Worth visiting!
I lived here for the first 18 yrs of my life. It wasn’t that much fun. Parker is on the Colorado River, just south of Lake Havasu about 40 miles. It’s a small community that gets much of its income from tourism and farming. Very hot place to live.
ToddieM
Diamond Bar
I think you must take it upon yourself, Just Doris, to upload a picture that captures the essence of this lonely little river town….
Will take far more work for me to actually fulfill that I may never….I have no reason these days to go back to Parker….so, one day if I remember….
Or…maybe I can scan a picture from my past in….
ToddieM
Diamond Bar
You can always filch one from the Internet. I googled Akron-Canton airport to come up with my lame photo….
There are a bunch of pictures of Parker on Webshots….so, here is the link and click on whatever photo albums you want . . . Parker Photo Album Links
I would’ve saved the pics and posted them here, but that wouldn’t have been very efficient. ACK!!!!
ToddieM
Diamond Bar
Only that loveable furball known as Bill The Cat has the creative license to say,,,,,
“ack”
on Parker.
It consists of farming south of Parker for many, many miles between Parker and Blythe. Parker is actually 1 square mile. One side is the Colorado River, the other 3 sides are owned by the Colorado River Indian Tribe (CRIT). Parker sometime more than 20 yrs ago was annexed, and I believe they have a golf course and I don’t know what else out in that area.
So, owning private property in Parker is a scarcity as it’s only comprised of the 1 square mile and the annexed property that is probably 10-15 miles out of the Parker proper.
North of Parker on the Colorado strip, CRIT rents out for LONG durations property. This serves things for tourism for the river and there are a lot of boating places. This also runs for many miles between here and Lake Havasu.
Parker hosts many boat races and their most famous is the Endura. It also is home to the Score 400, which is a famous off road race where off roaders come from all over the world to compete.
As a past time for many, people get into drinking. Quite sad. Many alcoholics around. This was a little po dunk town to grow up in in the middle of nowhere.
We did not get our first McDonald’s until probably 1990, which is well after I graduated high school. Growing up we had KFC, Dairy Queen, and A&W for fast food.
