Turtle Tales: Day 7 - Casa Grande, Arizona - Desert Hot Springs, California

On the road at 7 AM this morning and had a pleasant surprise as we pulled out of the RV Park - there was a hot air balloon just taking off - it was beautiful to watch, but I'm not sure I would want to be in it at that time of day as it was 47 degrees at the time!

In order to avoid the early morning rush hour traffic in Phoenix, we took the by-pass which put us about thirty miles out of our way, but was less stressful. As it turned out, by doing this, we got to go through a Seguro Cacus Forest. Millions of them, and no two alike! Some were comical in nature as their arms twisted and turned in every direction! Others were tall and majestic!

The ride was uneventful until we got within 100 miles of Los Angeles, then the traffic really picked up. Crazy drivers and crazy gas prices ($4.47 a gallon) ! The Mohave desert is full of interesting cacti and lots of sand! Tonights shower was WONDERFUL!

And of course, we got to add another state sticker to our "where we have been" map which now gives us stickers from coast to coast!

We are staying at Desert Hot Springs, California at an upscale RV Park called Sands RV and Golf Club! It's the only place we could find that was reasonably priced! Very fancy place indeed! There are a lot of motorhomes and park models here, but they do have a section for those that are short-timers such as ourselves. One thing this park has that we haven't seen in five days is grass!!!!!!!! They even have a 1 acre fenced in dog park where you can exercise your dogs off leash! Penny and Lacy had a great time playing and meeting new friends there. They are both crashed now - but they really needed to be able to run and play after being in the truck for so long!

We are either going to stay here two nights so we can visit the Joshua Tree National Park or move on to be closer to the coast so we can start our lighthouse visits. We haven't decided just yet - we aren't on any strict schedule, so we just take each day as it comes.

Tomorrow is another day! It is also Pastor Carl Westbrook's Birthday! (Pastor of our home church, First United Methodist Church) Happy Birthday Carl! May your day be filled with many Blessings and much joy!