Bailey

Today’s drive from Moapa to Lake Havesu is about 3-1/2h, circle check done, head down the street to hook up Bob. Off we go…

Not so FAST… Allan abruptly pulls over saying we’re too hot! The serpentine belt is no longer in one piece, there it is on the ground and fluid is leaking.

First time we had to use our triangles. Allan suited up, with his, free to him from 407 ETR when we got their transponder. At least we are safely off the road.

RECAP of the day

A Winnebago/FB friend, Scott, helped us through many challenges today with his insight. On we go..

606p: (approx 1-1/2 to hook up) we are on our way

933p: Booked a room at Luxor, Las Vegas. We stayed there after we married almost 28 years ago. It was a little nicer then but the food was good

A stressful day comes to an end! Goodnight all!

Sending big love to our DIL!

The very wavy, bumpy road in to Valley of Fire State Park

Day trips, we did the 1/2 day. Stay tuned here comes the pictorial portion

Well deserved “REWARDS” This trail was certainly not easy!

Yes, I took tons of photos, these are the ones I kept

If you are in the area, Valley of Fire State Park is a must see!! Mother Nature is truly magnificent!!

Super happpy we didn’t think Bailey should be with us!

Wendover was good, the KOA was OK, (a gravel parking lot) but boy that wind. When we left at 915a it was -2c. Certainly time to move further south.

We see a few snowy vehicles, don’t want to head where they came from! Keep the snow on the mountains where it looks pretty

We have seen several herds of wild horses. So difficult to get a photo. These are the best I could get. The dark spots are the horses

More snow. The plan was not to see any snow!!

Within a few miles, no more snow. Yahoo!!

Rocky!! We wave to Class A’s, this couple waved back. We have more success waving at Class A’s than Jeeps

The drive in

Whoops just a little bit turtled, fun after a day of driving. Just a little bit scary as I hate to unhook on a hill. While I was securing another place to park Allan had freed Bailey. This BW is on a hill, just happy it isn’t a busy street. Not a repeat for us! A 5ers made it in easily

Our new spot

This is their plan b when you can’t make the dip

My view!

These 2 days have been rather challenging. The wind is relentless with gusts over 60k, the awning toppers are going nuts. I’ve had my fill. I’m hoping the drive tomorrow will take us to better conditions. Also hoping the toppers are still in one piece and that we’ll be able to retract the slides.

This is where Nevada meets Utah. Allan is standing on the border, hanging on to his hat. Oh the wind!! Nevada to the left, Utah the right.

The sky did clear up for a bit, but not the wind. The snow on these mountains was not there when we arrived.

This is where the world land speed was set on October 23, 1970… 630.389mph/1014.52km/h.

Click here to see other super fast times, schroll down on the page.

Salt flats as far as the eye can see

Bob says “Take me on the flats and I’ll offer you rewards!” Who can resist. We’re off!

“Reward ” time, though we really don’t deserve it yet today at barely 4k steps

Next stop, car wash to remove all the salt

Main St time, notice he not only carries a gun but smokes?

The walk down the main street shows us the largest liquor store we’ve seen. Stay tuned on what we return with Bob to buy!

Off to Peppermill Casino. Smoking is permitted, won’t be here long it’s a little smelly. Gambled 20 quit at $34.64 didn’t quite make up Allan’s losses.

Alan & Vickie’s”Rancho” Boondockers Welcome was a fabulous stop. It was super easy in & out. They even have hookups if you want to use them, we didn’t. We used the opportunity to exercise our generator. This is a definate repeat spot.

Wake up to…

Alan & Vickie then suprised us with this Idaho gift bag. So sweet of them!

We had decided yesterday to give A&V a bottle of BC wine. We still did but wished we would have beaten them to the gift exchange. Feeling like we did way better, the goody bag even has a potato shaped soap 🙂

We went for a walk and saw these birds. Not sure what the fluffy ducks are really, the others are turkeys.

On the road again, notice Bailey’ reflection in the 5ers window?

Our first rest stop

Home for the next few days

No other photos, Bailey is so embarrassed about her dirty windshield

Flies, OMG the flies are crazy here! Not sure what’s up with that but the swatter is working overtime!

Not only do we leave Yamika RV Park but we’re heading to our first Boondockers Welcome stay. Boondockers are membership based locations where you do not pay to stay. Click here if you want to learn more.

We’re up at 530, have breakfast, run the dishwasher, shower, hook up Bob and are on the road at 915.

Quite a large solar farm

Much like us, Bailey is not a fan of ups. At the peak!

The vegitation changes quite rapidly

There is still smoke in some areas

Nice scenery

We were initally set to spend the night at Cabela’s Boise, last night we decided to go a bit further. Debbie may have had something to do with teaching us how heading south slowly means. Apparently, it’s more like driving 6h LOL

We dodged a bullet by avoiding Boise

We have a choice of a gravel or asphalt pad, also full hook ups We choose the gravel that come with a view 🙂 Alan the host, says we made the good choice. Our Allan with 2 “l”s didn’t tell him his Mom spelt his name wrong LOL

Our view!

We are no longer Boondockers Welome virgins!

Tomorrow, a KOA

We did have fun while not at the park, the weather was great, sunny everyday with highs about 77f/25c, but Yakima RV Park was the worse park we’ve stayed at, to date. Just happy we didn’t book in for a month! These are the neighbour’s yard. A little bit of everything, including tools, a home made sand blasting gizmo, a grass seeder, etc. The pallets that were on his roof are now on the ground.

And the smell! Like nothing we’ve smelt before and hope to never again. It’s coming from the HAAS plant which is 1/2 block from the campgroup. Who would have thought brewing products smelt so bad.

Our plans yesterday were to go to Costco, (cause surprisingly the closest Costco to Yuma is an hour away), Target then walk the nice trail we found in the opposite direction. We saw some water on the ground, should have investigated sooner! Way more water there today, seems Bailey is crying cause she doesn’t like it here either. Allan opened the compartment to find our “fire starter” (newspaper, egg crates, etc) bin full of water and overflowing. Change of plans, empty out the compartments to try to figure out what is going wrong. The underbelly isn’t so nice looking. The water is dripping from the white pipe. .

We did make it to Target and Costco but not the trail. We did get our 10k steps finishing them off walking the park. That did NOT get us a reward 🙁

Today is “big wash” day when the W&D works overtime! We do not like the leave Bailey when the washer is going, water can be a destructive thing so start our steps off by doing a youtube walking video. Today we did a Halloween themed video,

Instead of walking the park or the nearby streets I want to find the trail I spot when driving on the highway.

Think we can get there from the back streets. This attempt = failure

Allan says, “Let’s giet back on the highway” Off we go…

Second attempt = almost failure… we stumble upon Sarg Hubbard Park! This leads us to the “no name” trail. Another beautiful day with temperature a high of 77F/25C

The Tap         Concept = 50 beers, wine, cider on tap  Mostly beer

They give you a bracelet, loaded to 32 ounces to enjoy from the taps you tap to activate the individual taps.  You pay for what you drink, no minimum.  When you go over they simply addd more ounces to your bracelet.

We got to taste many different beers, I even tried a 70 IBU beer which I would never have ordered.  My favourite beer was Blueberry Wheat Fruit Beer, Allan’s El Trabajador Lager – Mexican      77 deg we opt to sit outdoor, of course I had to end with wine 🙂

Recap of our taste tests and selection.  A unique experience for us