I
read in an email that Duane & Sue were leaving Mesa and hadn’t decided if
they were going to Laughlin or Las Vegas.
I called to tell them that we were in Laughlin so they decided to come
here. I took a roast out to thaw for a
bit and we headed out to get breakfast somewhere. We had a coupon for a 2-for-1 buffet but
Terry didn’t notice that it wasn’t good on Friday & Saturday so we ended up
walking a bit to another casino. We came
back to get the roast in the crock pot and I did 3 loads of laundry. There are only 3 washers & dryers here in
the park so I had to do them in shifts as other people had the same idea. Luckily it wasn’t far away so I made a few trips
back & forth and Terry came to help hang & fold.
Duane
& Sue were still not here so I called and found that they had a tire
blowout on their 5th wheel and were waiting for someone to come
change it. I decided I needed a few
grocery items and we discovered that the closest store is the Safeway in
Bullhead City which is 5 ½ miles away. I
finished mixing up a potato salad when we got back and called Sue again. They were still waiting as their first call
did not get logged correctly and no one was sent out!
Sue
finally called close to 7 and Terry went to pick them up from the dry camping
area at the Riverside Casino across the street.
We relaxed with a drink, had dinner and all went to gamble a bit at the
Riverside.
Apr 7th – Sun
We
picked up Duane & Sue to look for tire shops this morning. Of course not much was open on Sunday and after
a couple of stops Duane decided he would have to wait until tomorrow.
We
went to the Avi Casino and drove through the RV park looking for Don & Deb
who had been staying there but who actually left today.
We
had lunch at the Avi and tried to change our luck at the slots – no good! Bob from Val Vista showed up while we were
gambling and went to get Gail to say hi to everyone. When we got back, Duane pulled out some lawn
chairs and we sat on a lawn in the shade of their rig to have a drink and watch
traffic on the river and boat launch.
We
brought the truck back to our site, relaxed for half an hour and went to meet
Duane & Sue to walk along the river.
Sue called to say they would be a bit late as a security guard showed up
and said they had to move to the other side of the casino with the rest of the
RVs.
We
walked a long way along the river and through casinos and stopped to gamble at
some. We ended up at the Golden Nugget
for dinner and to lose as much as we could handle for one day!
It
was a long walk back but the weather was perfect and we went directly along the
sidewalk instead of winding through casinos.
Apr 8th – Mon
There
was a terrific wind this morning and I thought we would end up with willow
leaves on our slides as you could hear them hitting the rig. We left about 9 for the 67 mile drive to Lake
Havasu City and it continued to be windy.
We heard later that semis had to pull off of the I40 just north of Casa
Grande.
We
called our friends Charlie & Julie and they had to run some errands so we
went to get lunch. They called back to
say they were home just as we finished eating so we headed to their house. Charlie & Julie are from South Dakota and
we met them in Yuma in Dec 09/Jan 10.
C&J’s
friends Rick & Karen have their motor home parked beside the house which
C&J bought 2 years ago & sold their 5th wheel. We sat & chatted for several hours and
then Julie & Karen made dinner and I contributed dessert.
Charlie
wanted to watch a basketball game so the guys took over the living room and the
ladies watched DWTS in the master bedroom.
We only got to see the first hour though as Charlie had a favorite
program set up to record at 8. We headed
home about 8:30.
Apr 9th – Tues
We
caught a small ferry at 9 to go across Lake Havasu to a casino in
California. It was still windy but the
ferry was very stable. We had breakfast
first and then gambled – and lost! but we have new cards for our
collection!! We caught the ferry back
and weren’t sure how they could afford to keep it running with so few people at
$2 roundtrip.
I
made a couple of appies for later and then we went shopping. We are looking for shoes for both of us but
there aren’t many stores to choose from here.
We had time to relax a bit before going back to Charlie &
Julie’s. We followed them to their
friends’ house for the group’s weekly get-together. The hosts were Denny & Charlene
(Charlie). Also there were Jim &
Jeanette, Sue & Bruce and Bill & Nancy.
(note to Julie – send an mail if I have the names or couples
wrong!) Some of the couples are from the
same town in SD and they all have places in Lake Havasu City. We had a great time with the guys around one
table and the ladies around another. It
was quite warm when we got there but most people put jackets on later.
Goodbye
hugs all around and we headed home.
I
am late posting my blog as we could not get internet service in the RV park. We are now (10th) in Williams AZ.
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