Monday, March 5, 2012 (Travel to Constellation Park, Wickenburg, AZ)

We were leaving Lake Pleasant today but since we were only going about 35 miles to Wickenburg, we didn’t rush.  It was close to 11:00 by the time we pulled out of our site and headed over to the sani-dump station...and about 20 minutes later we were leaving the resort.

Forty minutes later we pulled into the parking lot at the entrance to the campground at Constellation Park.  The campground is across the street from the rodeo grounds and is only $5.00 per night with no services. We thought we would leave the rig there and take a walk into the campground to check out the sites available.  When Steve got out of the truck, a side-by-side ATV stopped...the fellow had been following us and said that the right rear tire on the trailer looked like it had a bulge in it.  Hmmm...we’d better keep an eye on that...thanks for the heads-up.

After walking through the rustic campground, we selected site #5 and as I waited at the site, Steve drove by so he could turn the rig around before backing into our site.  Sure enough, the back trailer tire bulged out as the wheel turned...Steve said that the side-wall must be giving out...great!  But thank goodness the fellow had stopped to tell us.  I guess we had better get that taken care of before we continue on our travels.

Although there was a high layer of clouds covering the sun today, it sure did get hot out.  Once we got all set up, Steve went up to clean the solar panels on the trailer roof and said it was unbearable up there. The sun was now making it through some breaks in the clouds and the thermometer was up to 30C/86F. 

He put the awning out but it didn’t provide any shade...thank goodness there happened to be a perfectly placed tree that provided shade.  We sat out in the shade enjoying a slight breeze...escaping the heat inside the trailer (of course it didn’t help that I decided to bake cookies this afternoon).

We eventually moved the chairs to overlook the valley...our site is perched up high with a great view southwest towards Wickenburg.  This is the view from our site...

 

We enjoyed cocktails outside until 6:00...one of the few nights lately that it has been warm enough...before heading inside to get dinner going.

Apparently, another wind storm and cold front is forecast to move in tomorrow afternoon and night...more wind and much cooler temps....sheesh...

Sunday, March 4, 2012 (Pleasant Harbor RV Resort, Peoria, AZ)

We thought we were finished with the wind around here...there weren’t any weather warnings up anymore...but at about 2 a.m. this morning, we were woken by the trailer being rocked...by the wind!  It was just howling out there!  And from that point on, we really didn’t get much sleep.  I guess I dozed off and on but with every big gust of wind, I was awake.  At 5:30, I finally gave in and decided to get up.  I wasn’t going to get any more sleep.

We had our usual relaxing start to the day and then did our exercises, had breakfast and showered.  At about 11:00, I decided to walk over to the laundry and put a couple of loads on.  By this time, the wind had subsided to a strong breeze.  The forecast for today was for temps well into the high 20’sC/low 80’sF...nice!

A couple of hours later, I walked back with a bag of clean laundry...the strong breeze had diminished even more to a light breeze and it was getting very hot out!  Time to change into our bathing suits and head to the pool!

We spent a nice couple of hours sunning by the pool...a much busier place than it had been when we first arrived almost a week ago.  It’s amazing how the weather fluctuates!  Last Tuesday we had to bundle up for a bike ride around the RV Park.  Today the temperature inside our trailer was up to 88F (31C)!

Back home, we changed out of our wet suits and then Steve loaded the bikes back onto the bike rack...the start of our pack-up since we are leaving here tomorrow morning.  Then it was time to enjoy a cocktail outside in the shade...it was nice that the motorhome that had been parked right beside us had left today, giving us a little more room...his slider had been couple of feet into our site.

We sat out for awhile talking about what route we should take back to BC...eventually Steve got the Road Atlas out and we looked at that...hmmm...not sure, but we may go across to the coast and go up that way...we’ll see.

As we were putting our chairs away to go inside, we noticed a bunch of hot-air balloons up in the sky...very cool...there were eleven of them.  This is a very interesting place...in addition to the hot-air balloons, we have seen gliders, stunt planes practicing and two planes ‘dog-fighting’...unfortunately they were all too far away to take any pictures.

Chairs are all put away...the rest will wait until tomorrow...

Our last evening at Lake Pleasant...