Bullhead City

I’m not sure where the name Bullhead City came from, but we stayed there last night (Arizona).  It’s right across the Colorado River from Laughlin, NV, a major gambling spot.  We found a terrific county park called Davis Camp.  It’s right on the river and it’s quite a good deal – swimming in the river, big BBQ areas, lots of room for the dogs to run and swim.  Lucy, J and P’s labradoodle that they rescued a few weeks ago, had apparently not been swimming before.  When Sam went in the river, Lucy was right behind her, but she was quite surprised when the water surface didn’t hold her like land did.  The look on her face was priceless.  The dogs had a good swim and run, nice for them after being cooped up in the truck and trailer so long.  Lovely warm weather, too.  For dinner, we made tamales for the first time.  We have some things to learn about making masa (like not making it from a mix), but other than that, they were great.  Aunt Mary made us persimmon cookies and we finished them off in a single day. Today we are headed for Holbrook, AZ and have to pass through Flagstaff which may well have snow today.  But if the roads get really bad, we’ll just pull over and stay in the trailer.  Good to have our beds “on our back”, so to speak.  This morning is glorious sunshine.  As we head up in altitude, the temperature is dropping already.  Could be an adventure!