Blythe Vacations, Blythe Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Finally on the state border at Blythe, CA and Ehrenberg, AZ. We stopped at the Best Western just over the border at a Truck stop, and found our room for the night. We checked in, took our luggage in and then went to The Cookery next door at the Flying J Truck stop. This diner is there for the truckers, so they had a nice buffer and a regular menu too. Nice selection and inexpensive prices, and the waitress even made suggestions that kept our cost down even more while giving us an extra we wa...

Roadtrippin' through western USA. Didn't plan ahead more than a few days. Had a lot of fun, especially in Vegas! Roundtrip Phoenix-Grand Canyon-Albuquerque-Denver-Yellowstone-Salt Lake-Bryce Canyon-Zion Canyon-Las Vegas-Sequoia NP-Pacific coast-Hollywood-Joshua Tree NP-Phoenix About 8.500 km (5.300 mi).

My sister was DONE (overdone) with living in El Paso, Texas! She invited me to fly down from Portland, pack up the Ford Focus with some light boxes, the two of us, two kids, and "Bunny" the hampster. We left El Paso, and set out across the southern deserts of New Mexico, Arizona, and California on I-10. Then, headed north on I-5 through California's Central Valley, the southern Oregon Siskiyous, and the Willamette Valley to Portland. (Tracie and the kids continued on to settle in Seattle.)

Continuing my trip to Nevada, I pulled into a commercial park right on the banks of the Colorado River. This park was terrible with families, screaming kids, drunken men and women and noisy boats and watercraft. Summary: Elk RV Parking: 32; Escapee RV Parks: 20; Public RV Parks: 20; National Parks: 32; Ships: 9; Forts: 17 Expenses: 24 months on the road with an average of $1844/month.