We spent all morning yesterday packing up and saying goodbye. About noon we pulled out of our campsite at La Posa LTVA near Quartzsite, Arizona, for the last time.
Then we got in line there to dump our holding tanks. It was a long line. By the time we did that, filled our fresh water tank, and dumped our trash it was 1:30 p.m. So we decided to skip the book exchange and move on down the road.
It’s a good thing we did. We pulled into the Escapee’s Kofa Ko-op park about 3:15 and their office closes at 3:30. They assigned us to their last available boondocking spot for the one night we planned to be there. We forgot we were supposed to register but not park so we could go buy groceries. By the time we remembered we decided to stay parked. Instead we did laundry and I hit their library for some new books. Everyone we saw while doing those tasks was friendly. Most said hello along with their smiles and we chatted some with other people doing laundry. I felt really welcome there. It’s a very nice park; I could see coming back for a longer stay.
As the evening went on some people left the boondocking area to move into the full hookups area then more people came into the boondocking area. We could have been number four on the list for hookups but, since we only planned to stay one night, we decided not to bother.
This morning we left there about 10:30 a.m. to run the rest of our errands. WalMart, of course, and Love’s to buy diesel. The diesel was less than $2 a gallon. That’s the cheapest it’s been since we hit the road. Then we went over to In N Out for lunch.
Then we headed west on I-8 back into California to check out the BLM’s Pilot Knob LTVA. At the agricultural check station they asked where we were coming from and Dave said, “Yuma.” They sent us on our way. Apparently anything you buy in Yuma is acceptable; we could have bought more fruit than just bananas.
Then we turned south on Sidewinder Road. What is a sidewinder, anyway? Isn’t that some dirty, low-down something or other? If so, why you would name your road that?
That brought us into the Pilot Knob LTVA which is another permit area. Since our previous permit is good until the end of the month, the camp host here just waved us on in. Permits for the BLM’s Yuma District are good everywhere around here. We bought the first one in Imperial Dam and used it in La Posa. We bought this one in La Posa and are using it here. It’s nice to be able to check out the various areas without always having to buy a new permit. I don’t think we’d stay here otherwise since the only service you get here is a dumpster. Lot’s of people stay in these LTVAs all winter. It’s only $180 for a permit good for seven months ending in April. Summer is free but I’m not sure anyone stays here then since it takes a LOT of solar panels to run an air-conditioner in these barely insulated rigs.
We moved to Pilot Knob primarily in hopes of getting a better Internet signal. My T-Mobile phone has five bars. Dave’s AT&T phone has five bars. Our Sprint aircard is just as slow here as it was in La Posa. Bummer. Maybe it’s time to break down and buy into the Verizon system. That’s what we intended to get when we wound up with Sprint because a guy Dave trusts said Sprint was the best thing at that time because of their deal with All-Tel. It’s not turning out to be such a good deal for us. Of course, we don’t know whether Verizon would have been a good deal where we’ve been traveling so far, either.
Anyway, we here for however long we decide to stay. In case you want to come visit our GPS coordinates are N 32.74085, W 114.76034. You might want to check in first, though, to be sure we didn’t move on in search of a better Internet signal.
TTYL,
Linda