April 2020 – BOBBLE HEAD TRAVELERS

Hello everyone. We are in limbo here in Parker Dam, California. The park is called River Lodge Resort. We had to get Jodi into a cleaner air quality place. The cow smell of Wellton, AZ had to go. So we had to go to a better smelling place with fresh air. We found out that the hosting job in Washington State was closed down through all of May and may even go into June. We have been invited back to Spooner Lake at Lake Tahoe for the summer as a backup. We want to go to Washington but if they tell us they will be closed through June, and are still unsure about July, we will be going back to Lake Tahoe, as long as nothing changes there. For now we wait, in Limbo. This COVID-19 is really messing up everyone’s lives, including ours. But it could be worse, at least we are healthy and alive at this time, and we are being very careful and following the SOCIAL DISTANCING which many people around us here in Parker and even at our last location were not following. We just keep to ourselves, and do not chit chat with anyone around us. We quarantined ourselves for two weeks when we arrived at our new location but couldn’t believe how many are unwise, not so smart, OK…. how STUPID people are around us NOT distancing themselves. We are near a golf course, and we see groups of golfer’s just playing and ignoring distancing, WRECKLESS. We are staying away from everyone…

Here are some pictures of the area and around the River Lodge Resort.

ANYHOO… This place has some beautiful landscape; mountains, the Colorado River, boating, LOUD speed boats racing almost every day.. But it is really quiet at night..

Its funny, we have been watching a lot of the life and legends of Wyatt Earp lately. The park address says Parker Dam, but we are just on the outskirts of Earp California.

It’s starting to get warm, no HOT, getting up in the 90s and 100s…. We have already had a few above 100 degree days. We are going to head up north in about two weeks to get out of the 100s… We have to.. Here are some pictures of our temps…

***3 reading of our Heat Wave***
***OHHH IT’S A DRY HEAT THEY SAY!!!***

Well we have two more hot hot weeks to go, so we are looking to head north where it is much cooler and boy is this going to seem to take forever…

Jodi and I are hoping that everyone is staying very safe and healthy, please be SMART and do what is expected for us not to spread or catch this horrible Virus… We do expect to continue our RV Bobble Head Travel Adventure for the next 10 years, at least….. We will keep you informed as we know what is next for us… We do plan on heading to Washington State, so we are keeping our fingers cross. Stay tuned and see where we are traveling (Bobble) to next….

***Wear your mask and keep your distance***

Bobble head Travelers, Mark and Jodi..

Well, we are not going anywhere for another month. We were supposed to head to Washington State next week, but now we are staying in place here in Yuma (Wellton, AZ) for another month. With the Covid-19 we were not having any luck in keeping our reservations to some parks heading up North. One would cancel and then another, I would find a replacement, then another would close. All State parks and Corp of Engineer parks, National Park are closed. Arizona State Park Campgrounds are still open, shouldn’t be, but may close soon. Getting real tough RVing now. We just this morning cancelled all of our reservations heading to Washington State.. It amazes me that there are a lot of people who are going about their day like nothing is happening… What stay in place do you not understand?? STAY HOME!!!

Our next hosting job is a day use place at Enumclaw, WA, (Federation Forest State Park) near Mt. Rainier. We will be leaving Arizona when the “All Clear” has been posted. So now since we will be a month behind, we won’t need to take our time heading north to Washington. We will take maybe 15 days instead of 30. We want to get there and start our hosting job. This is only if Washington does not shut down for even longer. The good thing is if our Washington host job falls through because of the COVID-19, Spooner Lake in Tahoe said we are welcome to go there for another Summer if they are open… Yaaaa, Love that place….If we can’t get to Washington, or Tahoe we will be without a host job for the summer. We are not sure where we will be.. This is such an uncertain time for everyone..

We have done some good stuff here at Arrowhead RV Park in Wellton, AZ, just outside of Yuma. We accomplished good things for the park and it was a great experience for us both. Now time to move on to some new places and new adventures. But we have to wait for now.

Mostly what I did was help the manager with projects or worked on weeding the cactus garden, worked on the park sprinkler system, helped clean the Recreation Center and two laundry rooms. Jodi had four bathrooms to clean, the Recreation Center and at first she was in the park office for the month, then broke away from the office to paint a big 6 Panel mural next to the office. 150 + hours of painting.. The before and after shots are down below..

Here are some details of a few panels she did.

Arizona is known for its sunsets and many beautiful places with rock formations and many other places to see. We want to visit other places in Arizona, but it will be a while before that happens. We still need to see the Grand Canyon..

So Jodi and I do hope all is well, stay safe and keep your distance from others and please stay healthy… We’ll keep you all posted on when and where we are heading when we know things are getting better, and we are moving on to our new adventures…

We would not mind hearing from some of you that are following us, how you all are doing?? Please let us know…. Thank you, all of you!!!