Our first stop was Beals Point State Park, on the shores of beautiful Folsom Lake.
This was a perfect place to begin our adventure as we were able to access our storage, attend to last minute appointments and say farewell to daughter Shelly and family, and close friends.
Our next stop was Cal Expo RV Park for three days before heading south. We parked in front of son Eric's home in Clovis for several days to visit with him and his family. Our journey continued to Bakersfield where we stayed at a beautiful park in the middle of an orange grove. The name is Orange Grove RV Park and for all you RV'ers, the sites are level, the laundry room is spotless and they even let you pick the oranges. Pete was able to pick an orange off a tree by reaching out the drivers' side window.
We arrived in Lake Havasu City, Arizona on March 10th. This is a snowbird destination in the winter and for good reason. The weather is warm and sunny most days and there are beautiful beaches along the lake as well as the Colorado River. You will also find the original London Bridge from the nursery rhyme that was moved from England in 1968, each brick carefully numbered in order to reconstruct.
While in LHC, we stayed at a membership campground called Havasu Springs. Linda's aunt and uncle from Deadwood, South Dakota are members and spend the winter there. We had a great visit with them.
From Lake Havasu, we traveled about an hour to Quartzsite, another snowbird mecca, to visit friends of ours from Michigan. These are friends that we met while visiting Bryce Canyon National Park in 2007 and we have stayed in contact. Most of the snowbirds had left Quartzsite by the time we arrived and many businesses were closing for the summer but we enjoyed visiting with them and listening to Sharon play her dulcimer at the jam sessions.
Temperatures were in the mid 80's, which was nice. Roger and Sharon took us on a drive up to Alamo Lake State Park, mainly to see how low the reservoir is, as Roger had heard they weren't allowing boats to be launched. Not true, but the water level was very low.
The dam at Alamo Lake State Park
We left the next morning, headed for the Tucson area. As much as we enjoyed our time with our family and friends, we are looking forward to some time alone to explore new horizons. Cheers!
