My Life and Travels
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.
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.
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.
We are pointed north toward the big house. We are in site 78 and had to pull in backwards to make it easier to get level. Five inches drop in this nice paved site.
The drive
This morning we drove into Benson to the Safeway store for our COVID booster. Got the booster shot and 10% off groceries.
Here are some Marley pictures.
Moving west 173 miles.
We are in site 53. When making reservations I usually go to campsite photos dot com to look at the site. However it is difficult to tell if the site is level. When we backed into this one the front was 10.25 inches low.
We ended up 1.25 inches low with the passenger side bumper 29 inches off the ground, I’ll have to measure this off the Jacks before we leave.
Today’s drive and camp site at Jacob Lake CG, this is at the north entrance of Grand Canyon.
Another warm day in the desert, this will be our last hot day for a while. At this point we don’t really know what our spring, summer and fall travels will look like, or much traveling at all.
A bad accident on I-10 this morning so dropped down south a little to miss it.
Same spot as always.
Tomorrow we are heading north to the big house and cooler weather. Highs here have been over 100 for the last several days and or going to stay that away until September. Phoenix get 110 days with temperatures over 100.
Did I just get caught?
Yes you did.
The next question is has she done this before and does she know how to get down?
We are still here in Goodyear during the stay at home quarantine.
We still plan to stay here until April 30th before heading north. Looks like 2020 is going to be the year a wait and see.
Well we are still here in Goodyear. With all the virus things going on we decided to stay here for April. It was a hard to decide what to do. The coach is our traveling home and it feels like home however with the upheaval it would be nice to be in our big house home of 43 years. We were able to move to another site so the refrigerator does not have the afternoon sun.
Big house weather is still cool/cold and wet. Both Brian and Tanya sent us pictures of hail in their back yards yesterday.
Goodyear weather for the first part of April. Traveling is becoming difficult with all the state parks closed and more and more federal parks closing every day. I saw on an RV news letter that their are more people at Quartzsite now than they had in January. The current plan is to return to the big house in May and see what is going to happen after that.
Campsite pictures, in site 365 facing north.
Lots of open spaces. The only thing open here at the park is the laundry room, but at least we have a place to be and the monthly rate is $20.00 a night.