June 5, 2012, Blythe, CA

This is one of the catcus.  

We left Las Cruces on Monday morning and drove to Tucson.  Got there about noon and spent the afternoon touring the Saguaro National Park.  This is the park that has all the cacti that are on margarita glasses.  It was really impressive and I have lots of pictures, but the RV park we are staying in has a really slow internet connection so can't down load them at the moment.  If you are on facebook, you can go to my photo album and see them later.
On the way to Tucson we stopped at a rest stop.  While I was waiting for Marv, this lady came up to me and asked if we were from Oregon or just had Oregon plates.  I said we were really from Oregon, the Oregon coast, actually.  She said they were Beavers, both had graduated in 1965, which is when Marv had graduated.  As we were talking, she said they were going to be at Heceta Head as interpretative guides.  Turns out the Ken and Marv both were mechanical engineers and remembered each other and his family owned Berman's Drug Store where Marv and I both worked and his first cousin lives in Tierra Del Mar and is a friend of mine.  Small world.
I wanted to go to the Old Tucson Movie Studio, but they close the 1st of June until October. Only open for group tours and private functions like weddings or family reunions.  Summer is the off season down in this part of the country.  Too hot.  It was 104 degrees yesterday.
We got up really early this morning and left by 7:00.  Thought we would get a long way into California but gave up when we got to Blythe, which is just across the Colorado River and about 2 feet into California.  We are in a KOA right on the river. In fact, we can see the river out the back window.  The spots are all grass, and there are tall palm trees.  I have pictures.  It is really nice so we decided to take a rest day and spend tomorrow here and do NOTHING!  Actually, I am going to do laundry, but that isn't a big deal.  Just going to sit in the lawn chairs with a book and watch the river go by.

Marv infront of a palm tree with the Colorado river in the background.

Will try to load a picture or two now. Til Later.