Friday, we decided to carry on toward Arizona instead of going over the hills to Moab. Christmas must be around the corner. We had a DQ candy cane blizzard in Beaver, Utah. Then we went to Mesquite for one night.
Saturday, we drove through Las Vegas, then headed south to Mohave Valley south of Bullhead City in Arizona.. We stopped at Crossroads RV Park, on Boundary Cone Road, the road that goes east to Oatman. The sites are a decent size, with room to park the truck beside the trailer.
Sunday morning, we did the walk around the park. We chatted with a few couples. Then we watched the NASCAR race from Texas.
Monday morning, we checked the internet for hikes in the area. One site described the Mohave and Milltown Railroad Trail, which runs from milepost 9. The trail follows an old railbed that was only used for about 1 year, running from a gold mine down to the river. However, we got the description backwards, and instead of heading down the valley, we followed the BLM road on the north side of the road. It turned out this was a good choice as it headed up into the hills. We followed the road for about half a mile until we came to a road heading into the hills. After about 2 miles we came to an intersection with a better road. Just past this intersection was a large group of trailers. The road to them had an open gate, with a 'No trespassing' sign. We headed down the better road, which eventually intersected with the road we had started on. The walk was about 4 miles, and took us 2 hours.
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| Mohave Valley from the hill |
After stopping at the trailer to change shoes, we went to the Black Bear Diner in Bullhead City. The last time we were here, it was closed for repairs after a fire. It was a little tough to find something without meat for Joan, but she was prepared to make an exception with a chicken taco salad. John had the Blazin' Bear Sandwich with Seasoned Tri-Tip. This is a roast beef sandwich with Papa Burn sauce, the strongest of Baby Burn and Momma Burn.
On Tuesday morning, we headed toward Boundary Cone, (mtn), and did a 4 mi walk down into a valley to Alcyone Mine, then toward Peerless Mine. Across the valley from Peerless we saw Oatman United Mines. Just before Peerless Mine, we saw 4 wild burros up the hill from us. They watched us intently. On the way back, close to the truck we saw a covey of quails, and a rodent.
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| Rodent |
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| Quail |
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In the afternoon, our next door neighbour asked if we could move our truck, so the guys washing his RV would have more room to work. We found out that the fellow on the other side of us was having them come on Thursday. We asked the washers if they could do ours. They told us to phone their number (on the side of their truck), and they would let us know when they could do it.
On Wednesday, morning, we did another mine hike, a few miles further south of Boundary Cone. We walked up to Green Quartz Mine, then to Black Range Mine. There were a lot of other little shafts along the route, and at one point, there were two tunnels running into opposite sides of the same wash. One of the tunnels ran at least hundred yards into the hill.
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| Mini Arch |
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| from inside tunnel |
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| tiny gecko |
Just as we were getting back to the trailer, the mobile wash guys called to say they would be here tomorrow, and would do our trailer after the one next door.
Thursday morning, the mobile wash guy came out and washed the whole outside of the trailer.
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