QZ - Feb 22nd - 23rd

Feb 22, Thursday
We had a long, busy, fun day today. Clem & Marlene picked us up at 8:30 for a trip to Oatman. It is an old mining town about 125 miles north of here - past Lake Havasu City. There is a street of shops and a couple of places to eat. We browsed through shops, watched the gunfight in the street (after a tour bus was “held up”) and had a very good lunch. Then we drove a few more miles to the old mine site and took a tour of the mine. They load everyone on an open “wagon” that was used to transport miners and take you up a road to the mine entrance for a guided tour. Our tour guide was a lot of fun - got across a lot of facts without being dry or boring. The mine started about 1900. There are 145 MILES of main and branch tunnels on 9 or 10 levels in the one mountain. It is all non-supported - just dug out of solid rock. A few braces exist to hold planks on the ceiling to prevent rocks from falling on your head. When we went back through Oatman we saw the burros that roam the town getting carrots from tourists. We stopped at Parker on the way back for a beer and arrived back about 6:30.
Feb 23, Friday
Still no letter from Homeland Security!! We spoke with people at the office about the possibility of staying past the end of February if needed. Our site is not rented after we leave and there are several empty sites so it should be no problem to stay here longer even though we’d like to move on to somewhere new.
I joined the walking ladies this morning and had coffee with them. It was very windy last night and most of today but not too cold in the morning. Seemed like it got cooler as the day went on. Some laundry this afternoon and pinochle this evening.
We got a phone call from our neighbors when we lived in Bellevue. They are in Palm Springs and are leaving on Wednesday. So they are going to drive here on Sunday to see us. We have not seen them for many years so we are really looking forward to the visit.