924 March 14, 2023 Foiled Plans
It was our intention to go out overnight but the forecast for today was for wind and rain. We have had a few drips and dribbles over the course of the day…enough that we were glad not to be getting everything wet.
I tried to take my morning walk. I didn’t want to go out to the ecological preserve in case the dogs were running. I decided to walk in the neighborhood. There was a gate standing open and two dogs barking and heading toward me. I turned around and a small but fierce chihuahua was chasing me and barking his fool little head off. I went back to the campground, resigned to walking loops. It was then that I saw the lady from yesterday with one of her border collies…the aggressive dog. I went to speak to her. Her dog was so off the hook that she had to put her in the RV in order to hear me. She agreed that her dogs should not have been off leash and was acutely aware that her dog had a tendency to be overprotective and threatening. She made her apologies and gave me her reassurances that the dogs would not be running freely again.
With that resolved, I went for a lovely walk along the river. Tim was going in as I was coming out.
Later, we both went to the laundromat. As we were waiting for the washers, we were working to plan the next phase of our trip. We looked at weather forecasts and decided that Death Valley National Park might be the warmest place to go. When we got to the website, we saw alerts about the road conditions in the park. Only the paved roads are currently passable. Summer flooding has destroyed many of the backcountry roads. We have seen the paved portion of the park several times…what to do…where to go???
We had light rain this afternoon and we rested and read.
We made mushroom and spinach omelets for our dinner.
Then, we began to try to make a plan again. We decided to stay here in Blythe for another couple of days. Next week we will go north a short distance to Lake Havasu and then, check the weather again and decide where to go after that!
