Races

Today was a little cooler so we stayed away from the golf course and went to watch the Formula 1 boat races.

The Formula 1 boats have an American tour and a European tour, much like the cars. They were reaching speeds of 159 miles per hour today...and they are so loud!

We also stayed to watch the Cracker Jack races. These boats are operated by two people and they are even louder. 

The Cracker Jack race was going well until the orange boat couldn't manage a curve and they flipped sideways. Not head over heels like you see in movies, but just as frightening.

The Water Rescue boat was out in minutes and had the two men on the way to the hospital shortly after. One was on a stretcher so he may have been seriously injured but we don't know.

Scenery

When we were driving from Rio Bend to Parker Arizona we came across some very different landscape near the Imperial Valley....I think the dunes were actually called Imperial Valley Sand Dunes.

Dune buggy loving people were camped out in the hundreds waiting to race their machines across the sand.

Like Glass

We are camped at Buckskin Mountain State Park and the Colorado River runs right beside the campground.  Yesterday morning the water was like glass and the reflections were huge.

My Favourite

Emerald Canyon Golf Course in Parker Arizona is a beautiful and difficult course to play. We played it yesterday and it ate me up! Fred, on the other hand, did extremely well....no canyon walls for him.

Eventually I just picked up a cooler with ice at the clubhouse, threw a few beer in there and just enjoyed the views! The only way to golf when having a brutal round!

Cleaning Up

Fred's usual routine: cleaning up a campsite before he feels it's ready!

Tough Job

We pulled into Rio Bend RV and Golf Resort on the 17th of November not knowing what to expect and left on November 24th already planning to return.

The park is located about 10 kms from Mexico so it definitely has a Mexican feel to it, but it still retains the look of any RV park in Arizona and California.

There are many things that appeal to us including the three minute walk to the golf course. The gym is a good size, there is a pool plus an activity centre for zumba, yoga…even line dancing should Fred so desire!

The golf course has a snack bar plus there is a full size restaurant in the clubhouse area. An outdoor pub keeps people entertained with dancing and music many nights of the week.

We really enjoyed our time there and will someday probably join Saskatchewan Row….three families from Rosetown have set it up. The one family knows Bob and Verna Nunweiler…they live at Lake Diefenbaker in the summer plus they sold their land to Bob.

Settling In

We are in El Centro, California at the Rio Bend RV and Golf Resort and plan on staying a week to do some golfing and enjoy the benefits of having electricity....good TV not included as part of the park is having a TV problem and it looks like we are in that part of the park.

We golfed yesterday and found it to be a very challenging course....not very long, but well kept with lots of hills and some water.

It is a little cooler so this morning we are hibernating and trying to catch up on E Mails and paper work. We will hit the gym and then do some golfing this afternoon, if the weather smartens up.