Daisy has left the building!Yes.We have departed Las Vegas and quite honestly it sucks!A real dust bowl.Almost always very windy and blowing dust to the extent of reducing visibility a lot.We had to close windows to keep the dust level controllable.Even though we have an Oreck air cleaner going 24/7.We won't return toVegas again.
We departed a few days ago for an easy 150 mile drive to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.A pretty nice town established only 40 years ago.A beautiful eighty mile long lake located along the California-Arizona border.The famous London Bridge appears in a photo below.Happy to report it is not falling down.Just a focal point for tourist draw. Lindy and I ate at
one of the best italian restaurants ever!The founder was-yes- an italian guy from Hoboken.Lot's
of Sinatra pictures on the walls.The food was out of this world.Also saw a great old car show on a street nearby.At the airport just two miles down the road, we got to see a beautiful B-17 bomber.In fact it flew right over our motorhome as we were parked near the extended runway centerline about a mile from the TZ.Got a neat picture for you below.We spent three nights at Havasu.
Today we made the 200 mile jaunt to the north Phoenix area.We'll stay two nights here.The stop is to visit a friend who has a Bell 47 just like mine.I'll be taking more pictures and gathering more info in the care and feeding of my machine.Yes if you read the blogs, you know I saw him the end of december when we were westbound.I did loose all the pictures of that visit when my Vaio stroked out.I'm hoping we will get to fly this time unless it's real windy again.We also are trying to get to Luke AFB in the morning to check it out.Our next stops are Tucson and then Las Cruce's NM.Only planning one or two nights at each location.Gas prices seem to be inching up a bit.Below 2 bucks a gallon in AZ.Above 2 bucks a gallon in CA.I got a load of diesel in Havasu this morning for about 15 cents a gal. less than the Phoenix area.So it's still a crapshoot.Than God for Blackberries and computers.I check the route a day or two before a launch to plan fueling.Generally I go six to seven hundred miles between refuels since I like to refill with a third of a tank indicated.Although it's not a hard and fast rule to stick to.When i find a bargain, we'll fuel up anyway to tanker the savings.Like we did in airplanes.We hold 135 gallons so that leaves about 45 gallons in the tank for "reserve".At the end of the trip, I hope to post all vital statistics for those interested who may be RVers, or just want to know, like me..............................................see you nexttime....B,L & D.