Oh happy days! At least, I'm happy, I don't know about you but I am, happy and relieved, that President Obama got a second term!

Having inherited such a mess 4 years ago there was off course no way he could have cleaned any of it up in just 4 years! I was afraid that because the economy didn't recover soon enough he wouldn't get enough support but thank God he did!

Being from Holland and reading the dutch newspaper each morning I'd heard that if it was up to the rest of the world in general there was no doubt at all about who should win and they're just truly amazed it came so close. Obama would have won hands down, several times over, anywhere else in the world. Yep, that's America for you.....

 

Well, enough of that. Let me show you a little about our new stomping grounds. The picture above shows you our site at the entrance of the park on the far right. You can just see the truck and the RV behind those little palms. The building on the right is the office.

 

 

And here's 2 front views of said office.

 

 

 

 

 

 This is our spot, #2, next to a big eucalyptus tree.

 

 

 

 

Since the weather has been gorgeous since we got here(85F/27C) we've been mainly living outside. We brought out the awning like we always do. It does get windy here but we're anchored it down real good so hopefully it'll hold. It really gives me the feel of having an outside room when it's down.

Here we're having coffee in the morning.

 

Talking about having coffee. Who do you think shows up for coffee on our second  day here? Joe and Deanna!

They're on their way down to Yuma, stayed overnight at the casino close by and decided to come over before driving down today.

So great to see them again and being able to show them our new site!

To my surprise, and delight, I discovered these fields on one site of the campground:

 

Yes, that is cotton! I'm so happy, again..., is this a happy day or what? I've tried to get my hands on some cotton for a while to try to spin some up either on my wheel or my drop spindle and here was a whole field of it! Yahoo!

 

 

 

 

These are the huge piles of picked cotton that roll out of the machine that picks it. They're sitting by the side of the road ready to be picked up and moved to the cotton gin.

 

 

If you look closely at the first picture you can see that this field has been picked allready, in fact all of them were, but there were enough stray plants left along the sides that I could pick me a nice bag full!

 

 

 

 

It will take me a while before I can try to spin this because it needs to be cleaned, it's very dusty, the seeds need to be removed and than it needs to be carded or something like that. I have to read up on how to do this the easiest way.

Of course a cotton gin makes easy and fast work of that these days but for such a small quantity I'll have to do it the old fashion way.

It will keep me busy for a while for sure!

 

 

 

 

This is the other site of the campground, taken from the RV, looking towards the 95, Mohave Valley and the Hulapai Mountains in the distance.

 

 

 

 

At sunset the latter ones color a beautiful red.

 

 

Ray and Linda, the managers, are taking us out for dinner at the Avi Resort and Casino, about 4 miles from us. As all casinos this one stands on Indian land. In fact, the Moon River Resort is completely surrounded by the Indian Reservation of Fort Mohave.

And as in all casinos there's not only the gambling but also the food that people come for!

Different days offer different specials, this night is a 2 for 1 ($12)buffet. It's excellent, especially the roast beef and the extensive desert corner!

 

 

 

Ray and Linda help us sign up for an Avi member 'gold advantage' card (free) that'll give us all kinds of discounts in (and outside) the casino among which are reduced tickets for the in-house movie theater (8 screens). 

There's a beautiful golf course too, we'll have to check it out soon!

By the way, that bottom card is an Arizona ID card we got at DMV, which will make us elligable for all 'local' prices and discounts in Mohave County. Cool eh?

So, sofar so good. Next time I'll tell you about the work. Work? Oh, yeah, we have to work a little too, I guess.....