Blogs from Ehrenberg, Arizona, United States, North America

Should I be disappointed that the miles per day are dropping off and today I did not cross a state border? Nah, it's what has happened along the way and how you feel at the end of the day that counts. The day started brilliantly with fresh squeezed orange juice and avocado toast. You gotta love Flagstaff. Poking around the hotel before I left I discovered that Michael Stripe had stayed there. He was the lead singer songwriter with REM and the voice behind Everybody Hurts, possibly my all time favorite song. I could not ask for more, until, recall yesterday I met Beth and Mel. Beth told me she was a big time AirBnB host. Today my buddy Rob, who is following the blog from where he lives in Tucson, texted me that he and ... read more

MINERAL CITY In 1866 when the capricious Colorado shifted its channel and left the bustling community of La Paz high and dry a committee of local miners and merchants agreed to hire Herman Ehrenberg to locate new dock facilities. Herman found a suitable site six miles downstream and for good measure surveyed a town site. The committee called the new place Mineral City. By 1870 the placer diggings at La Paz had played out and most of the miners had moved on to better prospects. The local merchants had relocated to Mineral City for better access to the river. Herman Ehrenberg in the meantime had gone to San Francisco in order to try and raise money for the foundering La Paz placers. He was making his way back to La Paz by stagecoach along the Bradshaw ... read more

We stopped at Coach Care in Phoenix to get the motorcoach's annual service. We found ourselves in the middle of an eight-lane interstate with semis merging left and right. Sandwiched inbetween, we got side-swipped twice. Our first (and hopefully last) traffic event. Even though our passenger side-view mirror was hit, in Tom's words, "We're still alive!." Thank you Lord. Since that didn't kill us I mapped us to Ehrenberg and reserved a Kawasaki ATV for a day of play. Steve Berns, the General Manager at River Breeze RV Resort graciously offered to show us his desert. Now the cost of this was very reasonable even BEFORE Steve offered to come. He really knows this part of the desert and showed us a thrilling afternoon. Reminicsent of ATVing with our friend Kat at Verde Valley Thousand Trails, ... read more

No sugar plums dancing about; that was the toddy flag snapping in the breeze as we opened our gift to each other. Johnny Walker Black Label; a big bottle of it; our holiday gift to each other! Can Christmas get any better? There was a community supper last night at the River Breeze RV Resort. Our contribution was some of Nan’s famous guacamole. I rode her coat tail on this one. For several days before the event, folks staying at the RB signed up to bring a food contribution to the gathering. It all worked out pretty well, and it was fun to sample the many offerings from folk attending the gathering. We have a few Canadians wintering with us; eh? After a nice dinner and before the gift exchange, I entertained the crowd with my ... read more