There Really Are Wild Burros !!

What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters to what lies within us.

Up and down the highway outside the RV park signs are visible warning drivers to slow down due to the possibility of burrows being on the highway.  We had never seen the burros.  What we had seen were a few piles here and a few piles there.   

Well, we hadn’t seen them until Saturday on our trip back from Lake Havasu.  We took the short cut across the Parker Dam on our return trip.  Traveling across the dam saves quite a few miles and also keeps you off the main roads.  The road across the dam gives an amazing view of the water below. This dam is the deepest dam in the world as it is 320 feet high but  235 feet is below the riverbed.

Because we were traveling this route we did get to finally see the burros for the first time.  There were lots of them.  We saw them on the hills.  We saw them in groups in different places along the roadway.  Perhaps, they had been down to the river for water and our timing was just perfect.  The burros certainly weren’t afraid of the cars.  They watched us as much as we watched them.

 

You can sure tell that spring is just around the corner.  Springtime usually means lots of beautiful flowers.  Even the cactus start blooming.  The desert actually comes alive with a little bit of rain and lots of sunshine.  We noticed this when we were around Lake Havasu on Saturday.  There was color in many places.  The little wild flowers are starting to cover the ground.  We saw purple, yellow and orange flowers coloring the landscape  Spring is definitely starting to show it’s colors.

Saturday night was steak night at the park.  You really never know what to expect when you have steak cooked for a large group.  The clubhouse wasn’t totally full but it certainly had drawn quite a crowd.  We didn’t miss it and figured if we didn’t like the steak, Duchess certainly would.  Well, much to her dismay we loved the steaks.

They really do a good job with the food around here.  We still aren’t buying groceries.  No need to at the prices they charge.  Sunday morning is their champagne breakfast.  It’ll be interesting to check that out too.  Then, we’ll come full circle …. a whole week in the same park.  It’ll be interesting to see if the menu changes or if they repeat.  It’s not that we care.  We certainly have some favorites for sure.

We’ve complained when it’s been too cold this winter.  We’ve complained about the rain and we’ve complained about the wind.  Well, I just checked the weather out.  You know the weatherman never lies.  Temperatures are going to start hovering in the mid 90’s this week!  Are we going to be out enjoying it or start complaining?  Either way that air conditioning will probably get a good work out.

How do you think the owner of the UTV in the picture below gets the vehicle in that position --- nose down ??



Next on our activity list is Quartzsite.  We’re going to take a drive down there and check it out again.  It’ll be interesting to compare the activity in that little town to what it was a little over a month ago.

‘Tis life on the road.