Our first stop was in a town called Wellton and is where the Copper Ridge RV Subdivision is located. This a deeded property Resort where the sites are huge and the views spectacular. We drove around the property and were impressed by some of the units that were on these sites. As mentioned, they are huge:
The rules for site improvement are that you may have up to two RV's or park models, one manufactured home or one site-built home. Some of the homes we saw were very impressive:
and the use of the spaces were excellent.
This shot is taken from the top of one of the streets in the subdivision:
Notice the beautiful mountains in the background which were all around the complex. Also notice one of the negatives we found with this resort - there is a railroad that runs along the outside of the southern boundary of these properties. We are sure that is also a negative for the residents, as the tracks are very close to the rear of these lots. There were two more negatives that we discovered. The first was a very offensive odor from a beef factory farm that is located about 3 miles east of the town. When the wind blows from the east, you can hardly stand the smell coming from these thousands of cattle that are there. The town (Wellton) itself wasn't that great and the fact that it is so far from the downtown area - about 15 miles, pretty much eliminated any further consideration by us. Another real problem for any of the site owners in this subdivision will be the resale aspect of these properties.
We arrived at our hotel - the Best Western Hotel - at around 1:30 which was much before the check-in time of 3 PM. They checked us in, but asked us to give them a half hour to complete the cleaning. Josie and I went across the street to the nice mall that is there and we had a Starbucks coffee while waiting for the room. Here is a shot of the view from our room when we finally checked in:
It's a very nice hotel and one we would recommend to anyone coming to Yuma.
There is a Casino in town that was about 5 miles from the hotel that we went to try before having dinner. The Cocopah Casino isn't very large, but they had some terrific slots and we played for almost 3 hours with our $40 stake. Josie hit a nice jackpot for $100 shortly after we arrived, so we played for the three hours and still left with about half of our original stake.
Following our fun stop at the casino, we went to another favorite of ours for dinner - The Olive Garden. We have never had any problem with any food at these restaurants before last night. Josie ordered the grilled salmon while I had the chicken parmesan. Josie ended up not eating much of any of her overcooked salmon and the manager credited back her meal. I felt bad for her, but it was obviously a piece of salmon that was either old or sitting for quite a while before being served. The service was also terrible as the waiter didn't bring some of our requested items, and he didn't even ask us if we wanted dessert. Oh well, sometimes you get exceptions to the best and most dependable places to eat.
Our trip today will take us to Parker, AZ on the Colorado River, via Quartzsite which is a popular and very busy location for RVers at this time of the year. There is also another casino in Parker which is where we will stay tonight. See you from Parker tomorrow...
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