Bullhead City, Arizona

New friends, Eric & Debbie generously offered for us to stay at their house while Eric help Dave install our new bumpers which they also got us a discount on.

Over nighting in Wikieup, Arizona.

As an added bonus our little RV park has a Chicago style eatery

Italian Beef sandwich with giardiniera just like we had in Chicago

 

Our dinner was so good the birthday boy decided he wanted to try their Chicago tamale for breakfast

Our new neighbor at Davis Camp Park

Surprise, he's an artist

We arrived in Bullhead City just ahead of the rains

Happy Hour has been canceled for today

Birthday dinner at Mohave Steakhouse.  Best steak we have had in years.

We returned to a double rainbow

Not sure how it got it's name.  

Thumb Rock

Headed to Oatman, Arizona

We had heard so much about the little town of Oatman over the years

There were no burros in town.  We were told they were all out eating poppies

St Patrick's day celebration

Nightly Happy Hour

Great Horned Owl and her chick

Peach Springs is a small town near the western Grand Canyon on the Hualapai Indian Reservation. From the town of Peach Springs you can obtain a permit which allows you to drive down a dirt road which leads you to the Colorado River along Diamond Creek.

Colorado River

Dinner at River Rock Pizza & Pasta

Fort Piute

In 1867, a US mail route was created along the Mojave Road between San Bernardino, California and Prescott, Arizona.  Military escort relays were established to protect the mail riders, and Fort Piute was one of several outposts built to house the escorts.  Shortly after the fort was completed, the mail route was changed to a southern route, and the fort was abandoned after less than six months. The fort was built to last.  The walls remained nearly intact into the 1930's.

The Murals just outside of the town of Chloride are the famous Purcell Murals painted by Roy Purcell.  In 1966 Roy took a break from pursuing a Master's degree in Fine Arts at Utah State University to labor as a miner in the Cerbat mountains near Chloride, Arizona.

With the support of local residents, he painted a 2,000 square foot set of murals on some boulders about a mile and a half outside of town. The murals have held up well during the many years, and the colors have remained vibrant.

We were shocked to round the corner and see this Newmar motorhome here.  They obviously drove out here before the rains.  We're not sure how long before the roads get dried out enough or how they are going to get turned around.  Some thought Newmar should use this for a commercial.

A cold muddy but fun day

Davis Dam

Colorado River Heritage Greenway Park

Riverside recreation area with interpretive signs, picnic tables & access to a network of trails.

Remnants of the Wiley Inspiration Mine

Ghost flowers

Sleeping Princess off in the distance

Grapevine Canyon, located within Spirit Mountain, is one of the earliest and largest petroglyph sites in Southern Nevada.

Fort R.E.D.S.

R - Retired

    E - Extremely

     D - Dangerous

S - Seniors

The hills have eyes

California Poppies in bloom

Going to the "Panty Tree" for lunch is not as sexy as it sounds

Thumb rock from close up.  Not the same as from the highway

Can you see the burro and the 3 Bighorn sheep?

I wonder what they are saying to each other

Stopping off at Redlands Truck & RV for our annual service

We found fellow FMCA 4-Wheelers members also having work done at Redlands Truck & RV.  Getting caught up over breakfast at Carolyn's Cafe.

Visiting with fellow RVer, Deborah while we wait.  Turns out we were both born at Quintard Hospital in San Diego.  The hospital closed approximately one year after I was born.  Most people have never even heard of the hospital. She is the only person I have ever met that was born at the same hospital as me.

Road Trip #41 - 23 Days