We were very excited about going to Lake Havasu City in Arizona. Not so excited about making the 2500 mile trip in 3 1/2 days. As always, once we arrived, we were exhausted and said we would NEVER do that again, even if it meant turning down a good assignment. Kirk and I just don't bounce back like we used to. And, this trip took about a week to recover. We left Florida on 11/3 and arrived in Lake Havasu City on 11/7. We are staying at Havasu RV Resort on Victoria Farms Rd. This park is an owner park, which means that all the sites are bought and occupied by RV folks and not the park. There are a few park models (casitas), and there are some sites for RV,s that have small casitas along with the RV. Many of the owners don't occupy their sites, and so they rent them out to folks like us who are just looking to rent for a season. We were fortunate to find a nice site close to the entrance (site #3). This park has a club house with a small workout center, 2 pools, hot tub, bocci ball, small 9-hole putting green, and occasional activities. It's a gated park so we feel very safe here. Following is the list of the the RV parks we stayed at on our trip from Florida to Lake Havasu:
11/3 We stayed in October Bend in Lake City, Florida our first night on the road. We picked this park as it was close to I-75 near the rest area. We thought it would be right off the exit and so would be easy to get on/off since we were just needing to spend the night. ANYWAY, the ad online was a little deceiving. Once you take the exit, you have to drive about 5 miles to find the place. The paved road turns into a rock/dirt road (which was at least smooth and solid). There were no pads, just grass. It did have full hook-ups and pull throughs. This was a small campground with only 14 sites. DO NOT drive back into this place in the dark. We called the owner once we arrived as the site she had told us to pull into was already occupied. She was very nice and told us to just pick any site that was open.
11/4 We left Lake City and drove to Breaux Bridge, LA. There we stayed at a place called Poche's Fish and Camp. This was a very neat place, with all sites on the pond. If one wanted, you could even fish from your site. We will definitely go back to this place when we can stay longer.
From our site at Poche's Fish and Camp
Beautiful morning at Poche's
11/5 The #1 worst roads in the nation (or at least the ones we have been on so far) are in LA. And they know it. They even boast about it. We spent this night at North Llano River Park in Junction, TX. This was a nice little park, however, the river was almost dried up. But, I'm sure it is great when the river is up. We ate some great BBQ at a place called Lums in town. You order your meal at the register, but don't pay for it till after you are finished. Which is kinda odd, as there is no waitress (you wait on yourself). So, it's an honor system that you will pay before you leave. The next morning before leaving we talked to a group of bicyclers from Scotland who were tent camping at the park. They were biking from LA to Miami.
Lums in Junction, TX. These are their smokers/BBQ outside their restaurant.
11/6 Spent the night in Bowie, AZ at Dwaynes Mountain View RV Park. This is just a small park off the interstate. Mostly overnighters, and people who are working in the area temporarily. The owner at this park was a great guy and fun to talk with. Also met his wife who was very sweet. They have a small gas station in front of the park and sell their homemade jerky and other stuff. Met the maintenance guy also, who seems to be just part of their family. We would definitely return to this place to spend the night.
11/7 Arrived in Lake Havasu City early afternoon. The owner of our site met us there. While Kirk talked to him and was guided into our site, I walked over to the club house and got us all checked in. So far the people here are great. Needless to say, Kirk and I were exhausted and very glad we had a day to rest before I started my assignment on the 9th.
Our site at Havasu RV Park
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