Roosevelt Lake to Parker, AZ
Left Roosevelt Lake about 8:30am, Sunday. Drove through Phoenix and stayed at the White Tank Mountain Regional Park which is just west of the city. A nice campground in the high desert area. Lots of cactus. Our campground is in a suburb of Phoenix. There were hundreds of newly built homes. As best we could tell, few were occupied. Reminds us of the overbuilding back home. Some of the same national builders; Pulte & Centrex. On Monday morning we took the long way to Parker, AZ. Drove through miles of open land with the occasional ranch.
Stopped in Parker for gas & shopping then on to the Buckskin Mountain State Park. The Park is right on the Colorado River. We have a little view of the river from our campsite. The water is clear & cool. Gopher went swimming, I waded in with her. Carol put her water shoes on but didn’t want to get wet. Tomorrow perhaps.
Tuesday: Drove into Lake Havasu City today. On the way we stopped by the other two state park campgrounds to see what they were all about. Where we are is by far, the nicest.
Did laundry & grocery shopping in the City. The local to Arizona grocery store is Bashas’. Reminds us of an upscale Publix. The City was planned and built by Robert P. McCulloch; the inventor and owner of McCulloch chainsaw. The City is a typical very touristy place. Like Myrtle Beach, Panama City Beach, etc. T-shirt shops, every chain restaurant you can think of, a water theme park, etc. Visited the original London Bridge which Mr. McCulloch relocated here in 1968. Went to the Lion’s Dog Park for a while. A women we met at the Southwest Lazy Daze Campout was raised here. When her father passed away, the family “bought” a bench near the dog park in his honor by having a plaque made for the bench. She asked us to take a look at it. I took a picture of Carol sitting on the bench and e-mailed it to Di. After that we went back to the campground. Won’t be going back to Lake Havasu City; once is enough.
Thursday: Our reservations here ran through today. We had decided to stay through the weekend so I went to the office to see what sites would be available. We moved to Site 11; the most scenic location in the campground. Right on a small bluff overlooking the river.
Went into town on Saturday. Mailed post cards to Izzy & Finn, did laundry & grocery shopping then went to a car wash to get the worst of the dirt off the motorhome.
While we’re enjoying our stay here, this is not a quiet campground during the day on weekends. There is no speed limit on the river. Jet skis and very loud speed boats are going from sunrise to sunset. We’re glad to see night come because it quiets down.
On Monday the temperature varied from 98* to 103* depending on who you asked. Thank goodness for the A/C in the motorhome.
Today, Tuesday, the temperature is back to a more comfortable 85*. Supposed to cool off a little over the next few days. Tomorrow we leave for the Lazy Daze Caravan Club rally at La Paz County Park. Only a few miles from here.
