Our next RV!!! haha...Mike in front of a "Retro Restoration" camper. The car is a Hudson! It was parked in front of the park we are in. 

Dixie at the Petrified Forest National Park (located off I40 outside of Holbrook, AZ) 

The hike to the "Agate House" in the Petrified Forest 

Close up of petrified wood in the 'Agate House'. 

On to New Mexico!

Mar 23 - 28....There was definately snow between Kingman and Sun Valley - luckily it was no longer on the interstate as we passed through. Sun Valley is just east of Holbrook, AZ - it's just a spot in the road. The RV park we stayed at (Root 66 RV Park) was right off I40 & was quite noisy. We looked out to barren praire land (it made me feel right at home as it was very similar to north central Montana). We ended up only spending 2 nights there before we drove to Albuquerque on Friday. But first we did enjoy a great day in Hollbrook visiting a local museum and driving through and hiking in the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert. There are petrified trees or portions of them everywhere you look. They began forming about 225 million years ago when the area was covered with water. The park is filled with history. We are currently at Enchanted Trails RV Park (not sure where they got the name - we are again right off I40) just west of Albuquerque. Yesterday we drove to Old Town Albuquerque & along old Route 66 through town. Tomorrow we plan to drive to Sante Fe for the day!

Hike in the Mountains following the Colordado River at Cattail Cove State Park. This was a cove 1.5 miles into the hike. 

Moving Eastward!

Mar 15 - 21.....It's a chilly 31 degrees in Kingman, AZ. We had intended on leaving Lake Havasu on Tue and driving to our next destination in eastern AZ until we found out on Monday that snow was in the forcast for Flagstaff on Tue. We changed plans once again and just went as far as Kingman (about 70 miles) and spent the night in the Walmart parking lot. This was a first for us! By the time evening came the parking lot looked like an RV park - there were at least 10 RV's parked there for the night (everyone must have been heading east & didn't want to hit snow). I thought it was 'Spring'! Our destination today is Sun Valley, AZ which is near the Petrified Natl Forest & Painted Desert (it's about 60 miles from the NM border. The forcast there tonight is a low of 21 degrees - I think we are going the wrong way!!!!!! That's all for now - we will give you an update from our next destination.

A visit from Mom, Dad, & friends from MT & KS  

A hike out to a point on the river (drop off of about 50 ft on the other side) 

Our last week in the Havasu area!

Mar 9 - 14....We are currently in Las Vegas for a quick overnight trip. Mike had the enhancement on his Lasik eye surgery. Everything is good so far and he can see better already. He goes back in the morning for a quick checkup and then we will head back to Lake Havasu City. We are currently at Cattail Cove State Park, which is 15 miles south of Lake Havasu City. The park is right on the Colorado River and the view is beautiful as we are surround by the water and mountains (we hope to do some more hiking). We had a problem with our reservation at the park in Havasu so we had to find something else at the last minute. We lucked out finding the state park - everything was pretty full due to spring break which is a big thing in Havasu! We just have a few more days left in the area before we start heading east! We will miss seeing family as we have really enjoyed that over the past couple of months. Danny and Lexi (5yrs) came over from CA one last time this past weekend. The weather wasn't too great so we took Lexi to an inside aquatic center that had 'the wave'. Every half hour the water would have waves just like the ocean.....believe it or not, she just loved it. She would sit down in the water and let the waves carry her and even stuck her face down so the waves would hit her!!! She does love the water! Thats all for now, talk to you next week....

Dixie at the JackAss Golf Course - picture isn't great as it was taken with the Camera Phone! 

View from our park of the Colorado River & the AZ side 

Mike at the RV Park boat dock on the Colordado River 

On the Colordado River

Feb 28 - Mar 9.…We made the move to Emerald Cove RV Resort last Tue. It is located on the west side of the Colorado River about 6 miles from Parker, AZ. The park is actually in CA. It is quite large with over 700 sites. We have hiked, biked, walked and even took a Pickle Ball lesson. For those that don’t know what that is (as we didn’t when we first started watching it at other parks) -- it is similar to Tennis but you use a paddle that looks kinda like a ping pong paddle only larger. The court is shorter than a tennis court and you use a woofle ball that is the size of tennis ball. It was pretty fun and you definitely get some exercise. On Sunday we drove back to Lake Havasu for a gospel concert at the RV parks we have been attending church at. It was wonderful, there’s a man and women that have tremendous voices and have recorded some CD’s. After that concert we went to a Park at listened to the US Army Band perform - again many talented musicians! After all that we went back to the park and visited with family and friends. Across the road from this park is “Jackass Flats Country Club”, a golf course that is all ’dirt’ - even the ’greens’! We played it yesterday & it was quite interesting. It rained a few drops the night before and the ground was muddy in places & crusty in others. It’s rather hard to figure out what the ball will do on greens that have dirt & pebbles on them! The ball doesn’t roll quite the same as it does on grass! We will be here until Monday and then back to Lake Havasu for a week.