Tuesday, March 10, 2009

A day of visiting friends

We took time out today to visit with friends who are staying in the area.

After we checked into this RV park last Sunday we were pulling around to find our assigned space when we saw this guy waving his shirt at us. Then he removed his cap and took a big bow. At that point I realized it was Frank Damron. Frank and his wife, Sharon, are full time RVer's who have been working the RV shows and rallies for several years as vendors. They sell safety equipment for the chassis' of these beast including Bilstien Shock Absorbers. He has put these new shocks on our last two coaches in addition to a Safety Plus steering aid. Over the years of seeing them at the different rallies we have become good friends. So today we took some time to go look them up at the RV park where they are currently camped. They not only live full time in their coach they travel with their pet parrot Rocky. Rocky took to Joanne and had to give her a kiss before we left.

After leaving the Damron's we drove over to see Rich & Linda Cotterall's vacation house in Bullhead City, Arizona. They have a very nice place on a corner lot with a large garage to store their boat. After seeing the house Rich suggested we go see the lake they play on during the warmer months. I was not aware that the Colorado River in this area had more than two lakes. I knew of and have been to Lake Meade and Lake Havasu. In addition there is Lake Powell and Lake Mohave. Lake Mohave is just north of Bullhead City so we piled in their car and headed out. This is a beautiful lake with very blue water. From my Navy days I know that blue water means depth. That is why we were referred to as "blue water sailors" since we spent most of our time out in the ocean. Joanne was curious of just how warm or cold the water was this time of year. Definitely not warm enough to put the boat in and try some skiing.
This was our last day here in the Laughlin/Bullhead City area. Tomorrow morning we will head west and north to Baker, California, to get ready for the Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay Race.

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