2 more nights please

We are pretty much winding down our week here at Parker Arizona. We have been on the river everyday jet skiing. We have enjoyed ourselves so much that we signed up for 2 more nights. It’s been a while since I have had the chance to have this much fun on a jet ski. Susan is just having a ball on the back of the ski too. We are glad we found this place and plan to come back here more often. I would post more photos but I am lucky I have any Internet service at all. We have 1 bar on our cell phone here and our Internet aircard is running REAL SLOW.

The Parker Strip

We have moved down the road to what is known as The Parker Strip. This is a stretch of the Colorado River along Parker Arizona from the Parker Dam to the bridge. We decided to just get away for the week. This is only about 30 minutes from the Resort but a whole different atmosphere. So far we really like this place and plan to do this more in the future. Our friends brought their jet skis so we will be having a lot of fun.

Rain

It rained really good today. The weather called for rain but I thought…Naw, Not here. I was out replacing the coach batteries in the motorhome when I heard the thunder, then the wind started blowing, and then the rain came. The battery compartment is under the slide so I was able to complete the job and stay relatively dry. I had to wait until the rain stopped to put everything away though. I chuckled thinking about all the kids coming into town for the holiday with their boats and tents only to find rain. We were going to hang out on a friends boat in the channel tomorrow and watch the circus of crazies but we decided to hold off. Maybe Monday.
On our way back from Williams last week, I had about ½ tank of fuel. I thought it would be wise to fill the motorhome then instead of when we travel again thinking the fuel prices would be higher later. I paid about $3.65/gal then. I filled the car today at $3.98/gal. And it’s only going to get worse.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING

Ya Think?! The weather is calling for an excessive heat warning this weekend. It got to about 113 today here in Lake Havasu. Tomorrow is supposed to be hotter. Then it will cool down, if you want to call high 80s to 90s cool. After finally getting to park on our lot here at the resort this morning, we went to Parker to scope out some campgrounds. After Memorial Day we are planning to hang out at the Colorado River on the Parker Strip for a few days. We found a couple of sites on the river under some shade trees. We will have a couple of jet skis and plenty of water so we should be able to keep cool.

Still stuck in Phase 3

We have not moved onto our lot yet here at Havasu RV Resort. When we showed up Thursday they had just laid down a coat of road seal and said 24 hours. Then the next morning they applied another coat of road seal and said 24 hours. Today it was still soft, they say because it is so hot. Today it was 108º here. They said how about tomorrow morning before it gets too hot. So hopefully tomorrow we will finally be on out lot. If I had known I would have stayed in Williams or somewhere else for a few days.

Back in Havasu

We left Williams this morning and bucked the winds all the way back to Havasu. The good thing is it was pretty much a downhill drive the hole trip. When we got back to the Resort we couldn’t get to our lot. They are resealing the roads and they were all blocked off. I went into the office and they said we can’t drive on it for 2 days so they put us out in phase 3. It’s not really any big deal except since we didn’t take our car on this trip, it is sitting on our lot and we can’t get to it. Interesting, without the car in tow I only got .5 mpg better millage.

Deer Park

Today we took the ladies to the Deer Farm here in Williams. They have more than just deer but as you walk through the gate a herd of about 50 deer start heading for you. They think you have food for them. After they find out you don’t they disperse with the exception of a couple that will follow you around hoping you will put a quarter in one of these machines full of corn. If you do insert a quarter and turn the crank,

you have to fight for the corn because they will eat it right out of the shoot. We had fun just walking around looking at all the animals they have such as Llamas, Bison, Reindeer, peacocks, a camel and more. They also have a nice gift shop.
After the deer farm we to a cruise over to the Grand Canyon Harley Davidson dealer where

I found this tree made of motorcycle mufflers. Next door is the Roadhouse Grill where you grill your own food. It was pretty cool. Then we took a drive down the road to Ash Fork for something to do. There is NOT MUCH in Ash Fork except Flagstone.

Lots and lots of Flagstone. We found out that Ash Fork is the Flagstone Capitol of the World. They mine it here.

Snow pictures posted

I just posted some of today’s snow pictures to our photo site. Click on the thumbnail in the left column

Yesterday

Today

What the!

The weather report said No Accumulation.
The good thing, No Wind. The temperature is only 36º

This isn’t just a light dusting. There is at least 6” on the ground and it is still coming down in Big flakes.

I had to go out and sweep the snow off the dish so we could watch TV. I guess they won’t be renting any sites today because you can’t find them.

Windy Windy

The wind has just not stopped. It blew all night last night and all day today.

We spent the day at the Grand Canyon. The temperature was great but we damn near got blown off the edge of the canyon several times.

Here is a photo of me holding my shirt over my head. This shows how hard the wind was blowing. It is supposed to snow some tonight but they say it won’t stick, not cold enough. Then rain all day tomorrow. This is OK. We will just stay inside and watch videos. It is only supposed to last one day then be OK from them on.

Meteor Crater

About 30 miles east of Flagstaff Arizona is a huge meteor crater. Around 50,000 years ago a meteor 150 feet across hit the earth. It hit with such force that it vaporized and left a crater 700 feet deep and over 4000 feet across.

The land out there is barren. You can see nothing for miles and miles.
When I heard that they wanted $15 to look at a hole in the ground I almost passed this up. I’m glad I didn’t. I am still not sure it’s worth $15 each but it was defiantly interesting to see. I wasn’t aware that meteors were metal. This meteor was iron-nickel. Another interesting fact I found out was that the shooting stars we see are no larger than the tip of a ballpoint pen. It’s the gasses we see in the night.

After the crater we stopped in Flagstaff to take the wives out for Mother’s day dinner. Flagstaff is a college town and an interesting place. There is quite a collection of unique shops.

Sedona

When we left Williams this morning the temp was in the 50s. I decided to leave the shorts and put on a pair of pants. Also the flip-flops stayed behind and on went the shoes. My feet were freaking out since they haven’t seen shoes for about 5 months now. When I jumped out of the truck in Sedona I was sorry. It was a nice warm 70 something. We spent the day cruising the downtown shops then headed for the chapel.

There are some of the best views from the chapel.

Can you see the bird in this one?


How would you like to own this house? There is even an observatory on the roof. This house was being built a couple of years ago when we were here the last time. It is still under construction today.

Tomorrow is NASCAR day so we won’t be going anywhere. We decided since it is the weekend we will just hang around and maybe take a walk into town. Monday should be a good day to head on into the Grand Canyon. We are talking about heading over to see the Meteor Crater near Flagstaff sometime while we are here too.

Made it to Williams

We made it to Williams Arizona today. Man! It’s up hill all the way here. We started out in Havasu at about 600ft and are now at 6700ft. We will be visiting The Grand Canyon and the Sedona area while here. The weather was in the 70s when we got here today. They told us to disconnect our water hose overnight because it will drop to the 20s. All the weather reports say 35º so I am going to throw caution to the wind and leave it hooked up. It’s only supposed to get to about 65º tomorrow. A far cry from the 90s in Havasu. We are in a new park right next to the Grand Canyon Railroad. It is part of the Hotel and we have full privileges of the Hotel as well.

Getting lonely around here

Well just about everyone has gone home around here. There are a few that live here year around. Us on the other hand, we are just hanging out to recoup the refrigerator money. The refrigerator is working fine, thank you. We have decided to just limit our travel to short local trips this year. Tomorrow we are off to The Grand Canyon, Williams actually, for a week. From there we will do day trips to The Grand Canyon and Sedona. When we get back we will head down to Parker to spend a few days on the river where is will be a bit cooler.

Owning our own RV lot here at the resort has become a good thing because it doesn’t cost us campground fees or fuel to hang out here, we can hang out as long as we like, we can rent out the lot when we are not here, and property is still a good investment.

The Desert Bar

I have been hearing about a bar out in the middle of the desert. Sunday we decided to check it out. This place has no power or water to it. It’s in the MIDDLE OF THE DESERT! It is built on an old copper mine property. You can still see the mine in the side of the hill.

The road to the bar is a dirt road that I would not want to take our car down. We did it with our friends in their 4 wheel drive truck.

There are a few 4 wheel trails leading to the bar and I hear this is a popular place for the 4 wheelers in the area. Kind of like an oases in the desert. I hear the bar is standing room only at times and they even have bands most weekends. I believe the bands run on generator power.

Finally after about 5 miles there it was. This place is pretty cool. They run off solar panels, batteries and inverters. Their water comes from a well. The towers you see are the cooling towers. Water is pumped up the tower and trickles over cotton pads. Air passing through the cotton is cooled and falls down the towers into the building. It really works. You wouldn’t even know there is no power connected to the place. Yes it is a bit rugged but I was impressed for being in the middle of the desert.

There is even a church build on the property. There are no services held in this church because it is only about 6X6 in the middle and those sidewalls are just that, walls.

Their website is www.thedesertbar.com