It has been a few days since my last post. at the present time we are in Yuma, AZ at the Cocopah casino parking lot. we arrived here on Monday after leaving quartzsite. We were heading for a BLM area north of Yuma called Mittry Lake but some friends called and said they were in Yuma so we headed down there. we needed to get chores done anyway. so just as we were arriving in AZ Doug was pulled over by the local constable, Here is pics of Doug in the back seat{you cant see me very well, look for the sunglasses and my hands on the bars} and there is also a pic of the local constable!! He was very gracious for allowing his pics to be taken. He gave me a nice ride in the back of the police car! and boy does he drive fast. Now you ask why was I riding in the back of the police car. well scroll down a couple of pictures and you will see what is left of our rear trailer wheel and the side of the 5th wheel. seems like the lug bolts broke off on 4 of the six lugs on the wheel and the wheel came off the trailer and crossed over the Hiway just in front of  the policeman and also just missed another car!! We are very happy that no one was injured by the flying wheel.
 The state patrolman took me back to find the wheel, but a nice farmer brought it up to Barb while I was getting a free ride in the police car. then a good Samaritan pulled in behind us after we pulled into a gas station about a block away and he helped us find a replacement wheel hub and he actually put it on the trailer along with greasing the new bearings and helping me put the spare tire back on the trailer.
we spent about 3 hours getting back on the road and pulled into our parking lot campsite at the casino about 6pm. Sure was an eventful day!
 we have contacted the manufacturer and I will be sending pics of the damage and hopefully they will cover the damage and get things fixed up for us. we are able to still travel and we hope to wait till be get home to have things fixed up.

the wheel Hub with the broken lug bolts.

Cocopah Casino Parking lot, our campsite.

some people setting up their race cars for the big race this weekend in Yuma, they rebuilt part of 2 cars in the parking lot of the casino. The track is about half a mile from here and is part of the casino.

damage to the panel on the trailer, I have bolted it back to the trailer as it was hanging out about 2 feet.

we have been enjoying out stay here at the casino, going to coffee each morning with Larry, going to the casino for buffet, had shrimp tacos last night, they were great, cost 5.00 for 2 people drinks included, not a bad deal.
we went over to Mexico today and got some tourist stuff and I got my medicine, I bought a one year supply of my acid reflux meds, 360 pills for 8.10. I pay $100 for the same thing from the VA and the VA is less expensive than the open market for these same pills, some people pay as much as 1.00  for each pill in the USA. something is wrong with our system if things are that far out of whack. time to get it fixed, be sure and vote out all the people now in office and vote in all new ones, lets get this system fixed.

We came back to the camper and there was a car show going on over on the lawn. We walked around and looked at some of the cars, I forgot to take my camera, but they were really something to see. some of the best cars I have ever seen in a car show. they have really spent a lot of time and money on these cars, most of them muscle cars from the 30's thru the 70's. Maybe I can borrow some pics from our friends to post on here.

Time to update the blog, it has been awhile, I have shots of sunsets, sunrises, people moving a trailer in place at our friends,Judie and Cal, property in Salome, AZ and Bill supervising. we had a great campsite on their lot in Salome and had some great meals at the local restaurant, Buckaroo's.
 We left their place on saturday and headed back to Quartzsite for a couple of nights so we could see the Car show and the craft show. When we got to QZ we stopped on the desert in a spot to check it out and we got out of the truck with it running and the cat and dog inside! you guessed it! the cat stood on the door lock and locked us out of the truck and the RV was also locked so we had no keys to get into anything, haha.
Barb put her hands up to the window of the drivers side and got the cat to step on a window button so it rolled the window down. Note to self, never get out of the truck with the animals in it without another set of keys, ha ha.
we saw a lot of great looking cars at the car show. I took a lot of pictures and decided to also take pics of the hood ornaments on some of them. Lots of chrome and brass on some of these cars.
 We will be leaving QZ on monday to head down to the Yuma area for several days, we are thinking of staying at an area about 15 miles north of town that has an area for dry camping but with access to water, trash and dump station. It is located near a couple of lakes.

Checking things out before moving the trailer onto the footers

backing the trailer in place

Cal checking things out with the trailer almost all the way In.

Got her in place!

Pouring concrete pad.

Nice Chevy, I think it was a 56!

One of the best looking cars of the show, the paint job was superb!

A Cobra!

Nice 69 Camaro!

this one was for sale, $55,000, the sign said they had $100,000 into it.

49 Willys

Pink Koala bear!!

Dune buggy for sale only $650. not bad price!

Here is a Henry J car, I never even heard of this one before.

I think a Marine owns this one!

1932 Packard!

Nice hood ornament.

56 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria, I owned a 57 Ford Fairlane
as my first car when I was 16, many years ago!!

Dennie, no 38 Chevies here but this one is a 39!

 Received a call from our neighbors at Crooked River Ranch, Barb received a letter from the county we live in, she has been called up for Jury duty from March 1st till April 30th!! She sure will miss all the nice warm weather and sun down here while sitting at home waiting to be called up, ha ha. just kidding, we will call them on Monday and let them know we are out of town and they will reschedule her.