We left OK RV Park in Holbrook, AZ right at noon, which was the checkout time.  We had passed a small Petrified Rocks shop the previous afternoon, which had been suggested to us by the Ariel, the granddaughter of Rhonda at DoBell Ranch, but the shop was closed, so decided to try it again the next morning before we left.  It was open, so we made a quick by there, bought two magnificent pieces, and got her contact information for future trips.

Having finally left the campground, we proceeded along I-40 without incident, except for the usual high winds.  This high wind thing is getting tiring!

Turning south at Flagstaff, we got onto I-17 and shortly afterward decided to take 89A, since it parallels I-17 and was suggested by Richard's Father, he having driven it prevoiusly a few years earlier.  It was fabulous!  Richard was a little concerned about the high winds and the narrow, windy, road, but it turns out that 89A actually ends up going through somewhat of a canyon and thus the high winds were a lot less!  In some places, the speed limit is 25 and the suggested speeds for some curves is 15, but really, no one seemed to be in a enormous hurry and it was very nice.  Kelly was taking pictures like crazy.

Rejoining I-17 south of Sedona, we then made our way over to Prescott, AZ.  (No, we didn't drive through Jerome.  Jerome is built on a hillside and has quite a few narrow streets and tight turns.  "No...  Thank you!")

We made our way, finally, to Willow Lake RV Park, which incidentaly is not on Willow Lake, but it is close to the lake.  When we arrived, Richard went into the office to checkin.  At that point, he finally saw a map of the campground and saw that there were some pull-through sites available.  Asking about it, he was told that he could have his pick of either site 7, which he was originally assigned, or site 10 nearby, or site 22, which was a pull-through.  So, the plan was for him to jump on the golf cart with the guy who would ultimately led him to the site, select what site he wanted, and then drive the trailer over there.  Cool!  So, the guy driving the golf cart was "a little eccentric", to say the least.

If you're read previous entries in this blog, you may remember the crazy guy at Magnolia RV Park.  This guy was kinda like that.  His brain was constantly moving from one thing to another, telling me all about the work had been doing lately on a backed up sewage line.  He also seemed super excited about his new trash bin, out front!  "No more overflowing trash!"  He was really a cool guy and very interesting!

Ok, here's a warning for all of your RVers out there.  If you're leveling your trailer and it's on a slope, such that the wheels on one side are on a different slope than the wheels on the other side, bad things could happen.  Always try to make sure the slope between the left side and the right side of the trailer is pretty close to the same.  Ok, here's what happened.  We had backed our trailer into slot 7, which had good shade, and had determined that the passenger side needed to come up about 4-5 inches!  Having put the passenger side wheels up on blocks of sufficient height, we chocked all wheels, then began jacking up the front to the height needed.  Suddenly, the front jack slid sideways, off of the blocks, and onto the ground!  How could this have happened?!  It appears as though it was a combination of (1) passenger-side wheels and driver-side wheels were on different slopes, (2) we had "X type" wheel chocks which go between the wheels, and (3) the up hill side wheels were on very loose gravel.  So, the up hill set of wheels slid in the gravel (even though they were chocked together) and the whole trailer slid off of the leveling blocks on the down hill side!  Very scary, but ultimately nothing was hurt!  We repositioned the trailer a little to one side, where the two sets of wheels were both on more level ground, which didn't require as much height in the leveling blocks, and everything seems much more stable now.  (Interesting lesson, however, that when using "X" type wheel clocks, the two wheels could still slide, if the surface is unstable.  We hadn't encountered that before.)

Having setup our trailer in a much more stable location and having set out our screen tent (we found there were still bugs present), we settled down for a nice sunset snack, including G&Ts, and later dinner, news, etc.

While having some late afternoon snacks in our screen room outside of the trailer, Kelly happened to mention, "the back tire on the passenger side of the trailer seems quite low".  Richard took a note to check it out.  More on that later...

Tomorrow, we visit with Kelly's Dad in Prescott Valley.

We had a very nice visit with Kelly's Dad in Prescott Valley.  We got there just after noon and Kelly cooked lunch/dinner for everyone.  (It's just easiest for Kelly to cook the meal because of her many food allergies, plus she's an excellent cook and doesn't mind doing it.  Richard helps with prep work.)

The next day, we got back to Kelly's Dad's house in the early afternoon, had a lunch/dinner which couldn't be beat, and then we all went out for a nice hike around Watson Lake.  The lake is really pretty with lots of very interesting rock formations.  We had a great time.

(We have more photos of the rock formations and will add them in another day or so.)