The second leg of our adventure took us to Blythe, CA to the Hidden Beaches RV Resort on the Colorado River and the border of Arizona. The place is a bit run down with more permanent residents than RV sites, but the people are very nice, and the spots along the river are abundant with views of the river and the surrounding mountains. The sites along river also do not have sewer hookups due to regulations regarding protection of the river, however; they do have a honey-wagon that comes around a couple times a week to empty your tanks for you. The resort also has a small grocery store on site.
It was a much needed two weeks of basically “nothing”, especially for Tom. He and Daisy enjoyed relaxing in our lounge chairs and watching the river roll by.
Tom wasn’t quite sure what to do with himself at first, but ended up enjoying the peace and quiet.
The “resort” itself wasn’t much to boast about, however; the spots along the river with their concrete patios with wrought iron railings overlooking the river are awesome.
Here is a picture looking up at our See Ya from the boat launch ramp, and then one looking down at the river from our patio.
While out on one of our walks, we had the opportunity to tour an old “cousin” of our Alfa See Ya fifth wheel. It was a 1980 Alfa (not sure of Model) fifth wheel. It has a unique “tip-out”, which we mistakenly thought was an unusual slide. The original owners keep it on their property as a “guest house” of sorts. It is cutely decorated and quite cozy. We loved the old cabinetry. It was very kind of the darling couple to let us do a video tour of it. The video can be seen on our YouTube channel. Here’s the link:
Since we were so close, we thought that we would take a little drive over to Quartzsite, AZ and see what all the hoopla of the area is. Haha… well, the busy season had died down when we were there and it looked like a ghost town. We did, however; take advantage of the nice big laundromat and got some laundry done. We also have a short video of that tour. Here’s the link:
The birds were quite melodious and Kaylee (our kitty) enjoyed the constant visitation of the birds. The birds enjoyed our feeder too. The trees were full of Brewers Blackbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Yellow-headed Blackbirds.
Our first stop on our full-timing adventure was at the Desert Pools RV Park (Resort) in Desert Hot Springs, CA. The park has over 250 spaces including park models to rent.
As its name suggests, there are three mineral spa pools and a large swimming pool. The spa pools are from natural hot springs and vary in temperature from 96 to 104 degrees. Tom enjoyed relaxing in the pools, but Lori doesn’t like the “water”, so she just sat with Tom and kept him company.
The “resort” held up to its classification and had many resort amenities. Pool, mineral spas, sauna, billiards room, library, fitness center, shuffleboard, tennis/pickle board courts, game room, and dining room.
There were many activities that you could participate in such as: bingo night, pickle ball with lessons, card bingo, ice cream social, breakfasts, dinners, “yard” sales, craft sales, aerobics (both on mat and in pool), and many more.
We enjoyed playing the card bingo game one night. The game is called different things at different parks, but the gist of it is kind of like a bingo game with a deck of playing cards and different “obstacles” along the way. You put money in a pot, different amounts each round, a very minimal investment. I believe it was only about $1.50 total, but it’s fun to win the pot when you win the round.
We also participated in the “yard” sale, and the craft sale, but didn’t sell much, but it was fun visiting with everyone.
We would have loved to stay longer and to have been able to participate in more of their social events.
We enjoyed our walks and bike rides around the resort.
We even met this beautiful kitty, Barney and his servants, Mike and Bonnie.
While in the area we also enjoyed visiting our friend, Tommy
Tom and Tommy have been friends for many years having met in their radio careers in Reno, NV. Tommy gave us a tour of the radio station he is working at and then we went to lunch at Panera. We had a very nice visit with our dear friend.
We also enjoyed the Palm Spring Aerial Tram while in the area. It was an amazing ride in a rotating tramcar giving us a 360° view of Mt. San Jacinto and the surrounding Coachella Valley. The two and a half mile ride from the valley floor to the Mountain Station at the elevation of 8,516 feet took less than 15 minutes.
The view was amazing and we were excited to see SNOW!
The night before we were supposed to leave, we were checking the weather and the forecast was for extreme winds the next day, so we stayed put for an extra day and headed to Blythe a day late. That day, the wind was so high that we actually pulled in one of our slides because the slide topper was blowing too hard. We were so glad that we didn’t try and make the trip in the wind.
We really enjoyed the Palm Springs area and look forward to visiting again!
So while we were in St. Louis, we had to drive by Tom’s old stomping grounds in North County where he grew up and went to high school…Join the excursion, and make sure to leave a comment, plus like and subscribe to our you tube channel too! 🙂
Why, YES! We are! We love our St. Louis Cardinals! 😉 We had the time of our life while in St. Louis, not only did we get to see relatives and friends we haven’t seen in years..we finally made it to the latest Busch Stadium! Tom has now been to all the Cardinal ballparks since 1954 (even though he doesn’t actually remember that trip-6 was only 6 months old!) Come along for the fun day we had even though the way it turned out isn’t what we hoped for!
