Arizona

Mar 18     Desert Hot Springs, Ca - Ehrenberg, AZ     121 miles        2 hours 15 minutes

We drove to Arizona Oasis RV Resort in Ehrenberg, Arizona. It's located right after crossing the state line from California to Arizona. It's kind of nice. Located right on the Colorado River with some nice views. Can swim in the river but the waters pretty chilly. There's also a pool and hot tub. Passport America rate is $48.47 for two nights.

Chillin' in the river

We're on our way to Scottsdale for an RV event so just spending two nights here to break up the drive. Sunsets are stunning here on the Colorado River.








Mar 20   Ehrenberg - Scottsdale, AZ       174 miles       4 hours

We got an early start and drove to Scottsdale, Arizona. We're spending 4 days at Westworld of Scottsdale. It's an  Outdoor Expo with RV's, boats, hunting, etc that starts on Thursday. We paid $179 which includes 4 days of camping with electric and water, entry to the Expo, and get togethers every evening with the Good Sam Club.

Before we got here, we stopped at Costco to gas up the RV. Not bad $2.46 a gallon, took 54 gallons to fill up.

Camping in the parking lot

Mar 22  McDowell Sonoran Preserve

This morning we drove to McDowell Sonoran Preserve just a few minutes away from where we're staying. We did a simple hike, around 2 miles. We took our time and enjoyed the scenery. Real nice hike surrounded by mountains and cactus all over.

Then back to the Expo for the 2nd day. I'm enjoying all the little seminars they have on RVing.

In the afternoon we took a drive out to Phoenix Premium Outlet. I wanted to pick up some shorts for Josh at Quiksilver. Then we met our niece, Keahi for dinner at Texas Roadhouse. We had to wait 1 hour for our table but we always enjoy spending time with Keahi.






Mar 23

This morning we went back to McDowell Sonoran Preserve and did the Gateway Loop Trail. This hike a little harder, about 5 miles and lots of uphill on rocky terrain.  It took us about 2 hours, very nice hike with all the spring blooms, so beautiful. We had to take our time because it was so rocky.

Spring blooms so pretty

Then back to the Expo for more seminars.

We really enjoyed the Outdoor Expo these past few days. We met a couple from New Mexico the first evening at the Good Sam get together. Rick and Belinda from Las Cruces, New Mexico. That's what these rallies are all about, learning about RVing and making new friends.