Heading East

The local farmers' market was such a treat

We have been away from home for almost 2 months.  While most of the places we visited were familiar, they were made special because of the friends we have seen.  Seal Beach was wonderful as usual, pleasant weather and all the people from the working days.  We enjoyed walking to restaurants two blocks away, doing some shopping and just generally catching up.  Because of a minor accident involving Bella while she was in storage, we got to see Jane and Ron at both Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Jane and I had many occasions for fun outings.

The Seal Beach Christmas Parade features nearly every kid in town

We had a bit of time to kill before visiting Larry and Sherrill in Tucson so we stopped at the Colorado River, Lake Havasu, Oatman, Quartzsite and Ajo. The River and Lake Havasu were quite nice, Quartzsite was full of junk and old people (not a good combination) and Oatman was fun because of the wild burros (not really that wild when treats are offered).  Oatman is a destination for the motorcycle crowd.  Ajo had few tourists but lots of early mining history.

View of the Arizona desert near Oatrman

View from Lake Havasu Campsite

The Famous Lake Havasu London Bridge

"Wild Burros" of Oatman

Dirt Road near the Border
 We then  headed to Tucson to visit and our good friends Larry and Sherrill.  They have an adorable black and white Havanese named Dude.  Raggie was quite fond of this new friend and literally ran to Dude's gate to visit each morning when we emerged from the motorhome.  The wifi here is weak so a picture of Dude and Raggie will have to follow.