Snowbirds Trip 01/31/2012--Bakersfield

We left Barstow/Yermo and stayed at Bear Mountain RV park near Bakersfield.  

http://www.bearmountainrv.com/

Pretty drive here through farm land to get here, but it looks smokey or misty.  

The park has large gravel spaces, but not much vegetation.  The wifi didn't work at first, so Carlos gave me an alternate router to try.  

Went to Camping world where Ray exchanged some chocks he had bought to stabilize the trailer and then we picked up some groceries at an Albertsons.

Snowbirds Trip 01/30/2012--Calico Ghost Town

Today we toured the Calico ghost town.  There are lots of shops, a train and a walk through a mine tunnel. 

This must be Ray's ghostly girlfriend.

Calico Ghost Town

Me on my 55th Birthday celebrating in Calico!

Ray having a beer in Calico (I had one too!)

 Italian for my birthday dinner--It was okay :)

The two most highly rated restaurants in Barstow (according to TripAdvisor) were both closed, so we had dinner at an Italian place (photo just above) near the radio shack where we bought an av adapter for my iPad for my birthday present.

Snowbirds Trip 01/29/2012--Barstow/Calico

We left our camp at River Island and drove to a KOA near Barstow, California. In a little town called Yermo. We now have good cable and wifi here.  There is no sewer on our hook-up.

http://www.barstowcalicokoa.com/

Snowbirds Trip 01/28/2012-Sara Park --Hooper

Hooper came in to town (no Jeneil) and we met him at the Sara Park shooting range.  He likes to target practice there.   He shoots trap.  We all had lunch at the China Buffet in Lake Havesu.  Returned our Redbox movie at Walgreens.

Snowbirds Trip 01/27/12-Barley Brothers

Drove back in to Lake Havasu and had dinner at Barley Brothers.  We had the all you can eat fish and chips.  

Went to Kmart and then to Smiths.  Rented movie Cowboys and Aliens at red box.

Snowbirds Trip 01/26/2012--Quartzite

We went and dumped trailer tanks and then went to Parker and found a great Laundromat on Kofa street.  Washers cost $1.50.  We used 5 washers, but probably could have used one big one for the blues.  The dryers are .25 for 8 minutes.    I got $15.00 in quarters at the change machine and put 24 minutes on each of three dryers.

The one with the heavy pants and shirts took another 8 minutes.  Some things were just a little damp and the shirts were a little wrinkled.  This laundromat has free wifi!  Ray went and filled the propane and bought lunch at Blimpie and brought it back to the laundromat.

We put the laundry away and then drove to Quartzite and looked through several rows of vendors.  This place is crazy!

I called my brother Danny, because we are headed there soon.  The Bella Vista RV park in Cayucos will be $25.00 to $28.00 per day.  Which is not bad.  We will have full hookup, but no wifi there.  I think the park is mostly full time snowbirds and year round residents.

Beautiful and warm again today.

Snowbirds Trip 01/25/2012--London Bridge

Drove in to Havesu and looked at the state park there.  No hook-ups and it isn't even nice.  Decided to stay where we are for three more nights.  

Checked email from Mcdonalds.  

Toured London Bridge which was moved to Lake Havesu.  (From Wikipedia-- The bridge once spanned the River Thames in London, England until it was dismantled in 1967. The Arizona bridge is a reinforced concrete structure clad in the original masonry of the 1830s bridge, which was bought by Robert P. McCulloch from the City of London. McCulloch had exterior granite blocks from the original bridge numbered and transported to America to construct the present bridge in Lake Havasu City, a planned community he established in 1964 on the shore of Lake Havasu. The bridge was completed in 1971 (along with a canal), and links an island in the lake with the main part of Lake Havasu City.)

 

Went to Staples and then bought a water pressure gage at the RV store.  

Called mom but the signal wasn't good enough to carry on a good conversation.  

Warm enough weather that I am wearing capris rather than long pants and short sleeves!