T'dubing around the off-road areas near Lake Havasu City, and London Bridge!

 Tuesday, January 27

I did a little bit of riding around the area, checking out some trails that led further into the OHV areas.  Pretty rocky terrain here with trails that are sandy but not too bad.

As you can see I. The following pics, it's a wash...some small hills, some ravines, and lots of rocks and some trails.  Not the most exciting scenery but this area doesn't have as many campers as the two further to the north along US Highway 95.

Next to the BLM area, there's some kind of excavation operation, digging up the land for what looks like sand and dirt to me 

Wednesday, January 28

I rode the 10 miles or so to check out the London Bridge tourist attraction.  Originally built and situated in London, England.  It was purchased, taking apart, and reassembled in Lake Havasu City.

An interesting project and tourist draw apparently.  I rode Yagi over the actual bridge a couple of times to get these shots.  McCollough Road traverses the bridge, and there is a park area with a water canal running under it that you can stroll about in.

I did not tarry long at the bridge, and said I continueed north to around the area near mile marker 192. I had seen some interesting rock formations from the highway as I drove south on Monday and had wanted to check them out.

I would find myself close to the above formation 

I call it the Catchers Mitt

There are several nice camping spots, in this BLM area. The access road is right at mile marker 192, and while the road is rough in spots it's better than in the Standard Wash BLM area where I am camping.

You can ride up almost to the top of the hill where the state provides land for an antenna complex.

The view from near the top of the hill

The mountain where the telecom antennas were located.

About 55 miles of riding today under mostly cloudy skies.  The high temperature was 66 degrees with a s wind.  

I woke to 41 degrees Fahrenheit so it was a bit chilly riding into town, even though I had waited till it was 50 degrees.  Not too bad though.  Riding home in the low 60s was just fine.

Sunset was OK:

Heading South after a Visit with Blazeourway's Lori and Chris Z.

 Martha and I spent almost a whole week visiting with Lori and Chris Z. in Meadview Arizona where they have a base of operations. 

Here's a picture of a mockingbird that spent some time on a bush near my last campsite at the McDowell Regional Park campground: 

During our time visiting with Chris and Lori, we meant the new addition to their home, a rescue puppy terrier called Pinky. 

The weather wasn't really conducive to ridng as it was just cool enough to be a nuisance even in the full sunlight.  So we did some chores, basically hung out with Chris and Lori, and just caught up with each other's lives. 

The main chore was helping to almost finish the installation of baseboard in several rooms of their home.

Lori cutting baseboard to fit....

Lori, Chris and Pinky beside their new truck

Which will eventually replace Stewie, their overlander vehicle.

Today, I left them to start driving south in the VRRV while Lori took Martha to Las Vegas to meet up with a neighborhood friend for a few days before she flies home to Colorado. 

I drove perhaps three and a half hours or so to a BLM dispersed camping location south of Lake Havasu City, Arizona. There's still a fair amount of RVs and Camping rigs in the three dispersed camping areas near this city but I found a nice spot nonetheless. 

Tonight sunset was pretty good, I'm glad to be on the road again. 

Mid-60s for temperature today, a little warmer tomorrow.

Altitude: 1194 ft.

Near-Glamping in the Fort McDowell Regional Park

Yep, actually in a campground for once!

It's a convenient location for us to visit Martha's cousin at her home in nearby Fountain Hills.  Since we're not towing the CRV this trip, we're being picked up at the campground and conveyed hence to Martha's cousin's location.

The campground here is nicely laid out from what I've seen so far.  The sites are spaced nicely apart from each other and there's power and water at our site.  No sewer hookup, hence the use of the term Near-Glamping.

$40//night is the cost, not bad.  Since I was on shore power, ran the AC unit for a bit just to exercise it.

Altitude:  2011 ft.

Martha's "auntie" Carol, a close friend of the family, picked us up along with her friend Loretta to take us to Martha's cousin's home in Fountain Hills.

Drinks, then dinner at a very nice Chinese restaurant, rounded out a very nice evening.

Last day near Solomon, AZ

 A peaceful Sunday, even with two truck/tent campers (who set up farther than our existing neighbor) and a small travel trailer who set up barely within line of sight, a mile away.

Not as warm due to a strong breeze but warm enough in the mid to late afternoon to enjoy the outdoors.

A shot of the dam from its other side:

Sunset was ok:

Sunrise on Monday, January 19 was pretty good one to wake up to:

The plan is to leave here this Monday morning and drive to the McDowell Regional State Park near Fountain Hills, AZ.  We're visiting a cousin of Martha's for a couple of days.