Happy Birthday Alexis Birt – 23!! We are so proud of you!
It’s warmer overnight in the upper 40s and the forecast is for a high of 72 degrees. Ron spotted some birds and after getting a few photos, determined they were the same ones we saw yesterday. But he got some great shots of both the Mountain Bluebird and the Yellow-Rumped Warbler.
Originally, we were going to stay here until Friday, then head to Joshua Tree National Park in California. We found a free campsite near the south entrance of JTNP at the General George Patton Memorial Museum and planned to stay there until Monday before heading to Lake Havasu in Arizona. Unfortunately, the weather forecast is for high winds beginning Tuesday and continuing through Thursday, followed by rain and near freezing temperatures overnight on the weekend.
The weather here in Quartzite is calling for gusts up to 55mph and with the open desert, there is nothing to block the winds and dust. We decided it was time to leave Quartzite and I was able to get a couple nights at Lake Havasu Cattail State Park about an hour drive north from here. The forecast is a bit better there and the campgrounds may be sheltered with mountains beside it and trees in the campground to block the winds. We plan to stay Tuesday and Wednesday nights here, then decide where to go next based on weather and availability. We have reservations at another state park on Lake Havasu starting on Monday Feb 27 and continuing to Friday March 3. We then will travel to JTNP and the Patton Museum over the weekend.
Staying on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) and boon-docking is a great experience and certain we will seek out these sites in the future. We’ll be on our 6th day of it and are proud we were able to ‘survive’ on solar and a few hours of a gas-powered generator. At this point our potable water is running low and our tanks are filling up and it’s time to visit the RV Relief station in town. There are many locations throughout the US where BLM camping is available, some of which have amazing scenery and are located near National Parks and looking forward to them on future trips!
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