Traveling North to Kingman, Dispatching the Dust, and Purple Hair.

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March 5th & 6th , 2018

We were up early Monday as this was a travel day and we have a couple of things to get done before we head north on 95 connect to I-40 and settle into the Zuni Village RV Park in Kingman. Since, January 4th, except for three days in February when we took advantage of a coupon for a free three day stay at the Fortuna De Oro RV Park in Yuma, we have been dry camping. We will be parked here for a week and unlimited water and electricity will be a welcome luxury. The trade off is no wide open spaces; for this week we are ready to make the trade. While parked here we will be dispatching the dust that has accumulated in every nook and cranny back to the outside. I started yesterday when we arrived and Tom continued the battle today.

I was not much help with today's project; thinking ahead I had an appointment to have my hair done this morning and that is were the Purple Hair comes in. (Though technically she said it is called Violet.) The woman who did it really did a nice job and I am a "happy camper".  Tomorrow, no excuse, I will have to help with the final dispatch of  the dust out the door. We know it is only temporarily gone, we will be back out in the desert next week, but for now it feels wonderful.

The pictures below are from Monday. No pictures were taken today.

Monday's Sunrise.

Leaving Dome Rock BLM the Stinger "B" is on her way.
Tom is stopping to get our propane topped off and I have an errand 
to run, (okay I admit it I am stopping for some purple beads), 
before we meet out at Plomosa Road. 
Then we will hook the Jeep up and head on down the road. 

We have just passed by Parker.

I do not care how many times we take this ride I always love
 seeing the beautiful blue Colorado River.

How many homes can you build or place on a hill overlooking a river?

The long road ahead.

We pulled into the Walmart in Lake Havasu City, where we were pretty
sure we would find a place to park the Stinger "B". Then we took a walk
over to the Social Bean for lunch.

That was Plan B. I cannot remember the name of the restaurant I had found online that we planned on eating at but it was closed and this cute coffee shop was open next door. While there we saw several other couples walk by and then return to do the same thing we did. I did not think to take a picture until only half the soup and sandwich were left. Not my usual lunch but it was very good and that half of the sandwich was dinner. The person who puts in the last puzzle piece gets a free drink.
Hard to tell in the picture but the outside edge was done, Patsy.

The hand only did a shy wave on our way by today.

Does anyone else see a face?

Merging onto I-40

The long flat road ahead.

Coming into Kingman. How could I not take a picture of
The Holy Moses Wash!

We are going up.

One more little section of up

then we are going down.

This exit a couple of turns and we will be home for a week.

We are looking forward to our time here and being able to visit with friends. Plus, on Thursday we will drive back to Lake Havasu City to enjoy the company of other "Yoopers" that have escaped the frozen north.

We feel lucky everyday to be able to say,

we are living our retirement dream!

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