Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Up early to complete our packing up and hooking up and pulling out.  It was going okay until Ed came to say goodbye and Chuck stopped in to bid us adios.  Then as we were pulling out Gloria and Glen came out to the road to wish us a safe journey.  10:05 saw us pull out from the RV Pit Stop where we topped up the propane and water and headed north on 95 to Parker. There were a few tears shed as we traveled down the highway.  I can't imagine how hard it would be to leave if we had been the first, not the second to last, of the group.   The only one left is Chuck. Between Quartzsite and Parker (second picture) the grass was getting knee high.  We had been told that many years ago there was 75,000 head of cattle grazing in the area.  Around Quartzsite we found it hard to believe, but seeing how high the grass is further north (it is 30 miles to Parker) one could almost see those cattle grazing today.  From Parker we went to Lake Havasu.  What a pretty place.  Next year we would like to make a day trip up to see what all is there.  The lake was very pretty in the morning sun.  The drive was very scenic but was hard pulling, so we turned off 95 onto I40 and went through Needles, California.  Picked up 95 again and lunched on a salad at MacDonald's in Searchlight, Nevada.  Left there at 2:35 pm heading north on 95.  Sunny, +55F, high winds, dust hazard.    Thought we would camp at the Railroad Pass Hotel & Casino just out of Henderson, but they had no camping, so we moved on.  Ended up making not the right turn and ended up in Boulder City but that was okay by me. We were driving along the shoreline of Lake Mead (third and fourth pictures).  It is unbelievable how low the lake is from its high water mark.  Our destination is Overton, Nevada but it really doesn't matter when we arrive, so a wrong turn only lead to something else.  We are camped for the night in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area at Callville Bay.  The last picture is the view we had as we rounded the bend to Callville Bay.  Hope to do a bit of exploring to see what is here before leaving tomorrow.  Hope you are all warm and enjoying good health.