning I went back to the clubhouse for walk aerobics for an hour and then we walked about a mile or more to the Flying J filling station/truck stop/restaurant! There was a store up on the highway saying they had over 10,000 DVDs and VHS movies so we had to stop by there. We found a couple we liked. There was a restaurant there called The Cookery so we had lunch and headed home. Excellent food!
On our way to the Flying J, we stopped in at the cemetary.
Yesterday we tried to get Frank out for a walk. He cries at the screen door wanting to go out so we thought we'd give it a try. He should do better each time.Walk Frankie Walk!!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
December 21, 2008 Colorado River Oasis RV Park
Yesterday we went back to Quartzsite so we could see more of the vendor booths and we found an RV supplier there that had a sink we needed and wanted. We couldn't find it online so this was lucky.
We tired ourselves out again walking for a few hours and still we didn't see everything. I don't think we'll go back. The booths just go on and on. I forgot to take pictures so will do that when we drive through on our way to Yuma on Tuesday.
This is the clubhouse where we had our rib dinner last night. It was soooo good.
Ribs, baked potato, beans, dinner roll, salad, apple sauce and dessert! All for $7.50 each. Yesterday morning we went up to the clubhouse for huge cinnamon rolls and coffee for only $1.75. These parks are wonderful!
This photo is of the Corner Kitchen. They serve breakfast and lunch, also at very reasonable prices. Since it's been so cold, people usually get it to-go because you eat outside on picnic tables.
We got creative! I made a few of these 3-D stars and Chuck made a string of gingerbread men paper dolls.
Couldn't resist posting this photo. Peachy says "Pssssst, Merry Christmas!"
Is this too dark? They fight sometimes but they sure like to keep each other warm.
It's a beautiful sunny but chilly Sunday here. Blue skies and sun! Finally!
(I tried to put the wording with the correct photo but it's not doing what I want it to do)
We tired ourselves out again walking for a few hours and still we didn't see everything. I don't think we'll go back. The booths just go on and on. I forgot to take pictures so will do that when we drive through on our way to Yuma on Tuesday.
This is the clubhouse where we had our rib dinner last night. It was soooo good.
Ribs, baked potato, beans, dinner roll, salad, apple sauce and dessert! All for $7.50 each. Yesterday morning we went up to the clubhouse for huge cinnamon rolls and coffee for only $1.75. These parks are wonderful!
This photo is of the Corner Kitchen. They serve breakfast and lunch, also at very reasonable prices. Since it's been so cold, people usually get it to-go because you eat outside on picnic tables.
We got creative! I made a few of these 3-D stars and Chuck made a string of gingerbread men paper dolls.
Couldn't resist posting this photo. Peachy says "Pssssst, Merry Christmas!"
Is this too dark? They fight sometimes but they sure like to keep each other warm.
It's a beautiful sunny but chilly Sunday here. Blue skies and sun! Finally!
(I tried to put the wording with the correct photo but it's not doing what I want it to do)
Friday, December 19, 2008
December 19, 2008 Friday
It's been since Monday night that I wrote. We didn't go to the Monday night football party at the bar. We decided he'd watch the game here and I think I watched TV or read my book.
Tuesday morning, still at Emerald Cove RV Resort, I went to line dancing. When I got back to the RV, he had it all ready to go. We were leaving that park for the next one in Ehrenberg, AZ. It was only about 40 miles away so it didn't take long.
We found this park, Colorado River Oasis and found it to be very nice, clean and fun things to do in the clubhouse. That afternoon and evening we just kind of got used to our new surroundings.
Wednesday morning I went to the clubhouse for aerobic walking for an hour. Really nice ladies and a fun hour. After that and lunch, we decided to make a quick trip into Quartzsite, AZ. If you've never heard of Quartzsite, AZ, it's a place where the population changes from 2100 residents to 100,000 RVers starting about now or January till well into March. If you google Quartzsite, you'll see awesome pictures of the thousands of RVs boondocking on BLM land all around Quartzsite. It's amazing. The day was very very rainy so none of the vendors were open. I guess that afternoon and early evening, they got so much rain, the booths were a foot deep in water.
Thursday, yesterday, I went to aerobic walking again for an hour in the morning. When I got back, we went to Q again as the rains had stopped and the sun was actually trying to peek through the clouds. It was way more fun with the vendor booths open. There's got to be hundreds of them. We spent several hours walking through and in and out of all the booths on one side of the street. We found dried fruit and some nuts, local oranges and grapefruit. What a yummy find! It was a very nice day but our feet really hurt and there's still many more vendors to see.
Nothing exciting happened last night.........OH, I went to the clubhouse to play pokeno which is a form of bingo. I think I came home with more money than I left with but not sure. It isn't an excitingly fun game but it wasn't bad.
This morning, Friday, I went to aerobic walking again and afterwards we had another list of things to get from the store so made a trip to Blythe, which is closer than Quartzsite, to find a Christmas decoration. I've been making paper stars but we decided we needed a little more.
This afternoon Chuck washed the RV and I made my paper stars. This evening I'll go to card bingo. At 4:30 is happy hour but Chuck doesn't want to go so we'll probably eat some leftovers here and watch some TV. I finished another book so can start another one. The sun is shining beautifully today and it's not raining!! It's someplace in the upper 50s with no wind! I hope the weather improves a little bit more everyday. We need to get back to Quartzsite to finish the rest of the vendor booths and a sunny day would be nice.
That's about it and I think that catches you up on what we've been doing. Not too exciting!
Tuesday morning, still at Emerald Cove RV Resort, I went to line dancing. When I got back to the RV, he had it all ready to go. We were leaving that park for the next one in Ehrenberg, AZ. It was only about 40 miles away so it didn't take long.
We found this park, Colorado River Oasis and found it to be very nice, clean and fun things to do in the clubhouse. That afternoon and evening we just kind of got used to our new surroundings.
Wednesday morning I went to the clubhouse for aerobic walking for an hour. Really nice ladies and a fun hour. After that and lunch, we decided to make a quick trip into Quartzsite, AZ. If you've never heard of Quartzsite, AZ, it's a place where the population changes from 2100 residents to 100,000 RVers starting about now or January till well into March. If you google Quartzsite, you'll see awesome pictures of the thousands of RVs boondocking on BLM land all around Quartzsite. It's amazing. The day was very very rainy so none of the vendors were open. I guess that afternoon and early evening, they got so much rain, the booths were a foot deep in water.
Thursday, yesterday, I went to aerobic walking again for an hour in the morning. When I got back, we went to Q again as the rains had stopped and the sun was actually trying to peek through the clouds. It was way more fun with the vendor booths open. There's got to be hundreds of them. We spent several hours walking through and in and out of all the booths on one side of the street. We found dried fruit and some nuts, local oranges and grapefruit. What a yummy find! It was a very nice day but our feet really hurt and there's still many more vendors to see.
Nothing exciting happened last night.........OH, I went to the clubhouse to play pokeno which is a form of bingo. I think I came home with more money than I left with but not sure. It isn't an excitingly fun game but it wasn't bad.
This morning, Friday, I went to aerobic walking again and afterwards we had another list of things to get from the store so made a trip to Blythe, which is closer than Quartzsite, to find a Christmas decoration. I've been making paper stars but we decided we needed a little more.
This afternoon Chuck washed the RV and I made my paper stars. This evening I'll go to card bingo. At 4:30 is happy hour but Chuck doesn't want to go so we'll probably eat some leftovers here and watch some TV. I finished another book so can start another one. The sun is shining beautifully today and it's not raining!! It's someplace in the upper 50s with no wind! I hope the weather improves a little bit more everyday. We need to get back to Quartzsite to finish the rest of the vendor booths and a sunny day would be nice.
That's about it and I think that catches you up on what we've been doing. Not too exciting!
This is a picture looking down the road from our site inside the resort.
Monday, December 15, 2008
December 15, 2008 Con't
After our trip to the dam and WalMart, we had dinner and a couple beers at the bar. Had a great time with some of the other snowbirds. There's so many nice people here; so friendly.
We took in the little craft sale the resort has every Saturday. We bought a really super nice potato peeler! Yes, a potato peeler! I really needed one badly and this one is a beaut! I should take a picture of it. We went for a roast beef dinner in the clubhouse. You wouldn't believe the huge portions they gave us. We could have and should have split an order. It was only $6 a plate! Had salad, dinner roll, mashed potatoes, green beans, the extremely tender beef and a brownie or carrot cake for dessert.
Sunday, yesterday we went to Lake Havasu City to see the bridge.
We had lunch at Taco Bell. I had such a craving for their tacos. Here's some photos of the bridge. It was brought here piece by piece, the pieces numbered so it could be reassembled properly, in 1971. The high bidder was Robert P. McCulloch of the McCulloch Oil Corporation and saws. It spans a manmade channel. His master plan was to develop a community on the Colorado River. He succeeded. 
We stopped at the swapmeet or flea market at Lake Havasu city and found a few things for Christmas and a 8 pound bag of navel oranges for $3.00! What a buy. I found some magnets as souveniers and one of the vendors gave me a Santa ornament. It's the only Christmas decoration we have except for a paper star I made! LOL
When we got back, we heard singing up at the bar around 4pm. It was karaoke night; so we went up to watch the fun. After a couple beers, even I sang! I did a Dixie Chick's song....Goodbye Earl. It was very popular and many were signing right a long with me. So fun. I've never done that before and don't know if I ever will again but it sure was a fun evening. The bar always closes around 6pm so we came back home for something to eat and watch some TV. Wish I had pictures of our fun at the bar but don't.
Today we found the post office. I was needing to send Ethan, my grandson, a Christmas present. The line wasn't too bad for being the busiest PO day of the year. Sent out a few cards but not many this year.
Tonight there's no dinner in the clubhouse but the bar opens for Monday night footbal and will be serving hot dogs, chili dogs, mini pizzas and popcorn! I think the hot dogs are only $1! We may go and we may not. He can watch the game here and I don't need anymore beer!
I have to put a picture of Peachy and Pixie on the blog since Frank has been pictured a few times. The first one is Peachy.
This is PixieWe took in the little craft sale the resort has every Saturday. We bought a really super nice potato peeler! Yes, a potato peeler! I really needed one badly and this one is a beaut! I should take a picture of it. We went for a roast beef dinner in the clubhouse. You wouldn't believe the huge portions they gave us. We could have and should have split an order. It was only $6 a plate! Had salad, dinner roll, mashed potatoes, green beans, the extremely tender beef and a brownie or carrot cake for dessert.
Sunday, yesterday we went to Lake Havasu City to see the bridge.
We had lunch at Taco Bell. I had such a craving for their tacos. Here's some photos of the bridge. It was brought here piece by piece, the pieces numbered so it could be reassembled properly, in 1971. The high bidder was Robert P. McCulloch of the McCulloch Oil Corporation and saws. It spans a manmade channel. His master plan was to develop a community on the Colorado River. He succeeded. 
We stopped at the swapmeet or flea market at Lake Havasu city and found a few things for Christmas and a 8 pound bag of navel oranges for $3.00! What a buy. I found some magnets as souveniers and one of the vendors gave me a Santa ornament. It's the only Christmas decoration we have except for a paper star I made! LOL
When we got back, we heard singing up at the bar around 4pm. It was karaoke night; so we went up to watch the fun. After a couple beers, even I sang! I did a Dixie Chick's song....Goodbye Earl. It was very popular and many were signing right a long with me. So fun. I've never done that before and don't know if I ever will again but it sure was a fun evening. The bar always closes around 6pm so we came back home for something to eat and watch some TV. Wish I had pictures of our fun at the bar but don't.
Today we found the post office. I was needing to send Ethan, my grandson, a Christmas present. The line wasn't too bad for being the busiest PO day of the year. Sent out a few cards but not many this year.
Tonight there's no dinner in the clubhouse but the bar opens for Monday night footbal and will be serving hot dogs, chili dogs, mini pizzas and popcorn! I think the hot dogs are only $1! We may go and we may not. He can watch the game here and I don't need anymore beer!
I have to put a picture of Peachy and Pixie on the blog since Frank has been pictured a few times. The first one is Peachy.
December 15, 2008 Monday
I haven't been able to get Google to upload photos and posts for me over the weekend. I'll try this morning.
A few days ago, the last warm day here, we took the little boat out on the Colorado River. There's several manmade channels with beautiful homes build right up to the water. None had any beach area as you can see in the photos.
About Saturday night we had the most beautiful sunset....
This Emerald Cove is such a huge RV park. There's over 800 sites. Here's a view of part of it from the River.
We have no idea what Frank was doing here? Looking at himself in the mirror maybe?
Here, he fell asleep on the dash.
A couple days ago we went to Parker Dam. The dam created Lake Havasu, which is a huge beautiful lake.
That was a fun day we went to Lake Havasu City and to get there you had to drive on the dam.
Think I'll start another page for the next few days.
A few days ago, the last warm day here, we took the little boat out on the Colorado River. There's several manmade channels with beautiful homes build right up to the water. None had any beach area as you can see in the photos.
About Saturday night we had the most beautiful sunset....
This Emerald Cove is such a huge RV park. There's over 800 sites. Here's a view of part of it from the River.
We have no idea what Frank was doing here? Looking at himself in the mirror maybe?
Here, he fell asleep on the dash.
A couple days ago we went to Parker Dam. The dam created Lake Havasu, which is a huge beautiful lake.
That was a fun day we went to Lake Havasu City and to get there you had to drive on the dam.
Think I'll start another page for the next few days.
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