February 25, 26 & 27, 2016 Lake Havaso

     Thursday- February 25th .   We left Riverside Park in Laughlin about 10:00 AM heading to Lake Havasu Az.  to have a recall on our RV fixed.   We received the notice shortly before we left Salem on this trip south and since Salem has no Winnebago dealer we decided to have it done at 3T in Lake Havasu, Kent really likes the work they do there and it is a 68 mile drive there. The recall was on the propane hose on the motor home, When the repair was done, the mechanic told us that our recall was the worst he had seen, and he said we must have lost a lot of propane from the way it was leaking, he was glad we had it fixed when we did. We had noticed or thought we were going through propane fast, but we thought it was because of the cold weather and we had run the furnace quite a bit.  If any of you readers have a recall on this problem, be sure and get it fixed as soon as possible.
     We got right in with the motor home and the job only took about 15 minutes so we left Lake Havasu about noon and we drove 421 miles to Bakersfield California where we spent the night in an RV park there. There isn't a whole lot to write about when we are just driving to get to our destination, you don't realize how many people (mostly Men) spend their lives driving mile after mile staring at the highway, doing their job hauling freight. I started waving at them as we passed them and they got a big smile and waved back, one tooted his horn. Such a simple thing to do to brighten up someones day. The orchards are in full bloom and the crates or supers are all over the edges of the vineyards and orchards for the bees to make their honey in. Those bees are in Bee Heaven with all those flowers to get pollen from. I bet they really get a lot of honey from them. I also noticed the crops are planted in such straight perfect rows, you can tell they are planted by computer driven equipment. My dad took so much pride in his corn rows being so straight driving his old John Deer tractor, he is probably looking down, admiring  the beauty of those straight rows these farmers have today.
     Friday  February 26th  We got a good start this morning and we drove to Coring, California. We stopped and I made us lunch at 11:30 and we watched our soap "The Young and the  Restless" before hitting the road again. It was about 387 miles. Another long day on the road, this has not been fun.
     Saturday   February 27th   We drove in a down pour again today, stopping at Starbucks near Yreka for Kent's daily frappe and we called our friend Sue who lives near there and she met us there and we relaxed and visited, while we got our phones and our iPads charged up at Starbucks. We drove to Grants Pass where we stopped for Mass at St. Annes Church. We drove about 270 miles to Seven Feathers Casino, where we ate dinner and spent the night. It was dark when we got there and we were very tired.