March 17

We are heading out for Lake Mead on Saturday afternoon, its only about 20 miles. There is another couple from Longview meeting up with us out there on either Sat or Sun they are coming back from Texas. So we won't get access to that much email.. we are going to Las Vegas on Monday or Tuesday for one night two days - just to see it. Possibly some of our friends will go to but right now only Greeley's are going to spend the night. We'll get a hotel to spend the night- its only about 75 miles from the lake.

March 10 2006

We're in Overton, NV (Logandale, NV) at a friend's house – Nina Wolter- her husband Don passed away last month of cancer. They had planned on seeing all of us and she wanted to do what they had planned.

We arrived here on Sunday, March 5th, up from Quartzsite, AZ via one night at Chloride, AZ which is an old mining town and nearly a ghost town now. There are some homes for sale we went by one that was on the market for $105,000 – can you believe that?

Overton is a small community, one grocery store, one gas station, a post office, library, a couple RV parks and restaurants. Also, there is a huge house here on a side hill that used to belong to Wayne Newton ( the Las Vegas entertainer – Vegas is about100 miles from here, Our plan is to go into Vegas since we've never been there to gamble and little and see the sights. We may spend one night there in a hotel .

Yesterday we drove over to Mesquite, NV for lunch at the casino Oasis Resort – and lost a dollar in the slots. Next stop we went on to St. George, UT to look around and shop. The wind was blowing all day, but the sun was shining.

Next week we a probably move over to Lake Mead at a place named Stewart's Point which is right on the lake. While we're there we plan to visit Hoover Dam and tour it for a day. There are a couple springs out in the desert above the lake, one being Roger's Spring which we went saw earlier this week. Also, on the agenda is the Valley of Fire where the hills are a dark red. One thing we saw a was a camp area where there was one guy camping in a large pontoon boat, huge boat, on a trailer with 4 axels – it must be 25 feet long possibly 30 feet. Very interesting camps, another one was a Teepee.

2006-03-05 Valley of Fire, NV Greeley-Closson

2006-03-05 Valley of Fire, NV Greeley-Closson

Feb 28th -

Hey there kids....,

 

Happy Birthday Stacy......Feb 28th is the date.

 

We left Yuma this morning and are back in Quartzsite.  On Thursday we are going to visit my sister Bernie in Tempe AZ and back home on Friday.  The Ward's will watch our rig while we are gone - Greeley's are going to Phoenix to see their daughter Vickie - then on Saturday we will pack up and head towards Las Vegas.

 

Okay, last night it sprinkled a little and again this morning - the weather man said that we had 18 seconds of rain - it was much more than that though. 

 

Here's some email notes from Greeley's that I incorporated into my email:

 

Good Afternoon,                         

I want you to know we have put in arough 2 or 3 days. We have worked real hard at trying to stay cool. The last 3 days it has been in the low 80's. Finding shade is a hard job. Espically being
winter down here. I like rubbing it in, and with no rain on top of it. We have had no rain since Oct. 17th/18th and then it was just a smidgen.                                
We will probably leave Ogilby Road tomorrow and head to Quartzsite for a day.
        Yesterday we piled in Clossons truck and
headed to Slab City. But first we stopped at Costco in El Centro. We stopped by
Slab City (boy, have they cleaned it compared to what it use to be). Then we
drove on up to Sulton Sea so the Clossons could take pictures there, then on to
the Sand Dunes and home. The Rhodes and Audrey's sister Alma Mae chose not to go, the ladies had to go into Yuma.                             

 

Today the Clossons went into Yuma to have the truck serviced, the Rhodes & Alma Mae, and Wards went to Algodones. We chose to stay in camp and rest. We watched the Border Patrol fly over and finally land over near the Gold Rock R.V. Park. The railroad tracks ae just behind the park.

Later a sheriff car came out and drove around the camping area. Goldie & Glenda said that the Boder Patrol had some Mexicans held at Sidewinder Road. The Wards and Rhodes are back, and Alma Mae has left,I guess I'll go visit. Alma Mae is going to the Cocopah R.V. Park in Yuma, she is not fond of dry camping.

 

This shows some of what we've been up to.    We've been back to Mexico twice since leaving Puerto Penasco - the second time down there it took us two hours to get back across the border.  I've made a number of major purchases in Mexico - a Cowboy hat (very large), lots of tacos and food, and ..... are you ready a real Mexican Rolex watch - retails for about $12,000 but with a help of a friend I got it for $15... smiling.

 

 

 

Love

 

Mom and Dad

 

 

March 01, 2006 Quartzsite AZ

Hi there,

Here we are in Quartzsite again, kicking back and taking it easy as of February 28, 2006. Today's drive was about 60 miles Yuma (Ogilby Road) to Quartzsite, we set up the Komfort and then into town and the library. I'm going to try to attach a few pictures of our trip to Arizona I hope it works. The pictures included - The Big Cowboy Hat, Yuma Lutes an Old Saloon in Yuma, Mexico at lunch in a little mall, Mom and her new Mexican glasses, Slab City, CA and the painted mountain.

It appears it won't let me email pictures because the Library is concerned with viruses...

Our plan is to be home by the end of March.

The wind has been blowing this afternoon, so much in fact that we couldn't have a campfire this evening.