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River Island State Park (Parker, AZ)

Park Entrance

 

Our Site #4

Our first stop. We’re here for several days. Notice that we have our big HughesNET Gen5 dish set up. This is because . . .

AT&T Service: none

Verizon Service: 1x (at best)

Campground WiFi:  Download speeds between 5 to 8 Mbps. However, it was only sporadically available.

 

This campground brings back memories for us. It reminds us of all the Wisconsin state parks we stayed at years ago. Electricy and water. No sewer hookups. So it’s campground shower time as our RV holding tanks would fill up mighty fast if we showered in our Newmar. Doing laundry is out too.

Here’s a description of the campground facilities . . .

 

OLDER CAMPGROUND BATH & SHOWERS

These are located near the Colorado River beach.

The Older Shower/Bathroom Building

 

Older Building – Typical Shower Stall

 

NEWER CAMPGROUND BATH & SHOWERS

These are located near the campground entrance. We tried both old & new showers. The new showers had the best water pressure and hot water. The older showers took forever to warm up.

New Shower and Bathroom Building

 

New Building Shower Stall

 

CAMPGROUND TOUR

Our Site #4 Panorama (click on photo to enlarge)

 

View Out Our RV Windows . . .

 

 

 

Camp Host Site

 

Beach

 

Bottle Brush Bush & Tree . . .

Bottle Brush Bush

 

Bottle Brush Tree

 

Jan Took a Picture of this Great Egret Near Our Site

 

DOG PARK

A very pleasant surprise. Flirt found herself running around and rolling in a nice-sized leash-free dog area.

 

 

WEDGE HILL TRAIL

Located near the boat launch ramp. Walking trail along the Colorado River.

 

 

JAN PAINTING

Jan’s Painting Setup

 

Jan’s Painting

 

MOMENT OF ZEN . . .

One Minute Movie . . . our last night in our Lake Havasu park model. We’ll miss it.