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Taken In Quartzsite Arizona Dec 7th 2015

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Easy border crossing and now settled here for a couple of days for a fun Halloween weekend with friends.

Where are we today ?
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      Up nice and early this morning. Got our coffees consumed and my last walkabout town  this year for a mile or so.  Back home by 8 am secure our coach stored our satellite dish hooked up the car and were in the road by 9 am as planned.
      A nice easy 2 hour drive to the border crossing at Lewiston New York. And this was one of the easiest and quickest crossings ever even with the line up. We stopped in line and in no time we were at customs. This agent scanned our passports and asked if we were Canadian citizens (yup) where are your going? (Lazy Lakes resort for the weekend, then make our way to Arizona) When are you you returning to Canada/? (April 10th) Have a good trip. Even with the line up I timed it was 7 minutes and we were across the border. wow ! That was it he did not ask any other questions. Now we have a freezer full of food that is allowed, 15 bottles of homemade wine  and a dozen or  so honey crisp apples. all allowed according to the website.
a decent line up at customs went quickly
      Next we stopped at Smoking Joes to fill the coach and car with gas ($2.74 a gallon, .93 cents a liter Cdn) and propane 21.5 gallons ($2.44 A gallon)- 92. centst a litre Can.) The most propane we have ever fuelled. We do have a 100 lb propane tank that holds 23 gallons, I knew it was getting low! We saved a bunch of money right here.
    Then checked into Lazy lakes Resort another membership park with no overnight fees, including free wifi. Before noon , got set up and enjoyed a light tasty lunch.
this be our spot
       Ok now I went shopping and saved even more a 6 lb chicken for supper to cook only $5:95 US stocked up with beer and booze heck we saved  almost $160.00 right here. This is like getting paid to travel south.
        Now we enjoyed a nice sunny afternoon 65F and comfortable in the sun reading outside for a while as our chicken was getting all nicely browned and crispy on our Weber Q.
        Our friends Bill and Barb came in and we went to visit with them for a bit while our chicken was cooking, so nice to see them again. We will see more of them over this fun weekend.
it was a decent afternoon in the sun
Our Weber Q doing it's job
enjoying more Jack Reacher escapades 
our chicken is done even has a pop up thingy
to tell me it's done
       Now just add to our tasty salad and we had a feast, we do love our chicken and lotsa leftovers is good. No soup this time with the bones , no fridge our freezer space, sad, but we will enjoy more chickens and more soup soon.
this sure hit the spot
      Then after dishes done I took the garbage out and noticed a few sites decorated for this Halloween weekend here and lit up, There will be lots more for the big day on Saturday .

    This is always a fun busy weekend here and couple of million kids having a ball and about 1/2 a million adults getting right into this whole Halloween stuff as well. Ya know lotsa lotsa people here .
    Any how this is our first day on the road on our southern migration, we have been enjoying this weekend here with friends for well over 15 years and so nice to see everyone again over the next couple of days. Monday we will make our way further south slowly, What's the hurry? We are at home wherever we are , and will enjoy some new places this year.
     Thanks for  joining us today, we had fun and hope you did too.

Want to learn more about Membership camping at Rock Glen Family Resort ? click this link www.geosuzie.rockglen.com to book a tour 
 Where have we been this Winter?

31 comments:

  1. Welcome to the US! Sounds like you had as easy a time crossing as we did. Sure nice to enjoy some cheaper fuel, although I'm paying between 3.20 and 3.30/gallon here in the Northeast.
    Enjoy your time with friends!

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    1. Thanks Dave always enjoy touring during the United states, always something new and interesting to enjoy, and save money as well.

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  2. Well, you're on the road for your winter vacation. I bet it feels good! Love Jack Reacher too!

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    1. Yes it sure does feel good, visiting with a few friends and in search of new scenery and warmer weather. Jack Reacher is always a good read.

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  3. Welcome back! looks like a fun park will you decorate?

    Gas prices sure have risen for us glad I'm not using the A/C anymore in the truck.

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    1. Thank JO we will not decorate, some of our friends will and we will spend time with them. Yes the gas prices are up but still a heck of a lot cheaper than in Canada.

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  4. That was a great border crossing. Are snow all disappeared by the afternoon, Thursday. A couple of last minute things to put away today and we will be on our way Saturday morning for Rock Glen. Enjoy your time at Lazy Lakes, safe travels and we will see you down the road.

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    1. Yes Bill it a was a painless crossing, Glad your snow is gone now to wrap things up and travel safely to RG , enjoy your time there. Yes we will see you guys for sure , looking forward to it.

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  5. Enjoy the weekend at Lazy Lakes, maybe one day we'll head that direction.
    Looking forward to bumping into you down the road!

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    1. Always a fun busy weekend here, nice to see these guys again and enjoy the festivities , We are in no rush to go anywhere when we are in our home.

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  6. Glad you got your trip off to such a smooth start.

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    1. Thanks Larry, we have done it for so many years just a piece of cake for us now.

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  7. Welcome to our part- of the world... glad to have you!
    Sounds like a fun week. The park we are in is also having a big Halloween event. We leave today.... weekend has been booked for a long time.... but we are enjoying the decorations of the early arrivals.
    Nice to have such an easy border crossing.

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    1. Thanks Cheri always enjoy our time here in the states, more exploring and lots of friendly people.
      We booked this a long time ago, enjoy our time here and all the decorations and fun times.
      Love the easy border crossings too.

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  8. Glad it was a good border crossing, enjoy your weekend at Lazy Lakes

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    1. Love the easy crossings and thanks we will enjoy our weekend here.

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  9. Ummm, that sure is a large chicken, looks like the size of the turkey that Nancy and I buy for thanksgiving. Makes my mouth water just looking at it.

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    1. It was huge but the smallest one they had, no problem we will make use of it.

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  10. Nice border crossing! Those Halloween decorations are very festive :-)

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    1. It sure was a nice easy quick crossing, no issues. The decorations are wonderful and there will be a lot more.

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  11. Welcome to the US once again! Chicken looks awesome! That definitely sounds like a great border crossing. The park you're at looks wonderful, love the Halloween decorations! Should be a fun weekend!

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    1. Thanks guys , nice to be back. We do love our chicken on the Weber Q. The crossing was a breeze too. This is a very nice park always busy and lots going on too. This is always a fun weekend.

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  12. Welcome back to the US. Nice easy crossing for you! Crossing from Mexico into California is often several hours!

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    1. Thanks Jeff , nice to be back. We have done that crossing at Algodones many times and yes it can be a very long wait.

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  13. Welcome back to the USA sounds like a good start to your winter travels. Safe travels as you continue your journey next week. Looking forward to following your trek and getting some travel ideas. As we were not able to leave as planned we have no route planned.
    Hopefully we will cross paths somewhere during this years travels.

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    1. Using my daughter-in-law's computer and just noticed it came up as unknown.

      Celebrating the Dance
      Tom and Deb

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    2. Thanks guys, was wondering who this unknown was. We are heading south then west along the gulf coast, Taking a cruise out of Galveston Texas end of November the making our way to Arizona and Southern Cal. Do hope we meet up again this winter as well. Travel safe.

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  14. Welcome to the lower 48😀 the cruise sounds like a great idea. See you in Quartzsite.

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    1. Thank you guys, Looking forward to the cruise, We should be around Q somewhere this winter.

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  15. Never can figure where they store all those Halloween decorations in an RV. Not to mention the Christmas decorations. I guess I don't have any storage smarts! :c)

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    1. Most fo these people come their houses for the weekend, We don't decorate Halloween but do have a small container for Christmas, , works for us.

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