Arizona 2018 The Trip Down

 The Trip Down JANUARY 2 - 7TH.
Ok, New Years is over and we hit the road Tuesday January 2, 2018, we made great time for 30 minutes til the Peach Arch border crossing, where the almost annual "random inspection " occurred. After a nice chat with the Border Patrol, and a inspection of the rig,we were on our way again minus a plastic bag of Lola's dog treats that were unlabelled. Thru Seattle with very little traffic, we motored down the I-5, Portland was also uneventful. Driving conditions were great and we reached our planned stop for the night by 2pm, too early so we opted to keep going to Seven Feathers RV & Casino in Canyonville. It was dark when we arrived at 6:15pm.
Wednesday 9am departure from 7 Feathers, heading for the Siskyou Pass and into California. Weather and driving conditions were still great, until we got close to Sacramento where it started to sprinkle rain off and on, nearing 4pm rush hour was beginning, but tailing a semi in the truck lane we got to Lodi and Flag City RV by 5PM
Thursday another 9 am departure down California route 99 passing thru farm, cattle and wine country, with a stop in Turlock, Ca at Costco for a few supplies. The AC in the truck had to be activated :) ..  Made good time and arrived at Orange Grove RV park in Bakersfield Ca. by 3PM - time to relax and pick oranges right off the tree.
Friday - usual 9am departure on Ca 58 east up over the Tehachapi pass and thru the Mohave desert, little traffic and cruising at 65MPH we got into Lake Havasu state park

(one of Marys  favourites)  We were a day early but managed to get a spot for the night, even though we would have to move sites the next day. 
Saturday JANUARY 6 - Happy Birthday to Mary. The site we were going to was occupied and the occupants were not leaving til check out time at noon, so walked around the park, then tidied up the RV and packed a few things, Mary was walking around the RV with Lola in tow, when Lola saw another dog and wanted to say Hi, pulled Mary over right on her face.

A few scraps, but thankfully nothing worse.  happy birthday. We did get into our new site, then went out,got some more supplies, visited ATT to activate Marys I Pad 3G, then found a great dog park for Lola, she ran her butt off and then vegged for the rest of the day.
Sunday - easy day, a few walks for Lola, We were to visit Marys cousin Shirley, but the flu was at their place, so we just chatted and got caught up on the phone. We returned to the dog park later in the day and Lola was in her glory running and playing after the 5 days travelling in the back seat in her crate. Did I mention that for a 10 month old pup, she was a great traveller.
Monday  heading for Palm Creek Golf and RV resort in Casa Grande, a short 4 1/2 hr drive. Arrived by 1:30 got set up, welcomed by old friends and new neighbour's, ahh,,our winter home
                    that's all for this week folks, tune in next Monday for more updates