Buckskin Mountain State Park, Parker, AZ

We managed to wear ourselves out yesterday with the geocaching and touring around, so today we took it easy.  We hung around the park and took a short ride to the other side of the river to check out Buckskin Mt SP from the California side.

The park has a small swimming area along side of the Colorado River, however we didn't spend much time there.  I am sure it will be full of people this weekend with all the boaters and campers being here.

We wondered what the view of the park looked like from the California side and managed to drive over the Parker Dam and over to a campground directly across from us.  It is a private campground and as expected the units are packed in there.  We are right behind the small mound at the left center of the park. 

 This is a closeup of the park, but we still couldn't see our unit from there.  You can see how wild the hills are on the Arizona side.  It must have been very expensive to blast a road through this area.

Buckskin Mountain State Park

There is a section of road just below the Parker Dam on the California side of the river where wild burros roam free.  They are always begging for a handout and it was difficult to get a good picture of them.  This one decided to pose for us and was a handsome devil.
 

Wild Burro

We had a beautiful sunset this evening and managed to get a nice shot of it with the clouds and plane contrails in the sky.

It has warmed up around here and they are calling for 100+ temps this weekend.  Since we only have 30 amp service, we can only run one a/c at a time or risk burning one up.  Our coach is all electric and we have a residential refrigerator so it takes a lot of juice to run it.  The water heater runs off electric or diesel, so that isn't a problem.  Hot water is plentiful since it is so hot outside and the water hose is exposed to the sun.

We did receive a bit of bad news today when we checked to see if the Nellie E Desert Bar was open and found out it closed last weekend.  It is a desert bar that runs solely on solar power, so they close for the hot summer months.  Too bad, since we always enjoyed the 6 mile ride along a rough and dusty road to get there.

Nellie E Desert Bar

 
That was our not so exciting day, but we enjoyed taking it easy.  What about you, did you do anything exciting or interesting?
 

Back on the road again - Destination Buckskin Mountain State Park

The winds let up a little and we decided it was time to hit the road again.  We've been sitting in one spot too long and it was way past time to move on out.

We said our goodbyes to neighbors Frank & Jan and then Ron K as we stopped to settle up our bill with CCRV.  Gerry left a deposit for next winter, so I guess we are returning to CCRV for the 9th year.

Ron is thinking of spending the summer in the Boise, ID area visiting with friends.  The weather up there should be a lot nicer than Tucson.  Once Gerry came out we said our goodbye to Ron and hit the road. 

We stopped to take on some diesel fuel at the Pilot just east of Tucson.  With our discount RV card we paid $3.829/gallon.  Not great, but cheaper than any other place in the area.  When I pulled up to the RV fuel island a man in a Prius drove right in front of me.  Thankfully, I was stopping to get fuel or I would have t-boned him.  When I exited the motorhome he came over to me with a hard luck story that he was from Mexico and his credit card wouldn't work.  He had Arizona plates on the car, so that destroyed what little credibility he had.  These people hang around Pilot & TTT in Tucson and are looking for a handout all the time.  Seems like it would be easier to just get a job and earn the money.

For the most part we had an easy drive to Buckskin Mtn., but we did have a couple wind gusts that rocked the motorhome. As usual we had a head wind or wind from the side.  One takes its toll with fuel mileage and the other with my nerves.  All in all though it was an uneventful trip of 310 miles.  Considering we left around 12:45 and arrived at 6:30pm, we made pretty good time.

Buckskin Mountain State Park - entrance

We have a site here until Saturday and then will move on toward Las Vegas.  We actually have the same site we've had a couple times before when we stopped here.  Site # 63 is great, but we only have it for one night and then move across the road to site # 60.  I'd prefer to get to Vegas after the weekend so we'll have to find a spot to spend Saturday night.  Maybe boondocking for 2-3 nights is in the cards for us.  

Gerry talked to our friends Linda & Sherwin and they were sitting around this morning and decided to pack their bags and head north a day ahead of schedule.  When you are retired schedules don't always mean that much.  Have a safe trip you guys.

That was our exciting day, how was yours?