Arizona & California

Mallard duck on the front of the pontoon boat

Rock formation near the Headgate Rock Dam on the Colorado River

We left ElGolfo Mexico on the 14th of March. Upon Arrival at Emerald Cove RV Resort and we set up our motorhome there. We went to the St. Patricks day dinner that night at the clubhouse. They had decided to have the dinner on the Saturday night rather than wait for the actual day as the park had lots of people and by Tuesday most of the weekenders would be gone. We left our motorhome there and on the 20th we took the car and drove over to Palm Springs, CA. We were meeting family there as they came during the spring break associated with the school system and also Easter break. Both combined gave a total of 2 weeks of no school. We stayed at the Royal Sun Motel on South Palm Canyon Drive. We have stayed there before and we liked it there . The price is reasonable and they have a very good continental breakfast each morning. We made reservations in December as we knew it would be busy in Palm Springs. We both really like Palm Springs. To us the boulevards are manicured well and the palm trees represent warmth. We spent 10 days there with family and also with friends that live there. On Easter Sunday we had a brunch that was held at our friends. Excellent food and celebrated with orange juice and champagne along with the traditional ham & all the trimmings. Our family members departed Palm Springs via air and we drove back to Emerald Cove. Friends have a pontoon boat and we spent time on the water along with having barbequed turkey burgers, salads, and sweets. We said good bye to our friends and left the park on Saturday the 5th. We drove a few miles north up Hwy 95 to Lake Havasu, AZ. Here we are at the Lake Havasu CRA Resort. Another park within our resort system. We are booked in here till the 19th of April. Upon arrival at this park we find that in the clubhouse that night they are holding the final dinner for the season. So the cook, Jennie cleaned out the freezer and cooked up every thing. Cost $3.00 per person. The dinner consisted of meatloaf, turkey, ham, shrimp fettuccini, baked spagetti cheese & sausage, liver and onions, baked potato, mashed potatoes, potato au gratin casserole, gravy for your patatoes and meatloaf, fresh lettuce salad & sauces, desserts and coffee, tea or a variety of sodas. What a feast!!!! and very tasty. Of course you couldn't have some of everything, but the variety was excellent. After supper, karaoke was the order of the day. We stayed for a while but soon departed as we had promised those at the last park we were at(Emerald Cove) that we would come back for karaoke. We drove back the 45 miles for this event. Left them all again after saying goodbye(again!) and drove back to Lake Havasu. On Monday norning we made another road trip to Quartzite. We had made arrangements to meet Bob and Cathy(friends from NY) there for breakfast. We hadn't seen them since our Mexican cruise and knew we wouldn't be seeing them again till this fall. We left them and drove back to Lake Havasu, but made a small detour through Emerald Cove surprising them all again. Spent a few moments there and then headed back to Lake Havasu. We have several planned road trips from here. We are driving to Laughlin to see and hear Merle Haggard the country singer on Saturday evening. We are driving over on Friday though as there is a great sea food buffet we are told. Going over with a group from the park here. I've posted a few pics on (Under Links)Webshots - our Photos under the title Emerald Cove & area.

Headgate Rock Dam on Colorado River