Buckskin State Park and Lake Havasu, AZ

We finally left Mesa on Tuesday morning after getting the needed work completed on our truck finished on Monday. We drove through Quartsite, Az and then headed north to Buckskin Mountain State Park. It's located in the mountains on the Arizona side of the Colorado River. It was a really beautiful campsite and we enjoyed staying there two nights. We took a desert hike of about 4 miles. Saw lots of prickly pear cactus in bloom.

On Thursday we drove to Lake Havasu and stayed about 7 miles north of there on BLM land (free camping on Bureau of Land Management place). We drove back into Lake Havasu and saw the famed London Bridge. It was a warm day, but when we got back to the RV there was a nice breeze blowing. We visited with some fulltimers from Illinois who have been on the road since 1992.

Friday we drove to Laughlin, Nevada. We stayed in the RV parking lot (free) at the Ramada Express Hotel. Friday night we went to the Ricky Van Shelton show (country). He sang some of his tunes, plus sang some other songs that were really great - like Tennessee Waltz and 16 tons. He has a really great voice. We sure enjoyed his show.

Saturday we drove to an old mining town called Oatman. Years ago burros were released there and roam the streets looking for handouts(carrots). Of course, we took some carrots to feed them. They are very aggressive when they realize you have carrots in your hands.

Saturday afternoon we went to the movie 'Failure to Launch' a romantic comedy. It was pretty fun - Terry Bradshaw, Mathew McConaughey, and Sara Jessica Parker were in it. A couple of weeks ago we went to the movie 'Eight Below'. Now that is a real tear jerker and a great movie. If you love dogs - they steal the show! And no we didn't win any money in Laughlin. But, with our two free nights camping there we figure we came out ahead.

We're now at Nellis Air Force base in Las Vegas. We'll be here until Friday morning when we head towards Zion National park. More on Las Vegas in our next blog.