Fred; We plan to spend next winter in the SW. I think we'll concentrate on Laughlin. Maybe try the casino parking lots, eat the cheap buffets and play some BJ. Laughlin treats you like a king because of the Vegas competition. I have never been there in an RV but have driven down from Vegas a few time for the day.
Tom On 11 Nov 2004 at 20:26, Fred Stevens K2FRD wrote: > > At 5:27 +0000 10/11/2004, nvrockhounds wrote: > >Yup, sounds like you were in California, when you should have been on > >the East Coast, no way would it take a half million to clean-up the > >rusty junque. Since you didn't try to stay around other people, can I > >ask why? Dogs? Drinking problems? Did you ask Leonard or anyone else > >where to park? > > I traveled 3000 miles cross-country to the Slabs since I had heard all > these great things on this list and on the SLABS list; I was looking > for a warm, dry, and cheap location where my arthritis wouldn't bother > me. After only a day there, I was bitterly disappointed in the place, > so spent the rest of my stay looking for other parking/camping > locations in the SW. > > I arrived late at night on 3 October, parked near the guard house > along the main road. When daylight came, I stepped out of my trailer > and my first sight was a pile of rusty cans, some discarded RV parts, > and some unidentified metal things; spread around the ground were > many, many pieces of broken beer bottles. I drove down the road, > stopped at the bulletin board where there were some announcements, but > no information about what might be available. The only map I had came > off the internet, so I used that as a guide. There was a sign along > the road stating "info", but nobody home, so I stopped at a nearby RV > which was obviously permanently parked and asked about where a newbie > could park. He told me to "F**k off", so that conversation ended > rather abruptly. I don't know who Leonard is, but of the several > permanent Slabs residents I talked to (or attempted to talk to) during > my stay, only two were friendly: a Mexican youth who was hitchhiking > into Niland and the guy living in the stripped-out mobile home on th > > It would require major construction equipment to police up the rusted > and burned out derelict RVs and vehicles alone not to mention the > labor to clean up 640 acres. But, as I said, that was just an > estimate; it might require several million more dollars if it's > determined that there is groundwater and soil contamination. EPA would > could become involved if it were to be declared a Toxic Waste Site > resulting in many more millions for clean-up. > > I have a 3.7 kw generator and I am very sensitive to the noise > pollution created as it is running. As my signature indicates, I'm a > ham radio operator and I need the power for my radios, so I try to > keep the noise as far as possible from others so I can minimize the > disturbance to them. I even carry a noise reduction enclosure made > from foam rubber padding to minimize the noise. For this reason, I > usually look for a location where the generator's noise will disturb > as few people as possible or nobody if possible. > > While there were some barking dogs nearby, they didn't bother me at > all, not as much as the loud drinking parties at the same site across > the road (maybe 200 meters away). I'm not a partier nor do I drink > although I don't mind others having fun as long as it doesn't get too > rowdy. Yelling, screaming, and whooping at 3 AM is too rowdy. > > >Where are you camped now? Go up to Rice, CA and stay on the old > >airfield slabs, there, not that far back to Parker, AZ or Blythe, CA, > >and you will be by yourself for the most part. > > I'm at a delightful tiny (40 units) RV park west of Phoenix which is > clean, quiet, and populated by other retired professionals who also > have generators. We all get along like the proverbial peas in a pod. > And I still have a noise shield around my generator. > > -- > 73 de Fred K2FRD, VO2FS > http://homepage.mac.com/k2frd/K2FRD.html > Free Subscription To OCARG EAGLE, a newsletter for ham radio Scouters > http://homepage.mac.com/k2frd/ocarg.htm for info. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! > Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/z1TolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~- > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/z1TolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To reply to this message, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondocking/post?act=reply&messageNum=7506 Please do not reply to this message via email. More information here: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/messages/messages-23.html <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondocking/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
