Sunday, January 11, 2009

On the Colorado River

We left the Riverside County Fairgrounds after lots of hugs, handshakes and see-you-soons. What a great group of people. Everything went smoothly. The propane tank is filled, the refrigerator is filled and best of all, the inverter is working.


We had a pleasant drive across I-10 in the 78 degree heat and arrived at Hidden Beaches RV Resort. It's an OK park that is situated right on the Colorado River on the California side. There are quite a few empty trailers and campers so we are guessing that on the weekends when everyone wants to launch their watercraft and play, this place is jumping.

A full hookup site was necessary to do laundry and long, hot showers and after a little shuffling of sites we settled in. This is not a fancy park but it will do for a couple of nights while we prepare for another week of boondocking in the Arizona desert near Quartzsite.


Shortly after we got settled, Doug heard a strange whooshing sound and opened the basement compartment to discover water spraying and pouring all over everything in storage. The hose that connects to the water pump had become unattached (disattached?). Either way, what a mess!


We shut everything off and started unloading the basement. It looked like the Beverly Hillbillies had moved into the park. But the carpet was soaked and will need to dry in the heat (hopefully tomorrow). I dried things as best I could while Doug repaired the hose. Thank heavens he is a boy scout-be prepared kind of person. He had everything we needed to get the water running again.


We paused long enough to watch another southwest sunset. I hope you aren't too tired of sunset pictures because I love taking them. Some evenings the sky is just spectacular.


And then it gets better!!!

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YTD .51

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