The
excitement this morning when I went online while we were driving and read the
news that a deal had been struck in Washington
was unbelievable. There was an immediate sense of freedom, of being able to
make plans again after 2 ½ weeks of frustration. We saw and enjoyed so many
things in Arizona
during this time, but there were still many things we couldn’t do, one of which
was camping in National Forest Campgrounds. Not only are they really affordable
but are often in wonderful locations and give a real sense of living outdoors.
And now we are in the right location to start visiting the parks.
Our camp
last night behind the truck stop turned out to be surprisingly good, the rumble
of the trucks during the night didn’t disturb us, and this morning I used their
laundry for the weekly wash while we were having breakfast.
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| We were travelling with the "Big Boys"!! |
Quite a bit
of the drive this morning was on main arterial routes and the Interstate 10,
although we did do a bit of a detour through Vicksburg, Ian had spotted some large dairy farms
and needed to investigate! They were huge with rows and rows of cows on outdoor
pads cooled by fans! Also discovered where the irrigation water came from that
allowed lucerne and other crops to be grown in the desert – saw the huge canals
that bring the water from the Colorado right
across Arizona.
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| Amazing to see what some water can do on these desert soils. |
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| Just one of the hundreds of yards for dairy cows on this one farm. |
The roads
were full of RV’s, the Snowbirders heading to their winter camping spots in Arizona. Detoured to see
the town of Quartzsite
which during January and February can have as many as 1 million RV’ers camping
on the public land surrounding the town. Today there were already thousands
there, quite a sight.
Must say it
was great to finally see the Colorado River as
we headed north, the last few weeks have been “very dry”! It was later in the
afternoon and we came across this camp just south of Lake Havasu
with a site right beside the river. It was great to sit outside watching the
pontoon boats, jet boats and skiers going up and down and a really nice breeze
was cooling the air.
It has been
a great day, and no need to worry about making lemonade from the lemons
anymore! The biggest issue is to work out a route that will enable us to see
all we want to over the next few weeks without retracing our steps too much.
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| Loved the sign! |
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| The "local"! |
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| Back in red rock country, the setting sun just makes it glow orange. |
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