Trip to Parker Strip

Trip to Parker Strip
By Liang Nov. 3 2009
I went to Parker Strip with my host family last weekend. Parker Strip, a part of a branch of Colorado River, is on the dividing line between California and Arizona. A dam on the upper, another dam on lower reaches.
My host mum told me the plan a week before we stared, so I felt excited for a whole week. After finishing class on Friday, I quickly packed my bag waiting for leaving. I played games for hours until 3 A.M. We put ice-cases, bags and chairs at the back of truck and got everything prepared. It took us almost 4 hours to get there. We went through a piece of desert and finally saw a water. Then my host mum and her grandsons cleaned the trailer while my host father and I went to get the boat. After hooking up the boat and the truck, we took it to a gas station and also had the boat washed. It was the first time to put a boat into a river, so I was really careful. We put more than a half of the trailer into the river, and the boat started floating. When I started the engine, the boat started getting rid of the trailer. Finally we took the truck and the trailer to another trailer which we lived in.
The river is clear and we could see the bottom of the river. First we went sightseeing to the upper reaches. It is really nice and I couldn't find a word to describe how beautiful it is. There are a lot of villas on one side of the river. A lot of people do water skiing on the river. We drove to somewhere queit and stopped the boat. We all jumped into the river although it was cold. We spent 2 days there and enjoyed the scenery. Before leaving there, we made a 'T' bracket and covered the boat.
It is really beautiful and I want to go there again in the future. I even want to buy a house on the side of the river. On the way home, we saw a big sand strom flow from right side of freeway to left. It was a nice trip and I enjoyed it.