Wednesday April 5th 2017

My new location at the River Island State Park in Parker AZ is surrounded on three sides by rock cliffs and the fourth side has more cliffs in California on the other side of the Colorado River. I have very poor cell phone service. This post may not get online tonight. It may be delayed until I get to better service.

Today started very early on a sour note. I set the alarm and got up early at quarter to five. My goal was to score a reservation for next March at one of the Florida State Parks. The eleven month reservation window starts at eight eastern. Before I went to bed I identified four sites that would become available appropriate for my RV. I logged into the Reserve America web site just before the hour. All four sites were available. I clicked on my first choice to display the description. It was still available everything was looking good. I clicked the reserve button only to be told it was unavailable. This scenario repeated three more times. I was back in bed by 5:05 still without a reservation for next march.

Site 14 at the River Island State Park

I was packed and on the road by ten. The wind was a little stronger than the forecast but it wasn’t a big problem. As I got further west the wind became much weaker. It was a lot of desert driving about half of it on the Interstate and half on state roads with on coming traffic to look out for. I arrived at the River Island State Park about one thirty and found my site. There was no park ranger on duty, but since I had a reservation the paper work and fee were already taken care of.

This is a nice campground with electric and water hookups. In addition to the campsites the park has a boat launch into the Colorado river. This portion of the river is just down stream, to the south, of the Parker Dam that creates Lake Havasu. It is very popular with boaters on the weekends. I have to leave on Friday to make room for them. Until then I’ll enjoy the area. It is forecast to be in the mid 90s tomorrow.