Mike @ the Hofbrauhaus in Las Vegas

The Hofrauhaus - design to look like the original in Munich, Germany

 Lunch @ the Oatman Hotel...check out the walls!

The Burros in Oatman...Mama & Baby

Bullhead City/Laughlin & Las Vegas

Apr 14^th - 26^th ...The 62 mile trip to Bullhead City, AZ was good. We fueled up at Sams Club in Bullhead and killed sometime in the store as we could not check into Ridgeview RV park until noon. We got a site facing north so the sun wouldn't be as bad. The park is not very full as Rvers are heading north. We decided to stay 9 nights instead of 14 due to the hot weather coming. While there we went to a couple of  Laughlin casino's to listen to some live music...Tropicana on Monday evening, Riverside on Wed. afternoon and the Avi on Sat. evening. We also went to the outlet mall a couple of times. On Fri. the 19^th we drove 35 miles to Oatman where we met Dad and Elaine for lunch. Oatman is an old mining town that is on old Route 66. Several Burros roam the streets that house several gift shops. We watched the 'shoot out' at noon and then had a good lunch at the Oatman Hotel. The restaurant/bar is wallpapered in dollar bills that customer have been putting up for many, many years. The guy that was singing during lunch also told the history of Oatman...very interesting! We managed to leave without purchasing anything but a few 'rocks' for Dixie's jewelry making. The weather while in Bullhead was pretty windy and cooler for quite a bit of the time. The last few days were HOT.

On the 23^rd we drove 89 miles to Las Vegas...it was very, very windy most of the way. We had to stop a couple of times to secure the awning as it wanted to pull away from the motorhome. We had cross winds on 163 and then went into the wind on 95. We stopped at Camping World in Henderson to buy some replacement step covers and while there we asked it they re-strung window shades. They didn't but they gave us a name of a local 'mom & pop' that did. We checked into Duck Creek Rv Park (Passport) around 1130a. The sites at the park were very short so we had to move a couple of times. We were given different info by different staff – when it was all said and done the gave us a card for a free night stay (it really wasn't that big of a deal). We called the guy that fixed the window shades and since he was able to do them we decided to stay 3 nights instead of 1 so we could get them fixed. We had to take them down and take them to his house (a bit of a job). It was a bit pricy ($130 for 2 shades) but seems to be the going rate and not something we were willing to tackle. We made a couple of trips to Trader Joes to stock up. On Thursday we picked up the shades and then drove down 'The Strip' and had lunch at the famous Peppermill Restaurant/Lounge. We also made a stop to see the Hofbrauhaus. It is a replica of the original one in Munich Germany that we went to in the early 90's with Roger & Merlene (was it 93 Merlene?). Of course while we were there Mike had an $8 beer – I don't recall the prices being that high in Germany..haha! We went back home and got the window shades back together and hung back up...that was a job! We will start our trek home on Friday!

Mike & Jack enjoying their Lake view from VanVoast's deck

Lake Havasu RV Park - our last week in LHC

Apr 8^th - 13^th ...On the 8^th we said goodby to Campbell Cove RV park but not before we paid $105 in electricity for the past month! We moved 4 miles down London Bridge Road to Lake Havasu Rv park (Coast-to-Coast membership pk). Unfortunately we have no WIFI at our site so we go to the clubhouse or use FoxFi with Dixie's phone.

On Tues. afternoon we went to Elaine's to' doggie' sit Nico for that evening and Wed. Dad and Elaine went to Las Vegas.  All went well with Nico and Dixie cooked dinner for all on Wed. We drove around to scope out more houses but decided to not look at the inside of anything else for the time being.

Thur. morning Dixie and Elaine went to a brunch hosted by Dillards for the women of the Moose. We had a nice brunch and fun checking out the makeup and lingerie. That afternoon Elaine hosted a 'Wig' party. We had lots of fun trying on all kinds of wigs...being the hair person I am, I had to purchase one!

Friday we decided we were running out of time and we must file our Income Taxes (they were done online a few weeks ago but we had to hit the button to send them)....that hurt a lot – not hitting the button but paying the $$$!!!!!

On Sat. morning we went to Elaine/Dads where Dixie cut their hair as well as Judy S. wigs! We later went back and took fixings for Taco's.  It is our last night in Lake Havasu City. It is once again in the 90's and getting too hot to sit outside. We move to Bullhead City tomorrow where it will be just as warm with a forecast for upper 90's starting late next week!  It just might be time to start moving north!!!!

Happy 23rd Anniversary!   Brunch @ The Golden Nugget Atrium

Dad & his baby, Nico!

 Mike at the London Bridge

 Dixie...not in London, England but the London Bridge @ Lake Havasu City

 Our Hike through "The Crack"..it was a bit narrow in places!

 This is actually Roger/Val's boat but it looks just like Dad's

 Doug & Fran on our boat ride through the Gorge

Cactus in bloom on our hike

Lake Havasu City, AZ..Campbell Cove RV Park

Mar 8^th – Apr 7^th...WOW, where does the time go?

On the 8^th we moved the motorhome 3 miles down the road from Elaine's to Campbell Cove RV park – site 6. We have a site for a month and it faces the lake. We found the problem to be that we had no shade in the front (where the view is) and it has been in the 80's & 90's. We settled in and then went to the Eagles with Doug, Fran, & Dad and Elaine for Fish. We also met Jack & Carla Van Voast and Roger & Val Golden there. The next day Dixie had another bout (or a continuation) of the stomach virus that lasted 6 more days. We didn't do much that week except go to the Moose for a Pork dinner that Elaine cooked.

On the 14^th Dad took the boat out. All of us and Jack & Carla went aboard and made a nice trip to Havasu Springs near Parker Dam where we stopped for lunch. There were lots of 'spring breakers' out and about on the water – we even watched some jump from a cliff into the water which was around 60 degrees. Doug & Fran got in the water for a short time...burrr.. but didn't cliff jump!

On St. Patty's Day we went to church, the swap meet, to Van Voast's and then Dugen's for dinner.

On the 20^th we went to Sara Park and hiked for 3 hours through 'The Crack' and to the Arch. It was a neat hike. That evening we all went to Van Voast's for dinner. Dan/Amy Hutton and Golden's were there as well.

On the 22^nd Dad had shoulder surgery to repair a torn Rotator Cuff. It ended up being more damaged than the doctor thought so he will have a slower recovery than expected. He will wear a sling for 1 month 24/7 and then wear it overnight for another month.

On the 23^rd the girls went to a Lunch/Style Show at the Moose. Elaine modeled!

Sunday, the 24^th we went to church at the Islander with VV and Dugan's. Afterwords we all went to breakfast at Papa Bears. Later it was dinner at Dan/Elaine's with D/F, VV and Dugan's – celebrating Elaine's Birthday a bit early.

The 25^th was another boat ride – this time, the other direction, up the gorge to Pirate's Cove. We ran into Golden's on their boat along the way and then again at the Cove.

Doug & Fran left for home on the 26^th! It was also Elaine's Birthday. That evening we went to her friend, Patty's for dinner.

On the 27^th we checked out a couple of RV parks and then went to the Beachcomber to see if our Canadian friends, George & Gail were around. As it happened they were having a little gathering so we stayed!

Good Friday (22^nd) Dixie went to church at noon. Danny & Lexi arrived that evening for the weekend and we dined once again at Dad/Elaine's.

On the 23^rd we colored Easter Eggs, cooked a bit and then went on a boat ride through the channel and around the Island.

Easter Sunday we went to church at the Island and then to Dad/Elaine's for dinner. We had 15 there. (VV, Golden's, Patty & her Mom, and other friends of Elaine's).

April 2 we went to Roger & Val's for dinner/drinks. We enjoyed their new winter home and the sunset/lake view!

On the 3^rd we walked the channel area. We met Dad/Elaine and then took the shuttle boat across to the Casino in CA where we had lunch.

Bill & Gloria Brinkman spent the weekend in Lake Havasu so we cooked dinner at Dad/Elaine's for them on the 5^th. Then on the 6^th we went to their new Motorhome for drinks and then to dinner at Scotty's for broasted chicken...Mmmmm!

April 7^th – we celebrated our 23^rd Anniversary by going with Bill & Gloria to Laughlin, NV to the Golden Nugget for their Champagne Brunch. It was much fun!

Also during our stay in Lake Havasu City - Dixie did some work for Fran... and we spent quite a bit of time checking out the Real Estate market here. Just 'thinking' about selling the condo in MT and finding something down here. (reverse our current life)

We were scheduled to go to Needles, CA for our next stop but we decided to stay in Lake Havasu for another 6 days From there we will move up the road to Bullhead City, AZ for 2 weeks. By then maybe the weather will be warm enough to go home!