Where Are We Today
Bullhead Az.
Silver View RV Resort
In my last couple of posts I have listed and
ranted about issues we have had this winter with the "Suite", all
which can and will be fixed. So on the lighter side, this post is about some
fun times.
Back on Feb. 11th, 2020, Keith, Ken and I headed
to San Diego to tour the USS Midway Museum, which is an aircraft carrier. We
spent over 5 hours exploring the ship, from the Hangar deck down to the engine
room and up to the "Bridge and Flight" decks listening to a guided audio tour and talks given by volunteers. This was one of the best military
museums I have been to and well worth the $26 admission. I will not bore you
with the more than 200 photos that I took , but leave you with a few. For more
info check out the link USS Midway.
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| Looking up to the Flight Deck from shore |
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| The Brig |
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| Corsair on the flight deck |
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| Hangar Deck |
Besides flying my R/C airplane in the desert, I
have also visited/joined a couple of the clubs where we have been staying. The
first one is the" Yuma Aeromodelers" who fly at their field on the
north side of Yuma, Arizona. I didn't take any pics here, but you can check out
their website Yuma Aeromodelers.
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| Address and entrance to the field |
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| Field Sign |
The second club is the "Quartzsite Desert
Flyers" located in Quartzsite Arizona. The City of Quartzsite supplies the
land and put in a paved runway for them. The club put up the fencing, pilot
tables and covered area. The field is named after one of their members, Jim
Colwell, who resides in Quartzsite for the winter months.
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| Looking East |
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| Looking West |
At his property, Jim
has a large building where the club holds their meetings, has a repair shop with
all the tools and supplies for members to use, asking that you leave a donation
to help keep it going and Jim has hundreds of planes housed there. Jim buys
planes from estates and modellers getting out of the hobby and then resells
them. This club has a very friendly bunch of flyers, not only from the U.S. but
also Canada. For more info on this club, you can check out their web site Quartzsite Desert Flyers.
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| Inside Club House |
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| Fuselages |
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| Rows of Wings |
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| More Fuselages |
Currently we are here in Bullhead City until
this Saturday, Mar. 14th, when we start our trek home. Looking back over the
last 4 1/2 months, despite our issues with the trailer, this has been a great
winter with the best weather of our 4 years
down here, seeing new things, places and meeting old and new friends. We
have our health, and touching my wooden noggin', we have not been sick, had a
cold or broken any bones.
Knowing that we have started that slow north
eastward trek, we are saddened to leave the southwest that we love, but looking
forward and somewhat anxious, to getting home to family and friends.
So here is to the snow being gone by the time we
get there and we are able to get up to " The Ridge" in early April.
Thanks for following along, comment if you like and until the next time, take
care and be safe.
