We were ready to go by 9:30 so spent some time chatting with Marcel & Audrey, Dave & Louise. At 10 AM we all drove to the corner restaurant where we met Tom and Ellen and had our last breakfast together. We took some group pictures then we all left for our different destinations; Audrey and Marcel are spending one more day here, we are heading north, D&L are headed for Parker and T&E for Quartzsite, AZ. We stopped at McMahon where I had the horn checked as it works sporadically. They have to order a relay so they will ship to us in Canada. We headed west on I-10 by 12:45PM and I tried to keep our speed to about 60-63 MPH. At Desert Centre, we turn NE on Hwy 177 and arrived in Parker, AZ where I took on fuel @ 3.84/gallon. What a difference one State makes! We decided to spend the night in Parker at LA PAZ COUNTY PARK. We got here around 4 PM, so it was time to call it quit. The drive here was somewhat boring with desert and desolate scenery however it is very nice to have the huge windshield and side window. After setting up and turning the A/C on full, we relaxed. I checked the weather for our trip home and it doesn’t look very appealing; snow, rain and cold weather. I’ll decide tomorrow but we might spend a couple days in Vegas or Boise to wait out the bad weather. It is very hot here, well over 90*F, hard to imagine the snow forecast in Boise. Val is cooked another great dinner then she went for a walk with Tucker and I just worked around home. She came home a while later with a BIG SURPRISE! Al & Brenda and Leo & Lynn!!! What a surprise, especially since we thought all those guys had already left and were headed north by now so they were the last people we expected to see out here. We had a wonderful reunion albeit short and got to show off our new MH.
We drove 169 miles in 3.5
hrs at an average 50 MPH
N 34* 13.839W 114* 11.287
Alt 367 feet
We left at 9 AM but first stopped to say our goodbyes to Al & Brenda and Lynn & Leo. We headed North on Hwy 95 to I-15 west then Hwy 93 to Las Vegas. We stopped in at Terrible in Searchlights for fuel @ $3.89/gal. Traffic going through Vegas was busy but easy to handle. We stopped on the side of the road at Hwy 93 and had lunch then we headed north through the most boring yet beautiful desert; The Great Nevada Basin! Took Hwy 318 at Ash Spring, NV then Hwy 6, both of which are shorter to get up to Ely than 93. We were almost witness to an accident...this jerk passed us and traffic was coming and we all had to move over or he would have gotten it...Stupid or what!!! We fuelled in Ely at $3.89 then drove to the Prospector Casino & RV. We paid $15 for the night and went out for dinner in the Casino as they had a special on, steak & lobster for $19 and it was delicious. Now we are home and relaxing, it was a long day. It is very windy and cold!!!!
We drove 432 miles in 8
hrs @ average 54 MPH
N 39* 15.585W 114* 51.539
Alt: 6371 feet
We left Ely at 9 AM and headed north on Hwy 93. The scenery didn’t change much, more of the same. We arrived in Wells around 12:30 PM, had a coffee and left. From here, the mountains became more prominent, especially those with snow on them. We arrived in Twin Falls and got on I-84 west and finally Boise where we drove to our friends, the Holder’s house. Judy and Manfred were there and also new people we hadn’t met before; Sonny and Arlene form BC so it was quite a reunion. Of course everyone liked our new Beaver then the party began. A while later, Mike and Stephanie from Boise joined us. Linda served dinner to everyone and it was delicious. She made a special sauce for the chicken and rice. Tequila was served on many occasion and the neat thing is that it was Linda’s birthday this past Friday so it gave us another reason to celebrate some more. We finally went to bed around 10:30 PM.
We drove 383 miles in 6
hrs and 40 minutes @ 57 MPH average.
N 43* 39.089’W 116* 15.627’
Alt: 2636 feet
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