Well, we have left Beatty, NV and are now at Whiskey Flats RV Park, which is in Hawthorn, NV. We are about 150 miles from Spooner Lake State Park, near Lake Tahoe, the same State Park we were working at last Summer. Yes we were supposed to head to Washington state, but the State Parks don’t know when they will begin allowing volunteers in. Since we have been invited back to Nevada State Parks we are there, and we love it there, too.

While we were traveling to Lake Tahoe area we stopped at the small town of Beatty, NV whose population is a little over 1,000. We did go check out a place near by called Rhyolite. It was a mining town established in 1905 and it was booming with gold and over 6,000 people. But it only lasted till 1910. The pictures that Jodi and I took were what was left of the town, it is a ghost town with ruins all around. Plus, there is a small area down from the town that is called the Goldwell Open Air Museum. This was started in the early 1980s and art was added up until the 2000s.. Some cool art.

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One of the many burros of Beatty

We went on another hike to one other place just outside of Beatty, NV..  Torrance Ranch which is part of a Nature Conservancy. Then we went to a place called Spicer Ranch which is a private property open to the public with bike and hiking trails and at times do music events. There was some unique art here too. People in the desert get eccentrically creative. We made the best of our time in this small town. The town is also close to Death Valley for those who may want to visit the Death Valley National Park someday.

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While we have been here in Hawthorn, NV we checked out the Walker Lake Recreation area. The sad thing is the lake is drying up and lots of algae is growing on the shoreline, so no swimming. For some reason it’s getting very hot again, 100 to 102 for the next few days.. Here are some pictures of the Lake and area. 

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In about three days, we will be at Spooner Lake State Park getting settled and getting ready to start working this Summer. We’ll keep you posted and share some great pictures of the Tahoe area. Such a beautiful area to be for the summer, and temperatures are nice and cool; the weather is great. We love the area..

Jodi and I are doing everything we can to be careful and stay healthy. Wearing our masks and cleaning our grocery’s when we go shopping. We are so tired of doing it, but it is keeping us healthy. Please everyone do the right thing and stay safe and healthy.

Stay tuned and see what we are up to next, The Bobble Head Travelers

Mark and Jodi

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.

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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…

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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….   

Bobble head Travelers,  Mark and Jodi..