Wintering in Bullhead City, AZ

We have now been here in Bullhead City near my sister, BJ and her husband, Brian, for over six weeks.  Bullhead sits right on the Colorado River.  When you cross the river you are in Laughlin, NV and have an hour time change.  Oh brother, just a little confusing.  To add to this, if you go a few miles south and cross the Colorado at the next bridge, you now are in California!  Always interesting!   Bullhead is a sleepy small city with the biggest problem being Burros in the road!  

   

This is my sister and me!

Thanksgiving dinner at BJ"s with Brian's sister, Diane, and us.  

On December 6th - 13th, sister Barbara and husband, John, flew to be with us here for a week.  It was great being with both sisters and spending time together.  Our cousin, Nancy and her husband, Leon, came over from Phoenix to spend some time with us.  Great family time!!

One thing that was a must do...baking Christmas cookies together!!  FUN :)  

We ATE cookies together, too!

Going to Oatman, AZ, about thirty miles away, was one of our family outings.  Oatman is on historic route 66, an old mining town with lots of wild west aura.  Burros are allowed to roam free in the streets.  Hmmmmm...

After lunch at the local hotel, we drove the rest of the way, 28 miles, to Kingman - switchbacks and all!  What a narrow, winding, interesting road.

This is a working gold mine up in the mountains.

It was a fun day driving with our two guys who love the stories of America's historic byways.

So you can see we have been busy and having a good time.  We also have travelled to Las Vegas two different days.  It is less than a two hour trip and gives us a nice destination.  

First trip, we went to see the sights.

Our second trip, we went to see the Ethel M Chocolate Factory, part of the Mars candy family.  Besides wonderful candies, they have a three acre Cactus Garden.  So many kinds of cacti!  

Who knew??  

YUMMY!!

Here is Christmas day at my sister's.

Bj"s tree!

And our RV decorated for Christmas!  

 This is our Advent calendar.  The only place to put it is on the bedroom mirror!  

Thanks for following along!  We will be going to see Mike in Bend, OR by car next week and leaving the RV here for ten days.  It doesn't like the cold.  Neither do we, but looking forward to seeing our guy!!  We'll travel up route 5, right in the middle of California.  Please pray for safe travels.  Thanks, friends.  We"ll write again when we get back from Oregon.  Happy New Year!