More T'dubing

 Thursday, January 29

A warmer but windy day here, not too bad but enough to get one's attention.

I went for a short ride before lunch to check out the BLM camping areas to the north and south of me.  Bottom Line, I picked the right one to camp in.

The camping area to the north along US95 wasn't very large and had a lot more camping rigs.  First though, I tried to get to that area via OHV trails but they proved too technical for me.  The next two pics were taken after electing to not pursue steeper hill climb type trails further north.

So, a short sprint on the highway and then I went into the northern camping area via the highway entrance.  Note the wind-driven dust storms in the hills to the west of the highway:

A bit of wandering and then I returned to the highway to go south of my camping area.  This one wasn't as full as the northern one but definitely sandier in terms of access roads.

There's a "Scenic Area" pull off spot along the highway.  I think this is the view that it refers to.

The needle is Monument Peaj

After a late lunch, I went for a short 2 mile hike along a section of the wash carved out by seasonal rains I assume.  The temperature had soared to 68 degrees so it was quite comfortable in the bright sunshine.

I came upon the ruins of an abandoned? travel trailer.  As you can see, it's been thoroughly destroyed.

I got a GPS location of the wreck, and hopefully can report it to the responsible BLM field office.  They probably know about it but just in case.

Friday, January 30

No riding, just hanging at camp, enjoying a warm day with temperatures in the low 70s.

Saturday, January 31

A bit of riding to check out the Havasu Riviera area.  Not much to report, a gated community for the rich near a private marina.

I checked out the dispersed camping area nearest to Lake Havasu City's southern border.  Cramped and crowded it was, not much to explore further in....

Rode back to my campsite, no new camper rigs appeared last evening and things are quiet except when dirt bikes or OHVs motor by....

Sunday, Feb 01

Another lazy day here in the Standard Wash BLM Camping area.

It was the warmest day so far, hitting 80°F!  Nice and sunny too, the only annoyance being dirt bikes and OHVAs who don't know enough to slow down when passing campers to cut down on the dust....

Given a chance, most people disappoint.

Warm enough in the morning that I had a visitor:

Had a pickup truck park nearby most of the afternoon, he didn't setup camp, just sat there.

In the late afternoon, spotted a family hiking along the ridgeline to the south and decided to practice with the bino to phone camera adapter:

Cameraphone at 1x, no bino

Bino in use, 1x zoom

Bino in use, 3x zoom

Cameraphone at 30x zoom

Sunday's sunset:

I displace tomorrow, moving to Quartzsite unless it's too crowded still (most likely).  In which case, I'll check out the possibility of camping in the Kofa NWR; failing that the Winterhaven near Yuma.