Emerald Cove - Parker, CA

Emerald Cove RV Park is right on the Colorado River, on the California side. It is six miles out of Parker, AZ, which is 30 miles north of Quartzside, AZ. We went there because it was the closest park we could get into at that time, to go to the flea market in Quartzside.

It ended up being a really fun place to be. We went to the flea market several times. It is huge! I took my camera every day and didn't even take one picture! Terry's cousin, Bob Howard, and his wife Carol live in Quartzside during the winter. We got to see them. Dutch and Gail Odekirk ended up staying in Parker while they went to the flea market. We saw them there and had them over for breakfast the morning they left.

We also got to spend time with Ron and Sharon Vickery. Ron used to be married to Terry's sister years ago before she passed away. We had never met his current wife. We had lots of fun together sharing meals and playing Yahtzee, and visiting a lot. And I didn't get pictures of any of them!Terry washed his pick-up all shiny while we were at Emerald cove. We rode our bike around a lot. We were hoping for a little warmer weather, and it did get up in the high 60's the day before we left. Most of the time it was in the high 50's and low 60's. I am not complaining. Our daughter Jill said it was -25 in Rexburg and Idaho Falls while we were here.

There are a lot of palm trees at Emerald Cove. They shaved some of them while we were there. That is something they have to do manually. The palm leaves die and leave part of the leaf on the tree until it is cut off. They are pretty shaggy until they are shaved.

The park is said to have one of the longest stretches of sandy beach along the Colorado. It was really nice to walk on. We are not a member of the park--it is just an affiliate park to the plan that we have, so we didn't get one of the spots right on the river.

They say that the Colorado is the cleanest river in the United States. I know that you can see the bottom of the river for a long ways out, until it gets too deep. Across the park from the river were beautiful homes. Some of them looked like you could only get to them with a boat.

This is one of the fancier homes across from us.

It wasn't warm enough to walk along the beach bare-foot until the day before we left, so we took advantage of it.

I was so excited when I found this little turtle on the beach! Terry really laughed at me when we found it was made out of plastic. We just left it there for someone else to enjoy!

Well, it is time to change the scenery outside of our home on wheels again (this is not really us leaving, but I thought all the palm trees at the entrance to the park would make a good picture.) We are headed to Bullhead City for a few days before heading back to Wikieup.