Parker Dam

We haven't been doing much of anything the past few days. We went into Parker to pick up our mail on Tuesday. Ed also found out why our left blinker did not work when we tow the car. There was a big worn spot on the electrical cable that goes from the motorhome to the car. Bought a new cable and now it works!!

Today we took a drive to Lake Havasu City. We needed to go the Walmart to pick up our prescription refills. We decided we would go the short way over the Parker Dam.



The road across this dam is very narrow. You can't go over it in a motorhome. Big trucks can't go over it. The bridge is closed to all traffic from 11pm til 5am.

Parker Dam is actually the third dam along the Colorado River. This dam actually forms the beginning of Lake Havasu. There is another dam in Laughlin, Nevada called Davis Dam. It forms Lake Mohave. And of course, the big one Hoover Dam is near Las Vegas and forms Lake Mead.

The wind here has been bad. We haven't been able to use our awning. We are hoping it dies down. Ed wants to play golf but he won't even try to play in this wind.

Tonight is Bingo night! Such excitement!!

Emerald Cove

We moved yesterday to another CRA park we belong to..Emerald Cove. After 9 days in the desert we spent the remainder of yesterday and all of today doing laundry and cleaning out the dust that had accumulated in the motorhome. I ran out of hot water taking a shower! The showers we took while we boondocked, were very quick. But we had a wonderful time with our new friends and we will meet again down the road I'm sure.

The site we have here is a pull through site. It is very long, so Ed had plenty of room to wash the car this afternoon.













The Colorado River










Today is a special day for some young man I know. My grandson Ramey turns 9 years old today. Happy Birthday ...Rock star!

Quartzsite

We have been here in Quartzsite now for a week and we are surviving off the grid. There are several places to park your rig out here. We are in LaPosa South. We paid $40.00 to park here for 14 days. You can also purchase a long term permit for $180 that lets you stay here from September until April. There are a lot of people who do this and they set there rigs with extra rooms made from tarps. Many have a lot of solar panels on their rigs and a few have windmills. They provide a place to dump your holding tanks and take on extra water. We have done this one time since we have been here and hope we can now make it until we leave on Saturday.

Quartzsite grows in the month of January every year. Vendors from all over come to set up in tents to sell their products. We have been through many of them. Although some of the things are unique, several are all selling the same things. There are a few businesses that are here all year round. There is a very good bakery in town, and also a very unique used bookstore. The bookstore is owned by a man everyone calls 'three socks' because that is all he wears. Well he does also wear a hat.
Here is a picture of his store sign.

We did get a picture of him also but I can't post it here.

Last night we had our graduation. Jeri had made up diplomas for us all. The diploma is from the 'Escapees College of Liberal Arts & Fulltime Lifestyles' and our degree is a 'Bachelor of RV Wanderin Lifestyle'. We had a great potluck dinner with visitors from other classes. Norah, from the class of 2007, made us a graduation cake! We have a lot of food left over, so we have decided to have a repeat tonight.

This whole week has been so much fun. We have made great friends and we will cross paths again in the future I'm sure.



This picture is from Tuesday night when we went to The Grubsteak for dinner. Yes - we were outside eating dinner.

Lots of memories!!