Our plan was to head north to Las Vegas to visit my cousin and her husband, but the weather turned and now we were expecting snow in the mountains and very cold temperatures everywhere else on the way. We scrapped the initial plan for a detour to visit the Grand Canyon Western Rim, and soon … Continue reading Leaving Kingman – Weather Woes
We are taking a bit of a break from our winter trip to catch up with some local news in our The Chronicles of Sarnia - Spring edition. There is a lot going on here and we thought we would share some of it with you. This post is short and sweet and we have … Continue reading The Chronicles of Sarnia – Spring
I've been saving this clip to when we get to Kingman, so here it is, the famous Route 66 tune to set the stage. https://youtu.be/AqhQSfFtOVE We left Oatman, and seeing how close we were to Vegas, we decided to go north and visit relatives. In the meantime, we headed to Kingman for the night. The … Continue reading Kingman
Route 66 from Oatman to Kingman descends down 191 curves, past Sitgreaves Pass and the memorial erected at the top, Shaffer's fishbowl, and Cool Springs Camp. That is, if you make it to the bottom in one piece.
Oatman is not just about burros. A former ghost town revived by a group of free-spirited artists and became quite the attraction. Like many other towns, Oatman has its roots in mining and was a gold rush boomtown at the beginning of the twentieth century. As a result of gold price drop, the mines shut … Continue reading OATMAN − THE TOWN THAT REFUSES TO DIE
We left you with our first encounter of the burros, which meant we were getting close to Oatman with the promise of more burros. Prepping for this post, it became very clear that this post will be about the burros and nothing else. We'll tell you about Oatman next time. But back to the burros: … Continue reading Oatman Burros
We left Craggy Wash in the morning and continued our way up the Colorado River. Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, a boaters paradise, was on our way, and since we didn't have a boat, we wandered by foot a bit. We hoped to see some wildlife, but there were none to be seen. In fact, wildlife … Continue reading Too Many Dams, Not Enough Burros
We left the Parker area and drove north. By the way, does anyone know why the soil around Parker is white? Are they spreading something, or is something leaching up? We couldn't find any information about it. Leave us a comment below if you know. On the way to our next BLM overnight, we stopped … Continue reading Misconceptions and Somber Moments in the Desert
Our next destination was Lake Havasu. The promise of warmer weather and a new place to explore had us heading north. If you've been following our travels for a while, you know that we can't resist visiting a good dam. Or a bad one such as the one in this post. But enough distractions, we … Continue reading Parker Dam And The Cutest American War
The desert beckoned us to come for another hike. Our campsite was south of Quartzsite at the edge of the BLM lands. We complied with the desert and went looking for petroglyphs and grinding stones We headed south west and across several washes until we reached a very wide wash. Google map labeled it as … Continue reading Petroglyphs and Grinding Stones