Life in Salome and a drive to Wickenburg.

Salome, AZ

Yesterday we drove a few miles along US 60 to get some milk and cheese. Boy, these little grocery stores know how to charge! I guess they know that we are not going to drive long distances for a few items. On Wednesday through Friday there is a small fresh produce market nearby so we went and got some great veggies and fruit.

After lunch I had a lovely swim in the pool which is 90F. A little too warm but very nice anyway. A soak in the 103F hot tub and I was done. Michael also had a dip in the pool but he is not a hot tub person so he came back to the trailer to spend the afternoon reading and baby-sitting Timmy. Later on in the afternoon we watched two acrobatic planes practicing maneuvers above us. Wowee! Sometimes it looked as if they were going to collide.

This morning we decided to drive to Wickenburg 55 miles away, and then maybe to the Vulture Gold Mine.  Our first stop was the Old Railway station where we found the Tourist Information office. They gave us a brochure with a walking tour around the Historical Old Town. We did about half the tour before our tummy's told us it was time for lunch. We had Timmy with us so we had to find a restaurant with a patio. We ended up at Mecca Bar and Grill. Their special of the day was fish and chips. Sounded pretty good to me but it was awful! Frozen fish from a box and frozen formed chips which were undercooked. However we managed to eat enough to get rid of the hunger pangs.

One thing that amused me was the fact that all the properties on the historical tour are younger than our house in Whitby, Ontario which was built in 1853.

We ended up not going to the mine because it was another 40 minutes to get there and 40 minutes back to US60 and it was getting too late. Maybe we will go in the next few days. 

This is a big ATV and OHV area and almost all the campers here have at least one Off Road vehicle. There are over 300 miles of trails in the BLM land around here. You can hear the roar of vehicles coming and going all day. I would not mind finding someone who would take us out into the desert. Must be fun.

All around the town were "statues" of characters who might have lived in the town back in the day. Press the little green button to the right of the teacher and hear a story about her.

The Caboose

Inside the caboose. We thought it would make a lovely small home.

The steam engine in the train

Info about the train

Loco #761

This lady owned the hotel. Name was Elizabeth Smith

Michael outside Hyder's Livery Stable

Tile picture outside the Western Museum

Back door of the Museum, barred window and ocotillo plant

Sculpture "Thank you for the Rain"

Figures outside the old saloon

Cowboy singer figure

The patio where we had lunch

Biker hangout

Tree trunk poles holding up the roof. 

Moving on from Quartzsite

This morning we were up early (well, early for us) and had a light breakfast and took Timmy out for his morning walk. Goodbyes all round for those us who are still here. George and Suzie had left a little earlier and were headed west to Borrego Springs. That left just Gerry and Melinda and Rick and Kathy  behind for a few more days at La Posa South.

Melinda and Gerry

Kathy and Rick

We drove by the dump station but there were 4 rigs ahead of us so we decided to just carry on to our next stop carrying all the grey and black water on board. It was only 30 miles to Salome KOA. We are staying here under our RPI membership and so we are only paying $14 a night. A really good deal. Full hook up and free internet. It is a really nice park but in the back of beyond. In fact it is near the town of Nothing, AZ. On our way here we drove past a place called Hope. We were very amused to see a sign that said "You are now beyond Hope".  So it is going to be a very quiet week and time to catch up on computer and app updates, laundry and have some long hot showers. There is also a nice pool and hot tub that I will be trying.

We have a back in site and we are surrounded by RVs. We are both feeling a little claustrophobic after the wide open spaces on the BLM land. Boondocking in the desert has really grown on us.

I liked the look of this Retro trailer

Beautiful mountain views

The little guy!

Tonight's Sunset

I'm Baaaack!...sort of.

We are camped at La Posa South in Quartzsite and I went to the Blogger Fest here on Saturday. So, my resolve is to, once again, make entries on the blog. I saw that there were over 20 visits to my site on Sunday, so here goes. I have almost no internet here but on Wednesday we are going to a full hookup park which has good internet. I will try and update what news we have then.

So, stay tuned and come along for the ride.

If you want to go back in our history to catch up you can check us out at www.facebook.com/gonerving.

A Change to our Lifestyle!

We are in the process of buying a park model here in Cedar Beach. The inspection was done today and there are a few things we knew had to be done. A new stove, a new furnace and the roof needs re

sealing. Still waiting for the full report. Hoping to move in within the next week as soon as the financing is done.

Our winters are still to be decided. Plan A is to sell the motorhome, get a small trailer and still go south. Plan B is to sell the motorhome and a buy a park model down in Florida, Something that we can rent out when we are not using it. Plan C is to carry on using the motorhome for trips south, if we cannot sell it. Plan D is ...??? Nothing is cast in stone.

Facebook Updates

All the updates on our travels can be found here including the big booboo that we did to the RV at the Tampa Supershow.

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