March 9th

Campsite - Merry Christmas!

We began this day with a little sunshine after a whole night of hard rain in Bullhead City, Az.  We drove around Laughlin, Nevada looking for a campsite in a Casino parking lot but none of them allow a tent.  Earl Norman, Richard's cycling buddy has his own little tent that he puts up each night and we are discovering that a lot of RV parks and other places are very picky about tents.  In Needles,  Ca., they would not allow any tents until April 14th -- evidently it is Spring Break and they are trying to discourage "spring breakers" from tenting in their RV parks.  We promised that Earl (age 83) wouldn't party too late but they still said "No".  When we left Bullhead City this morning it was 55 degrees.  We drove a little north and east up to the Kingman, Az., area, about 48 miles and are camping at Blake Ranch RV Park  16 miles east of Kingman.  We gained  about 3,800 feet in elevation from Bullhead City to Blake Ranch RV Park.  Unfortunately the higher we climbed the colder it became.  As we drove into Kingman, Az there was snow on the ground and where we are camped it has been snowing off and on all afternoon.  It is now 36 degrees out and only 4:30 PM mountain time!  I think Earl may need more then one sleeping bag tonight.  We were going to drive  north toward Las Vegas tomorrow but the high is not supposed to get much warmer then it is here so we are going back south until another warm (think 70 degrees) front comes our way.  I believe it is warmer in Crystal Falls, Mi then it is here today!!!!!