Salome, AZ

After being here almost a week we will be leaving in the morning for Palm Desert, CA. We had a good visit with friends John & Mary Fielding from Fri. thru Sun. They left on Mon. morning for Michigan. On Mon. we drove about 80 miles NW to Lake Havasu City. While there we drove over the London Bridge. Havasu City looks to be a tourist town. On the way back we stopped at Parker Dam and Parker, AZ. All of these places are on the Colorado River that runs between AZ & CA. The area between Parker and Parker Dam is really pretty. It is in a canyon between the mountains. The elevation sign said the elevation was 450 ft. The elevation here at Salome is 3300 ft. We booked the month of March at an RV park on the Calif. side of the river. Our site will be right on the bank of the river. We have also booked the month of Feb. here at Desert Palms in Salome.
Salome is located 100 miles west and north from Phoenix and 80 miles SW of Prescott. It is in the desert with mountains on all sides. There is some farming here in the valley. Right now they seem to be raising cotton and cantaloupe are being harvested. It is irrigated by wells and some ditch water from a dam in the mountains to the north. A few miles to the west in another valley there is a large dairy. If it wasn't for the water there would be only dirt and scrub similar to sage brush. The town of Salome appears to be around 500 residents with many more winter residents. There is a small grocery store, post office, restaurant, hardware-lumber yard and a parts store. Desert Palms RV Park is a really nice 200-300 space RV Park developed in the last 5 years. It also has a 9 hole golf coarse. There are many other RV parks in the area most are smaller and not nearly as nice. In fact some appear to be pretty run down. A lot of the men here have 4 wheel ATV's and spend time riding in the desert and the mountains. The women do crafts, painting etc like most RV parks. Just across the road to the south is a small airport development that has houses and hangers. We see ultra lights and small Cessna's taking off and landing there.