A favorite of mine:� http://azstateparks.com/Parks/RIIS/facilities.html

Private beach right on the river, a little protected cove.� Boat ramp.� Sites are $23/night, includes hot showers and electricity.� Town of Parker is 10 miles away for supplies.� The VANAGON bonus of this place is that there are 6 or 8 primo sites closest to the river with a nice grassy park....great for lounging....and, they're too small for RV's but perfect for Vanagons.� Daytime highs in March are generally in the 70's and 80's, nighttime lows in the 50's.� Perfect.� A cafe to walk to for breakfast or dinner about a mile up the road.� Busses by the Bridge at Lake Havasu is about 1 hour north along the Colorado River; so if you go to that in January, you could check out River Island State Park.� There are 2 other campgrounds within 2 miles of this one, but this one is the best.� 

On the California side of the river is a little campground called Crossroads.� Very nice, very basic, vault toilets, $6 a night, right on the river.� Another gem of a place.

Yeah...you could easily hang out in the Parker Strip area for a couple weeks and thaw out....plenty of little side trips like Laughlin, Oatman, Quartzite, Havasu to keep you entertained.� Do a little Googling. 

Rich
San Diego

--- On Fri, 3/25/11, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Places in the SW to camp in March
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 12:40 PM

Mrs Squirrel tires of the long cold winters in Central Oregon.

"Next year we will take a two week camping trip to the south, where it's
warmer," she declared.

She's thinking of deserty, sunny places. I envision camping in the sun,
near a stream, surrounded by cottonwood trees and sandstone hills. The
nearest neighbor a quarter-mile away.

Where would you go to spend a few days in the southwest?

--
Rocky J Squirrel
'84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
'74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR