Lordsburg, NM - Quartzsite, AZ

Day 7 – Tuesday - 1/12/10
We were up early again this morning, Wanda 6:15, J.W. 8:00. Breakfast was over and we were on the road by 9:30. 10:00 a.m. found us crossing over into Arizona. Our scheduled destination for tonight was the Holiday Palms RV Park in Quartzsite, AZ.
At 10:15 we went through a Photo Enforcement Zone at San Simon. What is that? ? ?(Later in the day we found this is a process by which your vehicle and license plate is photographed by Law Enforcement Officers and your ticket is mailed to you.)
11:15 we stopped in Wilcox, AZ to fill up with gas. On this tank we got 8.4 mpg. Not too shabby. We also filled our propane tank. It is hard to believe it is so expensive. It is normally $2.98 / gallon. We got it for $2.69 because of a tax issue.
We saw beautiful rock formations at Texas Canyon. And found it interesting that the City Limit sign for Tuscon was 21 miles east of the actual city. At Pichacho Peak, AZ there was a really neat mountain that J.W. fell in love with. We arrived in Phoenix at 2:30, so once again missed the rush hour traffic. However, we encountered the worst traffic thus far on our trip. Even though it was not rush hour J.W. prefers much less traffic. He maneuvered quite well.
We reached our scheduled destination, Holiday Palms RV Park in Quartzsite at 4:30. J.W. was not real happy because they did not have any pull through spots so we had to take the car off the dollie. But we were in our spot and set up by 4:55. We called Gerald & Gladys, our aunt and uncle. They came and picked us up. We went to Palo Verde Café for dinner, then to their house for the evening. J.W. helped Gerald with some computer issues while Wanda visited with Gladys. They brought us back to our RV about 10:00 p.m.

That's it for this update. We'll be heading out for Hemet on Thursday morning. and finally get to see our son and his family. Check back later for more updates as we continue our journey to sunny Southern California.