Last Day at Ridgeview RV Resort

Monday, Dec. 5, we slept in until almost 8 but I dressed and got a mile and a half walk in around the park. There is a walking class at the clubhouse Mon. Wed. and Fri. but after taking part in a couple, I realize that outdoors is where I prefer to walk. I get bored with the same instructions and instructor too easily, especially on a dvd.

From our site down to the casinos in Laughlin, Nv

Bring on Christmas

Daytime view from our site

My walk this morning took me to higher sights
 Today found us heading into Bullhead City one last time to pick up things on our ever-building grocery/liquor list. Obviously, with smaller spaces in the Suite than in our former home, we find ourselves shopping more often. This is fine, it seems to prevent us from buying more than we need which then means less food to go stagnant.

Looking over the park to Laughlin, Nevada

We tasted a wonderful drink at one of Oscar and Judy’s happy hours last week and within seconds had to know where they got it. Today, we stopped at Walgreen’s to pick up some Christian Brothers Holiday Nog. Oh, my goodness! This treat will be nice for a change this Christmas season. A few stops, the Bank, Pet Smart (to pick up some of the dreaded dogfood the border guard wanted), Walmart and finally to fill up with diesel. Price was right on Bullhead Parkway for $2.39/gal.

We were home again around 1 and began putting groceries away. I know we both slept really well last night so I can’t explain it but when the food was stashed away and we had a bite to eat for a late lunch, all 3 of us had an afternoon siesta. Obviously, we needed it! We have a dear friend who is 91 and lives in B.C. who says “I don’t have afternoon naps, I will have plenty of time to sleep when I’m dead!” but Bill and I believe that we’ve earned a snooze whenever we feel we need one so we take one.

Renewed with energy, we started putting things away in and around the Suite, preparing to hit the road tomorrow. We really like this park and the area and recommend it to anyone, however, we’ve been here 2 weeks and we are ready to move on. Bill worked outside and I worked inside. It doesn’t take us long at all and soon he had one project left and not a favorite. The Q needed a good clean out so we shared the task.

A view of our site from the top of the hill

By 5 pm the sun was starting to lower in the western sky and things were pretty well organized.  With the late lunch, we decided that supper would be a simple meal of toasted bacon and tomato sandwiches. Yum, one of our favourite quick dinners.

We’ve had a wonderful day here with mostly sunny skies, no wind and a high temperature of 68F. Awesome! Tomorrow we will be going to Quartzsite to meet up with George and Suzie for a few days and truly experience boondocking.

Sharing some of our gorgeous sunsets here in the park

I hope your day was great too.

Thank you for reading and of course all comments are welcome.

Reflection, Happy Hours, Books, Walking and Jigsaws

Monday, Nov. 28

Today I kept busy, the good kind of busy. I was up by 7 as usual and did a bit of blog reading and caught up on my Scrabble with my sister, Donna on Facebook. I had been invited to go to the clubhouse and join in the Exercise/Walk class at 8 am so instead of touring the park alone, I attended. It was nice to have 9 or 10 other campers to walk with and we watched a video for 45 minutes and strutted our stuff with a few variations. It felt good and an easy way to get a couple miles under my belt early.

When I got back, we had a quick breakfast, got cleaned up and drove into Bullhead City, Az
and Laughlin, Nv to get some cards mailed and go into a do-it-yourself car wash and get some of the Alamo Road grit off the truck. It was a pretty sweet deal for $5 you got 20 minutes of suds, rinse and power dry and all the brushes to go with it. Next time we'll take some soft cloths to do an even better job but the King Ranch is smiling now!

crossing the Colorado River into Nevada

Remind you of a movie??

The day was young so we then drove across the Colorado River into Nevada just to get some pictures of the casinos and check out the homes in the area.

Laughlin, Nevada

 It is a thing we like to do, there are some really nice places and some of the opposite. By this time, it was approaching 1 pm and when Bill asked the question “are you getting hungry?” I knew where his tummy was thinking of so we drove back to Bullhead City and stopped at Chili’s for lunch. Getting to be a habit but hey, when you find something you like and the price is right, why not?

Bill had his usual, he can’t pull himself away from the Ultimate Bacon Burger and highly recommends it and I continued my Mexican cuisine experience by ordering a Smothered Beef Burrito with black beans on the side. Man, oh man. It was huge and with a whispered “we won’t need much supper tonight” across the table to Bill, I asked for a takeout box to bring half of it home. Delicious!

When we arrived home, I did a little cleanup in the Suite, emphasis on ‘little’ since it doesn’t take long to dust and sweep in here. Bill and Clemson stretched on the recliner for a wee siesta and I walked up to the clubhouse to see if I could put any pieces in the community jigsaw puzzle. I love working on them and don't have room in the Suite, obviously. I was successful, looking after the underdog pieces of plain white, which usually are left to the end, placing about 20 pcs. in their spots.

By the time, I got back, it was 3:45 and time to grab a drink and join our neighbors’ in Happy Hour at site #59. It was fun, as usual, more stories, laughter and good times which seem to turn into what Bill calls “Happy Two Hours”. Dinner was easy, I opened a can of tomato soup and it was sufficient enough with some Italian bread on the side.

Another great day with the skies finally clearing up around 5:30 so we are all hoping for a sunny day in the neighbourhood tomorrow.

Take care, hope you had an awesome day too! Drop a line if you care to and thank you for reading.