On the way to Moab Utah Highway 163

Navajo National Monument

Next day we went from the Grand Canyon to there.

We are home, update later

Grand Canyon

Raymond fought with himself overnight on March 4 and after missing hours of sleep, he told me in the morning that he had had enough sun and that we should move on. So we packed up on Wednesday morning and continued onto Williams AZ. We were at 575 feet above sea level at Lake Havasu City and we climbed all the way to 7000 feet and lo and behold, we have snow on the side of the road. We camped at a KOA park just out of Williams as the washing had to be done and we have internet connection. On March 2 our Star Choice satellite gave up the ghost and the only thing we can connect to is the Knowledge channel. We phoned Star Choice but they said they could not help us as we had not joined the “Away From Home” program. We had to call Star Choice again and go to a different department in order to get a fax number for them. On March 3 we went to Staples and faxed the registration for our trailer to Star Choice so we could be included on the required program. It is now March 6 and we have no satellite but for the one channel. This sucks! We didn’t call Star Choice again as it costs a lot of money to phone and we have racked up a large bill with the owner of the cel phone (thanks Kevin). As a result of no TV service, we may be home sooner that we planned.

Today we drove to the Grand Canyon south rim and spent the day doing the tourist thing. Raymond asked me what I thought of the Canyon and to be honest, I expected something that would take my breath away. I was a bit disappointed but the Grand Canyon is OK. Enough said! (Bryce Canyon wins hands down as far as I am concerned) Oh right, enough said!

Lake Havasu City AZ

Move from Parker to Lake Havasu City

We enjoyed our week long stay on BLM land east of Parker but needed to see some new country so we packed up Saturday morning and headed for Lake Havasu City, AZ. We also needed to go somewhere that we could get cel phone reception as couldn’t seem to pick up anything even though we could see towers on a hill close by. Zack had worn himself out digging holes in search of those ever present lizards so we felt he needed to be removed from the temptation.

We are parked in the Craggy Wash at the north end of the city and thought we might need some wind, so parked uphill in the wash. Of course, once we got here, five more trailers parked just down from us and hopefully left us some space to drive through to the road. This morning the wind was blowing about 100 km/h and it was really hard to hold onto the door when we headed outside. Hopefully the wind will die down and we will be able to sit outside in the beautiful sunshine this afternoon. We will go to town sometime today and get more groceries. Hopefully the meat quality is better here than the Safeway Store in Parker. We really liked Frys in Phoenix and can’t seem to find this store anywhere else.

Monday is voting day in Alberta and this is the first year in my adult life that I will not be voting. Would vote if we were home, but kind of hard when we are in the States. There are a lot of us snowbirds from Alberta down here trying to keep warm (or where we are trying to stay in the shade in 28°C heat) and so a lot of votes will be lost. Hopefully everyone that is eligible to vote will do so.