Week ending Nov 7, 2019 Laughlin

Friday - wind was down a bit, so we walked most of the way to Davis Dam.  Saw a couple of roadrunners and a bunny.  Very quiet on the path.

Saturday, walked past where we stopped yesterday and looped around over the hill on Horsehoe Loop.  Another bunny, but no roadrunners.  About 8 mi.

Sunday morning, we walked across the river to the IHOP on the Arizona side.  Our plan was to watch the final tennis match in Paris between Shapovalov and  Djokovic, but with the end of day light savings time, we only saw the last game.   Nascar playoffs in the afternoon. 

Joan's computer charger wasn't working, but it was compatible with John's, so we would swap it back and forth as required.  On Monday, we picked up a new charger.  We had a choice between a 90 and a 45 watt chargers with various plugs, and figured we would get the higher rated one.  It turned out to be a bad choice, so on Tuesday we returned it.  We brought Joan's computer with us and were able to convince the person in the entertainment area to find a place (not easy) to plug in the 45 watt charger and make sure it worked.   Fortunately, this one did work.

Wednesday we did the 6.6 mile desert loop hike, which climbs west through town, then beside the highway before crossing through an underpass, then north toward Davis Dam. 

Thursday morning, we walked back toward Davis Dam long the river pathways.  This time we did the Contractors' Camp Interpretive Trail.  The Camp was used when the Davis Dam was being built in the 1950's.

fireplace

One thing it had, which surprised us, was a swimming pool.  The pool is filled in, but the concrete around it is still there.

We continued on toward the dam.  There is a gate across the road that runs beside the pathway.

How many keys would it take to unlock the gate?

South of the dam were a few old concrete structures we checked out.  It turned out there must have been a railroad there.   

Below the dam, on a wire across the river, there was a line of about 30 cormorants perched watching for fish in the river, we presume.   They are usually there, but today we had our camera with us.

We heard a song bird in a bush, and were lucky to get a picture of it.

We stopped a while later for a rest, and were amused watching a little red ant moving a bit of something that was bigger than it was.   Every once in a while the bit would roll over, and the ant would flip around with it.