Category: Campgrounds

Quartzsite, AZ – Saturday November 13, 2021

This morning in the light we moved to a great spot right on the edge of camping area so we have nobody close to us.

Campsite picture
View out the door.

Will here today 85 ° and Sunday 87° than start heading north on Monday. First stop will be a rest stop by Boron, CA at the north end of Edwards Air Force Base.

Phoenix and Quartzsite, AZ – Friday November 12, 2021

We went to Phoenix to have dinner with Gail and Gail. Since we were in town we drove out to Queens Creek Olive Orchard to get an olive oil garlic Parmesan salad dressing we like. The orchard has a nice big parking area so we spent the afternoon setting there until we headed back to Mesa to have dinner with the Gails. We had a great time and didn’t leave until the restaurant closed. They did close early, some sort of fire in the kitchen.

The original plan was to spend Friday night at a rest stop 70 miles west of Phoenix. When we got to the rest stop they had a closed sign on one two signs at the rest stop turn off ramp. In the dark and a lot of traffic I miss read what was closed. The closed sign was for the next rest stop. We ended up driving all the way to Quartzsite. Traffic was real heavy on I-10 going both west and east. I had a semi next to me at least a third of the time. The speed limit is 75 most of the time. Our coach really handles the best at anything 65 and below. Above 65 the front end gets light and it was also windy in spots.

Where we stay in Quartzsite is just open BLM desert land.

It was 10:00 when we got here so I parked just to the side of the dirt road. You can park anywhere you want.

Rockhound State Park, Deming, NM – Monday, November 1, 2021

After two weeks at Caballo SP it is moving day. We are going 80 miles south to Rockhound State Park 10 miles south of Deming New Mexico. This is a unique place setting on the side a hill which at one time had a lot of geodes on it. Our site has a beautiful view out across a large flat open desert area. We are on site 23. We were here back in 2014 on our first long retirement trip.

Today’s drive and how the park sets on the side of a mountain.
These pictures show how large of a site we have and the view across the valley.
This is where we have traveled this trip.

Caballo State Park – T or C, NM – Tuesday October 19, 2021

This is why we moved south.

At Cochiti the forecast is:

A couple of hundred miles south

Home on wheels we might as well be warm. In previous years we would travel without reservations or a day or two ahead. This year I set down while at Cochiti and made reservations through the middle of November when we have to start looking at the weather in the California mountains.

Caballo State Park – T or C, NM – Monday October 19, 2021

This blog is going up a little at a time. I wrote it once and it would not upload, that usually means something is wrong with one of the pictures. I’ll do the text then go back and upload the pictures.

This is our drive south looking for warmer weather.

We have been here several times before and enjoy the large sites. Currently plan to stay for two weeks and will be in three sites. The first one is site 30 until Friday.

Our view

Done , uploaded one picture at a time.

Balloon Fiesta – Albuquerque, NM – Sunday October 10, 2021

Balloon pictures and videos.

Below are some of the videos I took during the Fiesta.

Glowing Balloons

Burning Propane

Balloons and Snoopy

Inflating and Competing, in the second half of this video the balloons into the field. They have to go out at least one mile from this launch field and fly back to drop bean bags into a boat or squares on the ground.

Balloons In The RV Park

Several Balloons In The Sky