BLYTHE, CA
Hidden Beaches RV Resort
Blythe, CA
March 07 – March 20, 2016
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-TEDlJoXic
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgSt7Uuba
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ek6tcM-Y1o
The sunsets were beautiful also.
