tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48194554948088856462024-03-18T21:41:46.221-04:00Our Journey Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240071960666882038noreply@blogger.comBlogger134917tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819455494808885646.post-52339269020197522862024-03-18T21:41:00.000-04:002024-03-18T21:41:09.750-04:00March 4th, 2024 Road Trip and Interesting Places<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">At the entrance to the campground, there is a sign about the Oatman Farm Tours (but only on a Tuesday). When we were talking about it, Sue mentioned about the site of the Oatman Massacre so today we decided to try and find it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What a great spot:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpo7te8RU-79FBurnJQLGCRGtwdR87Shyphenhyphennjk_J_aUKC0rL5uJOVyoQZxif73chf8Gxrj_jpyBOMitcKC1OvRdV5uYh8Qj7D0uoteath7tM23WBlJjNBFLWL7QpbHz7n3lwPq4DQfENUbOPNmWK4mdeimspEItAzC5g-e84-6tlK3xfs3py14t77dfPs9o/s5472/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpo7te8RU-79FBurnJQLGCRGtwdR87Shyphenhyphennjk_J_aUKC0rL5uJOVyoQZxif73chf8Gxrj_jpyBOMitcKC1OvRdV5uYh8Qj7D0uoteath7tM23WBlJjNBFLWL7QpbHz7n3lwPq4DQfENUbOPNmWK4mdeimspEItAzC5g-e84-6tlK3xfs3py14t77dfPs9o/w640-h426/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We passed this building and stopped. We found out later that it was a stage coach stop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkhJG9nFZP6ZCGk5uCmy0TxML8QIvLMHfC92yYQweQWKosHyL_Obw_ADFAH2GkkahRE02doLCbt2C59RB9Rua-p_4PNoD-VFshotBwPJA6TN_yMhRcqjYXsWOSGOKFquFqq_A8rpEl0PF1BAoiNXd1Pho2Nf6Ab5ED4tm5Vvc8Yq1ViFBfHvTYOlkCzM/s5472/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(5).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkhJG9nFZP6ZCGk5uCmy0TxML8QIvLMHfC92yYQweQWKosHyL_Obw_ADFAH2GkkahRE02doLCbt2C59RB9Rua-p_4PNoD-VFshotBwPJA6TN_yMhRcqjYXsWOSGOKFquFqq_A8rpEl0PF1BAoiNXd1Pho2Nf6Ab5ED4tm5Vvc8Yq1ViFBfHvTYOlkCzM/w640-h426/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(5).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdVF5jJhECBqgdL4LR-t8-s3uNYqGWuBGXFCGx3_4cBgVxwNQVgOnH4dK8zDENjmFtZ2aBE8xFtmM_-2HZMfukZWal2SrqU9Gq8Y92QesqW-1TPnF3sMf2xgLXknKHSOFS37C5W5Uo1EuchqLvrak6WqQO7sn1Tu_dN5brE48W_L3_ALOe9vCFAkui2g/s5472/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(10).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdVF5jJhECBqgdL4LR-t8-s3uNYqGWuBGXFCGx3_4cBgVxwNQVgOnH4dK8zDENjmFtZ2aBE8xFtmM_-2HZMfukZWal2SrqU9Gq8Y92QesqW-1TPnF3sMf2xgLXknKHSOFS37C5W5Uo1EuchqLvrak6WqQO7sn1Tu_dN5brE48W_L3_ALOe9vCFAkui2g/w640-h426/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(10).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Have no clue, it was just sitting there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2ur0JWbkavQa7gXjecskOnbK29nSp4u1HBbofga3yfOmsd6cnuWznLXwx5df3HwaDs847Lb25bLe69zMxZMPPoAy_85MjoHJ4fZDN68WNaTF6f09-Ngywo30ruINYdyjcT01gQB8DIp4BK_EFKGzNfwcVZ7hJ_2eEMg7suio3PS-o0i8cNtyjrDxvec/s5472/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(9).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2ur0JWbkavQa7gXjecskOnbK29nSp4u1HBbofga3yfOmsd6cnuWznLXwx5df3HwaDs847Lb25bLe69zMxZMPPoAy_85MjoHJ4fZDN68WNaTF6f09-Ngywo30ruINYdyjcT01gQB8DIp4BK_EFKGzNfwcVZ7hJ_2eEMg7suio3PS-o0i8cNtyjrDxvec/w640-h426/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(9).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We continued our journey and crossed over the now dry Gila River Bed - it was massive!</span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Xqq48wyhNzogdaPc61f0JhkPwEKTNKaCjZChQMrU-5lIttaa8h2GU0alASsDOBp9-Wuv54nqLa9_-i6yQEicQ7dd6kNepMOlabFG5u5WrQf1KtHFcRkaw3-sow-F8ZO7hCFnvKfaR2YUlylZq8_epBX2gix4dWTWKI6xX9dPc6nG59ZzNNd7x2cozo0/s5472/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(15).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Xqq48wyhNzogdaPc61f0JhkPwEKTNKaCjZChQMrU-5lIttaa8h2GU0alASsDOBp9-Wuv54nqLa9_-i6yQEicQ7dd6kNepMOlabFG5u5WrQf1KtHFcRkaw3-sow-F8ZO7hCFnvKfaR2YUlylZq8_epBX2gix4dWTWKI6xX9dPc6nG59ZzNNd7x2cozo0/w640-h426/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(15).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We passed the entrance for Oatman Farms and just kept going - we thought the grave site was outside the farming area - yes, we were wrong.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We turned around here - yes, that is volcanic rock:</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4n1m_L9t8ykRk8kwi1rSIcezJQmtd9JN3dFtmyYCjhRExh3JKC5nNCtG6PdFlSpawQ_IzvEvBP0XZaQVAdZE1TjorMGkHZ_JLEY0ce75v_SYOXbbb-lHkmJi52n-7Zi9_oCpdgLqsNSAsV5ZKSoxx_g7RrNkWbZ4AojlAOUttug6wWy2nfPwmPO98H5k/s5472/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(22).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4n1m_L9t8ykRk8kwi1rSIcezJQmtd9JN3dFtmyYCjhRExh3JKC5nNCtG6PdFlSpawQ_IzvEvBP0XZaQVAdZE1TjorMGkHZ_JLEY0ce75v_SYOXbbb-lHkmJi52n-7Zi9_oCpdgLqsNSAsV5ZKSoxx_g7RrNkWbZ4AojlAOUttug6wWy2nfPwmPO98H5k/w640-h426/2024-03-04A%20Painted%20Rock%20Petroglyph%20Area%20(22).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A little bit about Oatman Farms:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">"Oatman Farms™ is a fearless food company with a mission to revitalize and sustain family farms in hot and dry desert environments, including our own Oatman Flats Ranch, the Arizona farm that has been in my family for four generations.</span></i></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Our farm has been a vital gathering place for thousands of years, and a recent witness to the desertification and degradation of American farmland. To preserve and steward the land, my wife, Leslie, and I are committed to using regenerative, organic farming practices, growing heritage crops adapted to our soil and climate, and working with chefs and bakers to craft delicious products. <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Eat Fearlessly™! </span></span></i></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><i>J. Dax Hansen, Owner</i></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><i>In 2020, Oatman Flats Ranch became Arizona’s largest organic grower of heritage wheat, with a bumper crop of White Sonora, Red Fife and Blue Beard wheat. All the wheat fields are sown with a wide array of summer cover crops, and the drylands pastures with diverse native grasses, herbaceous flowering plants, and wildflowers. We are growing several different varieties of prickly pear and agave to intercrop in the driest fields, as well as native leguminous trees and heirloom fruit trees. These arid-adapted perennial plants will not only serve as food crops, but also as windbreaks, wildlife habitat and soil conditioners."</i></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://oatmanfarms.com/pages/our-story" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">https://oatmanfarms.com/pages/our-story</a><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They are doing some great things here in the desert! (I love finding new places.)</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So we headed thru the farm gates; talked to one of the tour guides on where to go; then off we went. We still got lost but found some more neat stuff. (Tours were advertised for Tuesdays but this week was changed to a Monday - wish we would have known.)</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This was used as a storage building:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hDmNqhGFeHGF4uuWYQvprgsjeXX3MYAlHZWlF0SxwhGV287fH4RKSVRNPfilpwhSnxUvW4TgXdMQUID3Fq8IFYj3XvTg3fjKGRlsSSPhlZBeuJ7loSsGPh3KJUOo63A0385LkhAdJhmYfb-gFlwBXXlTL_jEOkVt65MSVcaVqOHuriYwZVsH2YBvAFk/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hDmNqhGFeHGF4uuWYQvprgsjeXX3MYAlHZWlF0SxwhGV287fH4RKSVRNPfilpwhSnxUvW4TgXdMQUID3Fq8IFYj3XvTg3fjKGRlsSSPhlZBeuJ7loSsGPh3KJUOo63A0385LkhAdJhmYfb-gFlwBXXlTL_jEOkVt65MSVcaVqOHuriYwZVsH2YBvAFk/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDb-Q00CeYGsUbzTeIMhf2tYFvFZimwvWs6O5bE8_z0N8wqfx_I5HxX7KfuHVASEo5EHx261FLYDMSlwGIoQC6_LYvmh56-ynqk_Wp0VCa18w2vLtxJyvu0Y6aYU_pDochgLUWXJhCZuyiH4pZls0ebThUsCKNmY5TAVKenWed0lEdOfxD7TX4Ji_OUNQ/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(8).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDb-Q00CeYGsUbzTeIMhf2tYFvFZimwvWs6O5bE8_z0N8wqfx_I5HxX7KfuHVASEo5EHx261FLYDMSlwGIoQC6_LYvmh56-ynqk_Wp0VCa18w2vLtxJyvu0Y6aYU_pDochgLUWXJhCZuyiH4pZls0ebThUsCKNmY5TAVKenWed0lEdOfxD7TX4Ji_OUNQ/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(8).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Notice the huge cottonwood tree. The river banks were lined with these trees before the dams:</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXT2Sn8K6S3OQ6_rfvLiTEZ0fRTx05Rp6ScX3jv0DeJ-xTTUh5SaCzklUnVno42mdeb6BvqFdKh-PPYjoslAFTpO4Gd7lm7rp7SYys7L8UkaT8RJQwC_urLkKOuRXCe4hpDRSy3PUOMkNlOB1oAbMR0XrUU9PFuXq6oua6pzNp1UwXHDmWUWhR4s2Yqs/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(10).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXT2Sn8K6S3OQ6_rfvLiTEZ0fRTx05Rp6ScX3jv0DeJ-xTTUh5SaCzklUnVno42mdeb6BvqFdKh-PPYjoslAFTpO4Gd7lm7rp7SYys7L8UkaT8RJQwC_urLkKOuRXCe4hpDRSy3PUOMkNlOB1oAbMR0XrUU9PFuXq6oua6pzNp1UwXHDmWUWhR4s2Yqs/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(10).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Part of Oatman Farms:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBf59i4568-z3zoe0UauRjeC_wEMhyphenhyphen5mrpAcSN754SbfB3FRGi1eut7Waky8C7rNt1I8Gv_hFccTdgXv7XnnbewFPC8jL_O5J1Gb1KNJ9zFge2u1V2AyYcSip0kHDru_lS7VjpBNY3nWFo9XYZcBVeiZPpPIIAxoPkvhCzaCfu8bkyfm5G_Ewu8VbYreY/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(12).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBf59i4568-z3zoe0UauRjeC_wEMhyphenhyphen5mrpAcSN754SbfB3FRGi1eut7Waky8C7rNt1I8Gv_hFccTdgXv7XnnbewFPC8jL_O5J1Gb1KNJ9zFge2u1V2AyYcSip0kHDru_lS7VjpBNY3nWFo9XYZcBVeiZPpPIIAxoPkvhCzaCfu8bkyfm5G_Ewu8VbYreY/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(12).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Crossing the Gila River Bed - this river bed is huge. I cannot image what this is like during monsoon season.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Looking upriver:</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAtfhLm7OQBL-zUSmtzUISbViA3UUednmAflUGUShRgHMkZvOx51pAnYFe24cTnwMZXOXldg8361fyhiSH_KoyCL0B49Sm0wPdj2Dp2sZB_cujtb26AB4oqU9BreCk3fLpExDYSFPOOpJQ319VNnXWX3JRDl2APfqLJM8rXrZbvuyMvO_iiIxLUMzTrA/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(14).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAtfhLm7OQBL-zUSmtzUISbViA3UUednmAflUGUShRgHMkZvOx51pAnYFe24cTnwMZXOXldg8361fyhiSH_KoyCL0B49Sm0wPdj2Dp2sZB_cujtb26AB4oqU9BreCk3fLpExDYSFPOOpJQ319VNnXWX3JRDl2APfqLJM8rXrZbvuyMvO_iiIxLUMzTrA/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(14).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkoqTH2EMsQLaEo904iwAjly4aY-eHED_dJ528JbNRrCqt5mkoqrr62BVxn5Gng_JDcrREC5NZizXF6Dk094s48VTAvNvNWawz1l-e1zaXYp_qa1XKRKQ0nVfCRtyduMK9pgBAYeYuM4vBhYiz4ftg3yWQO5AL-7oMndEiWuVNkxIQo2bOiCBd_yO4Ps/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(15).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkoqTH2EMsQLaEo904iwAjly4aY-eHED_dJ528JbNRrCqt5mkoqrr62BVxn5Gng_JDcrREC5NZizXF6Dk094s48VTAvNvNWawz1l-e1zaXYp_qa1XKRKQ0nVfCRtyduMK9pgBAYeYuM4vBhYiz4ftg3yWQO5AL-7oMndEiWuVNkxIQo2bOiCBd_yO4Ps/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(15).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">These were some type of gourds - not sure where they came from:</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zE07g4yyRx_C73x4d56v1pIdpbLqyR4Mu37HlHB05UzZj3mPIM3V86WgaOfxFEfDCc-ICSFAlFkg9rKLlCGdY_PHiWOAuHWhDCta5Hvzv1YmbtLL6gPcRDeBoqcYslnNhT_SqITY8Cdc4m1MBnygiylgJIMX4tiMxZKFhK6jJyHv3RV3eUQa4dAu2PM/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(17).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zE07g4yyRx_C73x4d56v1pIdpbLqyR4Mu37HlHB05UzZj3mPIM3V86WgaOfxFEfDCc-ICSFAlFkg9rKLlCGdY_PHiWOAuHWhDCta5Hvzv1YmbtLL6gPcRDeBoqcYslnNhT_SqITY8Cdc4m1MBnygiylgJIMX4tiMxZKFhK6jJyHv3RV3eUQa4dAu2PM/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(17).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Looking down river:</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_AnsEU7k2uv3bzmiPSDWprnw7Mjcjl5KyZPMZQ-IBI8GgHSyG54dX76g8EM1QVXhyhXqf_ABnhgEUWbVv2ZQlBhlfiw5Cp6EVPfOJgDoIGL8pOpVqolM2rn2RaZxn6V1m6ZU1HFtPMutyQSK-fs1EzEKC5NVMPhzhpgnII9xHKYtV7LlAA6P_Ppbdt8/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(19).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_AnsEU7k2uv3bzmiPSDWprnw7Mjcjl5KyZPMZQ-IBI8GgHSyG54dX76g8EM1QVXhyhXqf_ABnhgEUWbVv2ZQlBhlfiw5Cp6EVPfOJgDoIGL8pOpVqolM2rn2RaZxn6V1m6ZU1HFtPMutyQSK-fs1EzEKC5NVMPhzhpgnII9xHKYtV7LlAA6P_Ppbdt8/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(19).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The road coming down from the bluff to the river bed:</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7AupYBxbhvzuulnA53w87Clx99UvpCosMJ_OMoMin5ynawsnayJMCuCPuXkCN6RWyC0yzv8tlf0L6whgyFFJtNtVx08Ji-BNzpVtGMwc7oRfIZFgbl__mP2PljWwLnPE423U2jHMfYPFmQEcOIaqmxWSngvPamYrBDdo-GPeGSc521h2DTBhkY-snEI/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(20).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7AupYBxbhvzuulnA53w87Clx99UvpCosMJ_OMoMin5ynawsnayJMCuCPuXkCN6RWyC0yzv8tlf0L6whgyFFJtNtVx08Ji-BNzpVtGMwc7oRfIZFgbl__mP2PljWwLnPE423U2jHMfYPFmQEcOIaqmxWSngvPamYrBDdo-GPeGSc521h2DTBhkY-snEI/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(20).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I cannot imagine crossing this with horses, oxen, and covered wagons when it was full of water.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Beautiful wildflowers:</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshI2QIF0XTz-AYGpALVoqGONqTN4ajtCf6sncERHuq-Ov1yDSog98yniAok5iAnjanc5vT4vrGWWBcSPmDyRMKrMFYHVHQtfVKpGPSLWVQFKcDZtn3p0HgrtiPT2U8Sl3bqF3x42N2h7VWhKXLceGOH2zgTM3FsXLsWIkN3ltYLRFZiek4uWbDa3aWqc/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(22).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshI2QIF0XTz-AYGpALVoqGONqTN4ajtCf6sncERHuq-Ov1yDSog98yniAok5iAnjanc5vT4vrGWWBcSPmDyRMKrMFYHVHQtfVKpGPSLWVQFKcDZtn3p0HgrtiPT2U8Sl3bqF3x42N2h7VWhKXLceGOH2zgTM3FsXLsWIkN3ltYLRFZiek4uWbDa3aWqc/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(22).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">More river bed:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqcg5yrQ4_YO__x_WfFmywlUVHVGifMHcXZ_QpBTs2Fu-OkQPH8DuLv71598KSnECuHN4Kr-jZVSjuTeWZJHcmg42xIRyLEXJwwmSPPjH3tCF2lRXd8eelkqa0l8tPWljC8jON830y1NTKenmF_lWUio_sky94nRft_5N2Ybu-lgjob34vvendHjYtr0/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(24).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqcg5yrQ4_YO__x_WfFmywlUVHVGifMHcXZ_QpBTs2Fu-OkQPH8DuLv71598KSnECuHN4Kr-jZVSjuTeWZJHcmg42xIRyLEXJwwmSPPjH3tCF2lRXd8eelkqa0l8tPWljC8jON830y1NTKenmF_lWUio_sky94nRft_5N2Ybu-lgjob34vvendHjYtr0/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(24).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We are now in the middle of the river bed:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk7vWZZn_F6RtjCK-hzCJNyReSeg9DN0dmt2eqBQjZm22QKmgTO7YwA0-ioz2eOEgQO4tpmCH5zhPWfoZuMmmEz42pZgCbSUXiiMBY7JKWIswwDlDWrLYALGC0hX7beUPWhRBfuUk9n9OgVRT3xc8jIAME509Y1RNkVzL1Ul8EFQfApQphEHlkejyOrw/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(26).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk7vWZZn_F6RtjCK-hzCJNyReSeg9DN0dmt2eqBQjZm22QKmgTO7YwA0-ioz2eOEgQO4tpmCH5zhPWfoZuMmmEz42pZgCbSUXiiMBY7JKWIswwDlDWrLYALGC0hX7beUPWhRBfuUk9n9OgVRT3xc8jIAME509Y1RNkVzL1Ul8EFQfApQphEHlkejyOrw/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(26).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">And yet it continues:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpEwa5nVKRn6db8avChobXW8DWup2mrBiGrA_qL8kh7q6SpN7xc9LZ6knXZJgK5rOImcb02FBWshqqTZqVTYQaiCOFFNPbukXkTnRVJ0Sh7MeybsP84R2KKYs0jAkjHuPY65B47bNuGcdPEcnS1elKs8yaCau9WPgq9uJsHL_ksn3A0j6HZkxJIcWr2o/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(29).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpEwa5nVKRn6db8avChobXW8DWup2mrBiGrA_qL8kh7q6SpN7xc9LZ6knXZJgK5rOImcb02FBWshqqTZqVTYQaiCOFFNPbukXkTnRVJ0Sh7MeybsP84R2KKYs0jAkjHuPY65B47bNuGcdPEcnS1elKs8yaCau9WPgq9uJsHL_ksn3A0j6HZkxJIcWr2o/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(29).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I should have measured the mileage from one bluff to the other.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We were not sure what road to take once we came out of the river bed so we wandered and saw this - The Fourr Cemetery.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4e3524; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImCS7h_fyxxBVTRs73DVkODB5GEG8QbswA0M8uku-6ZEXwe85vv6mGghLagaSDOKEUx87p4LUWneg-cx6ViXTDAi2Z1tT00V0x8pHIwF5DMyzng3S_5JCJSFyDsY8qFVjVxobMBPCWtRgLq2zwVsRLg6nQi9q5YyWbo6vABtJKa8xr80ddK9lvUtt6u8/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(33).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImCS7h_fyxxBVTRs73DVkODB5GEG8QbswA0M8uku-6ZEXwe85vv6mGghLagaSDOKEUx87p4LUWneg-cx6ViXTDAi2Z1tT00V0x8pHIwF5DMyzng3S_5JCJSFyDsY8qFVjVxobMBPCWtRgLq2zwVsRLg6nQi9q5YyWbo6vABtJKa8xr80ddK9lvUtt6u8/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(33).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpZuueoU6i1UoZF1580HOX6RUe1aSqLn6YXlATPA81wFe5Kpp2W536QZshW9d6id-jp2g_bAbst3wtwBRhSvix12iJQ9zFv3NS647oQbY5hB7BrnyHeMM6WKkjbPlgvpVKsY0hAshUaj2wJLvrGzXGVuH9o-Qfh6pWcMuKPVPw7Bot53gtJuAfbxJj6I/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(37).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Fourr Cemetery</b><br style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">"Twenty-something years after the Oatman Massacre, William and Lucinda Fourr, and their family settled in the area., where William ranched and served as an agent at the Butterfield Stage stop. Of the six children they had between their marriage in 1868, and when they left in the area in 1880, four died here. The Fouur Cemetery is where the children are buried: Seven-year-old A.F., month old F.F. -- on the same sad date in January 1877 -- and an unnamed baby, stillborn. (I'm not sure about the fourth child.) The Fourrs eventually had eight children who survived to adulthood, with William living until 1934, and Lucinda in 1942. Stanley Heisey, a Life Scout of Troop 263, has installed a bench, a logbook, and otherwise restored the site."</span></span></i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What a beautiful area and kudos to the Eagle Scout that restored this site.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We wondered some more and then found the Oatman burial site.</span></span></div><div class="HFD VALUE_DEALS aC" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEije9NkRBHfhauT8Zp0C-nALRVwf2Jj_2NDUt79tSkplqnE89b6keb6qw1LiNlWMkga-d7pOpLwGroiUj-shmkJVSbHKjhULLuc6lRvD3wNuTY2B81IzC_T5cT8eMYsc_N2YcStNUP7n6P7BQpXnanhYxe4UE8jv34xUH_cEeKrddHru5gmsWJT3IkyFQo/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(44).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">From there we walked the area towards the location of the river and the wagon trails.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is Oatman Flats where the river ran thru this area with the bluffs all around:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The river ran alongside that bluff:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqFvfzqyW0FGZj9_euWr79BcFHiFzqSnp2ZnW8GWxPBO_55l9HxZaDnGsfp_gcF6h-WltvQqSFAqVEmLjBGDCyKFHvFPgYud76DxOJAMb5ZSKkqKXYZHlqczF2Dm_EU-k8cZStg3Ks90SKR6W3gIRh74xcDc1AVtgN6-AbtN3XrJgfQR4tfoW61XpJCk/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(51).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqFvfzqyW0FGZj9_euWr79BcFHiFzqSnp2ZnW8GWxPBO_55l9HxZaDnGsfp_gcF6h-WltvQqSFAqVEmLjBGDCyKFHvFPgYud76DxOJAMb5ZSKkqKXYZHlqczF2Dm_EU-k8cZStg3Ks90SKR6W3gIRh74xcDc1AVtgN6-AbtN3XrJgfQR4tfoW61XpJCk/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(51).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">On the left, there is a drop off of about 20-30'. Hard to see with the trees.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy0kVPTy-YAYqkxHAKeeFpm1MxxgQ1uV0KCvluEhH4tf91xHIqGTmUEXc1WLqW3eqQmm4HS7Bg8ykV3MJJ4KhMJ9ijZPNbmudIaq0y3vtUcZoXju1-LR6Oy9j_by6JdIKA_FKNIwbJqZdAHm82NWFGNqT7mDgMLV84XdidBOVukXGsdLdXr9uL4YTc28/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(50).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy0kVPTy-YAYqkxHAKeeFpm1MxxgQ1uV0KCvluEhH4tf91xHIqGTmUEXc1WLqW3eqQmm4HS7Bg8ykV3MJJ4KhMJ9ijZPNbmudIaq0y3vtUcZoXju1-LR6Oy9j_by6JdIKA_FKNIwbJqZdAHm82NWFGNqT7mDgMLV84XdidBOVukXGsdLdXr9uL4YTc28/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(50).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In doing research for the blog, the family was massacred somewhere here - either on the bluff beyond or in the river bed or the bluff in front. Still not sure.</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzw8W_gPWA74ofc_xuMJ9D14CEfmYgmsiweUtyW0_GszUcrGbtoJagfLFpo_aJOVvNpecFLKWAX_w9bBE74WiRCpHb_2JIL7wO_Bcd-a5c-kP7VgWSkILTJEr-NGI_UcUQGZJl1Cod8cnlMYJu3iE7bbEQm7OqicQoAHCBpCH3l6xpmqv8-Vn0lBpCAA/s5472/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(48).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzw8W_gPWA74ofc_xuMJ9D14CEfmYgmsiweUtyW0_GszUcrGbtoJagfLFpo_aJOVvNpecFLKWAX_w9bBE74WiRCpHb_2JIL7wO_Bcd-a5c-kP7VgWSkILTJEr-NGI_UcUQGZJl1Cod8cnlMYJu3iE7bbEQm7OqicQoAHCBpCH3l6xpmqv8-Vn0lBpCAA/w640-h426/2024-03-04B%20Oatman%20Farm%20Area%20(48).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Also there are wagon wheel marks in stone near here. Next time thru, we will have to do more research to find them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There is a wealth of information here on the massacre, on the survivors, and on the captives. (Natives took the two oldest girls). The town of Oatman Arizona is named after the family. Very interesting.</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://azoffroad.net/oatman-massacre" target="_blank">https://azoffroad.net/oatman-massacre</a><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.frontiertimesmagazine.com/blog/the-oatman-massacre" target="_blank">https://www.frontiertimesmagazine.com/blog/the-oatman-massacre</a><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Oatman" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Oatman</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.carlsbadhistoricalsociety.com/Carlsbad%20Historical%20Society_files/historical/Oatman%20Massacre.htm">https://www.carlsbadhistoricalsociety.com/Carlsbad%20Historical%20Society_files/historical/Oatman%20Massacre.htm</a><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Will we come back again - Absolutely. There are so many things to find in this area - ghost towns and historic buildings plus would love to do the tour. And the campground is just beautiful.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What a great day. We finished the day with another great campfire. It was so good to connect with Sue these last few days (Thank you Sue). Hopefully we will see her again before we head north.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhus-GAht1mEAVwz4fHyVmih74Uvuu-3odPjg4xqeENyDt0scpU2aj77x8lsZ3fdx7shmKARRRIMYucOCyA49KLXr_dFH7Nqv7cScvS-LvzSCNMYbceHJ2GkU3l7ewmsGoJ6c0shHWXtPSlDHzVn1rZDPDKr8SqSZ1H3m-yTRF6dNCzFYB-W2NjyT4yA4M/s4000/2024-03-04C%20Painted%20Rock%20Pet%20CG%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhus-GAht1mEAVwz4fHyVmih74Uvuu-3odPjg4xqeENyDt0scpU2aj77x8lsZ3fdx7shmKARRRIMYucOCyA49KLXr_dFH7Nqv7cScvS-LvzSCNMYbceHJ2GkU3l7ewmsGoJ6c0shHWXtPSlDHzVn1rZDPDKr8SqSZ1H3m-yTRF6dNCzFYB-W2NjyT4yA4M/w640-h480/2024-03-04C%20Painted%20Rock%20Pet%20CG%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We are heading to Casa Grande tomorrow so stay tuned and enjoy today.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1459" data-original-width="1290" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwe8WyAGCfynDLzziZ3Pa6yVTN3QS6xmk-8CxvolXqDrlK7FLlRGQq2ml9QLEoabkWRw_YVK57ZLCxkDsdzDhoJCCpyiIU86L9nn4tILXz0aKrl6NI1EgA4qyQ_IfwhgTojp4BaY5DDeVvnbbEf3XP1INF8T9YbH0FOQFAEG0YF7XdjaTbIZbEKiFVQc/w566-h640/432988079_10233085273339516_5791543303145756996_n.jpg" width="566" /></span></div>Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240071960666882038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819455494808885646.post-38939073258730322792024-03-18T15:12:00.000-04:002024-03-18T15:12:40.731-04:00March 3rd, 2024 - Painted Rock Petroglyph Site and Campground<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We woke to a beautiful day and just hung out enjoying the scenery and sun.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We are on the left and Sue is on the right:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAD4hgBchZYcYDAt7pHGqlSIjoMlnRAPHwlsc6v4-UZ1t1k679pyfjCLEYtuXD4E4Da2UBE4PWsSE0Tb5P7v3y22yJKf6SduZYW0FWaFb-FA_4EE4G1bXUu-hCCt32WZJwiwOgzCBuIKrwQTMVvN_A6Xw76_K6F4HghySHkuojgNpbEq24k13nj3cCqow/s5472/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(4).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAD4hgBchZYcYDAt7pHGqlSIjoMlnRAPHwlsc6v4-UZ1t1k679pyfjCLEYtuXD4E4Da2UBE4PWsSE0Tb5P7v3y22yJKf6SduZYW0FWaFb-FA_4EE4G1bXUu-hCCt32WZJwiwOgzCBuIKrwQTMVvN_A6Xw76_K6F4HghySHkuojgNpbEq24k13nj3cCqow/w640-h426/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(4).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">View from my door:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3p-Dtr2WzVQ-81Yb18NO7F8vCyaEHEW5MxYKITJHqz1nfLmU4MQi7vhSTe7FriHCa5QrZ6s_EBAhtnYFyqSoZObSPUAp3ZFJ9bSRvcV0jaaffnKwSyM43DgHqnnEDXHdSg_eHuu6bu7MJLVPhn82WrsZvvRyjMo8HLpywwC7WjzH0__FfTFXoqtGpKQ/s5472/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3p-Dtr2WzVQ-81Yb18NO7F8vCyaEHEW5MxYKITJHqz1nfLmU4MQi7vhSTe7FriHCa5QrZ6s_EBAhtnYFyqSoZObSPUAp3ZFJ9bSRvcV0jaaffnKwSyM43DgHqnnEDXHdSg_eHuu6bu7MJLVPhn82WrsZvvRyjMo8HLpywwC7WjzH0__FfTFXoqtGpKQ/w640-h426/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Check out the greenery on the mountains:<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2WOyHOJPCaZ0q6S6GirfF00PQ0FK1V0qmz5BgHJ1uBqjVHBTFAqgWfsd_Olr54fNEhfKJjNnYSB5Pznz3QlqFi4BVqaaQriKvya8ssRnMD5eF0hVq0EIDo-9Zt514vECCBZMDA4DAM_BGQsiONrDDloa9jEPmPivSKORQfEmdqAfAalKS34UB7QdVlY/s5472/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(7).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2WOyHOJPCaZ0q6S6GirfF00PQ0FK1V0qmz5BgHJ1uBqjVHBTFAqgWfsd_Olr54fNEhfKJjNnYSB5Pznz3QlqFi4BVqaaQriKvya8ssRnMD5eF0hVq0EIDo-9Zt514vECCBZMDA4DAM_BGQsiONrDDloa9jEPmPivSKORQfEmdqAfAalKS34UB7QdVlY/w640-h426/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(7).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIWp9nbuPit10l-7SUjRJ0Wfia7ezapnZA-baWX54ZB5ZaXU7zsSZ19wGBRBpsuWoLAhNIbgAknOiRfZv_0EVitxFSmZT4019RlOeMrq04CPbGYTrWjOssB-cXG5vHjlUfEPE_vm9WN90e1F4WkyJrgx9QMypmHBHY1kwG_o9A0ryF7nqLPaKqn38frM/s5472/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(77).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizIWp9nbuPit10l-7SUjRJ0Wfia7ezapnZA-baWX54ZB5ZaXU7zsSZ19wGBRBpsuWoLAhNIbgAknOiRfZv_0EVitxFSmZT4019RlOeMrq04CPbGYTrWjOssB-cXG5vHjlUfEPE_vm9WN90e1F4WkyJrgx9QMypmHBHY1kwG_o9A0ryF7nqLPaKqn38frM/w640-h426/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(77).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Right by the campground is the Painted Rock Petroglyph Site so off we went to check it out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>"The Painted Rock Petroglyph Site is located on the eastern edge of the Painted Rock Mountains and about eighteen miles west by northwest of Gila Bend, Arizona. The area is mostly flat and sandy with May-Oct daytime temperatures in the 100s. The annual rainfall is only about six inches and the nearest irrigational water is the Gila River. In prehistoric times the Gila flowed west out of the mountains of western New Mexico, made a big dogleg turn at the town of Gila Bend and continued west to empty into the Colorado River. The Hohokam people once lived and farmed here. Ruins of their late Pioneer Period (AD 350 – AD 550) and Early Colonial Period (AD 550 – AD 700) villages are found to the north and west, and ruins of their Sedentary – Classic Period (AD 900 – AD 1400) villages are found to the south and east.</i></span><i>Over forty petroglyph sites have been recorded in the area, however; most of these sites are small with only a few dozen petroglyphs. The Painted Rock Site is the largest known site with about 800 images. The petroglyphs are pecked onto weathered basalt boulders overlaying a granite outcrop. The outcrop is in the form of an east to west orientated oval about 400′ long, and about 20′ tall with two small knob tops. Most of the petroglyphs are concentrated on the boulders along the eastern edge, but the petroglyphs face in all directions from that edge.</i></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Although considered a Hohokam rock art site, Painted Rock is on the extreme western edge of the Hohokam cultural area. East of Painted Rock, petroglyphs take on more typical Hohokam characteristics, while petroglyphs farther west take on more Patayan characteristics. Found here and in nearby areas of the Gila River are petroglyphs of Archaic origin. Human-seeming figures are etched into the boulders, as well as animals, sun symbols, concentric circles, spirals and mazes. Drawings of mounted riders indicate work was added after the Spanish introduced horses to the region.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There is also pioneer graffiti as this area became a well-traveled route. The Gila River Valley formed a natural roadway through the desert with reliable water, so plenty of Arizona history passed this way during the ensuing centuries. When Juan Bautista de Anza left the Tubac Presidio in 1775 with 240 men, women and children to establish a settlement on San Francisco Bay, he traveled through this valley and noted the drawings of Painted Rock in his journals. In 1846, the Mormon Battalion followed the same route along the Gila River, building a wagon road that opened the way for westward expansion. A dozen years later the Butterfield Overland Mail Company established mail and stage service that sliced across the region with six stations built between Gila Bend and Yuma.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">During World War II, General George Patton used this area as headquarters for tank training. Eventually the railroad and the highways — first U.S. 80 and then Interstate 8 — would parallel the trail that was blazed so very long ago."</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Initially the site looks like a bunch of boulders just dumped in the desert:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoyW5VjX0XtwuiE9ra5GlhchYVh5iJ9lz9eOOstgl-WfDaBuvPVm-ZMqCxug8mIjURRuzix146EmRWMtWGy7Q8nNu-wIPWiQa2mdkB6u7YvHS6DVxwZUfzSXwl7eyXJHtL5br04Lfn1nyKUqAg_Hui2Xu7vuQf7ASHEkuVGcqURn4xxq_VS55HiTwQik/s5472/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(11).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoyW5VjX0XtwuiE9ra5GlhchYVh5iJ9lz9eOOstgl-WfDaBuvPVm-ZMqCxug8mIjURRuzix146EmRWMtWGy7Q8nNu-wIPWiQa2mdkB6u7YvHS6DVxwZUfzSXwl7eyXJHtL5br04Lfn1nyKUqAg_Hui2Xu7vuQf7ASHEkuVGcqURn4xxq_VS55HiTwQik/w640-h426/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(11).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4d4zpgkdKvp5cyaxe98gUgEokuWDpGhzUzAIIztNTPa8R4EUP-x6bUW4yXQlvpyU5dK82FzvDu0LRTRg1AFfGWX5fVILwyzOqQIbN4c7JlcffRpmblt-z22tWYLq0-SFRJyfbAG9OW9-iJ9kysssqXLxVJnEP0DnX0ZmozF0Yak3UZg2Gfp_6z_tKiSM/s5472/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(18).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4d4zpgkdKvp5cyaxe98gUgEokuWDpGhzUzAIIztNTPa8R4EUP-x6bUW4yXQlvpyU5dK82FzvDu0LRTRg1AFfGWX5fVILwyzOqQIbN4c7JlcffRpmblt-z22tWYLq0-SFRJyfbAG9OW9-iJ9kysssqXLxVJnEP0DnX0ZmozF0Yak3UZg2Gfp_6z_tKiSM/w640-h426/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(18).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As you get closer there are petroglyphs all over. 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Interesting! I am curious as to why they made some of these drawings: Were they messages to others? Were they hobbies to pass the time? Where they just what they saw in the area? Even though it is desert now, it was very lush into the 1900's when they started to dam and divert the Gila River. All along the river were huge cottonwood trees. So were there trees covering these rocks? (Yes, I like to imagine and visualize - 😁)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Look closer - modern day graffiti:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2K5Oe-oDSvTgs73RBmjk_kPPTnY2Si3Zbvz9WfilmS3-nBogqCTT7Eb25qehrHvZN5skZFIUFeJ0x7cvM20bdkPTdHZfTd9y30Gajl2NBdimOHpUKmesmr3ZtuI5bHJxqXTO7KqOvOUL4XualmXMNGPAJ08bB9NRe4fx6B0MQaTNyMdOWyJZF3gcNo4/s1856/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(57a).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="1856" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2K5Oe-oDSvTgs73RBmjk_kPPTnY2Si3Zbvz9WfilmS3-nBogqCTT7Eb25qehrHvZN5skZFIUFeJ0x7cvM20bdkPTdHZfTd9y30Gajl2NBdimOHpUKmesmr3ZtuI5bHJxqXTO7KqOvOUL4XualmXMNGPAJ08bB9NRe4fx6B0MQaTNyMdOWyJZF3gcNo4/w640-h462/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(57a).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTEAr35CJzJKWnGZLWArCHro5u_FN0BQ2Nj2FrEU-NRig87MFIYY0D_alzwKyORu7XKDE7Bi0xDawiAxn7CkK6gy2j4hQT9HmxOzENuNupdNcUoSLW59wF06zpgTlRSlC5ZruL77NHhhIoy48qT57TZiZskLkyjLp_Bb9SXswlKdvJZgpWBlHPT-o8h8/s934/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(58a).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="934" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTEAr35CJzJKWnGZLWArCHro5u_FN0BQ2Nj2FrEU-NRig87MFIYY0D_alzwKyORu7XKDE7Bi0xDawiAxn7CkK6gy2j4hQT9HmxOzENuNupdNcUoSLW59wF06zpgTlRSlC5ZruL77NHhhIoy48qT57TZiZskLkyjLp_Bb9SXswlKdvJZgpWBlHPT-o8h8/w640-h632/2024-03-04%20Painted%20Rocks%20Petroglyph%20CG%20(58a).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">What a beautiful day that ended with a campfire!</span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKiAFbu2aNnaTHoIQLeOAp0x2Y06FjkCCBKeWwpKGIhulQUD7G0fYtF3Rd7eIgGZihHcunsXxXsVjtlgFP-5MdBDFU-mxNdFaEfTuxFHghnpKZZN8LLz9qr-8vFisjHNYYjkK7wBLSCdJldRad0j1H5fk4jARiq-D7wISeFcTZ50f_tgpVbgI63AEEteQ/s570/FB_IMG_1709061096330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="570" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKiAFbu2aNnaTHoIQLeOAp0x2Y06FjkCCBKeWwpKGIhulQUD7G0fYtF3Rd7eIgGZihHcunsXxXsVjtlgFP-5MdBDFU-mxNdFaEfTuxFHghnpKZZN8LLz9qr-8vFisjHNYYjkK7wBLSCdJldRad0j1H5fk4jARiq-D7wISeFcTZ50f_tgpVbgI63AEEteQ/w640-h640/FB_IMG_1709061096330.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></span></p>Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240071960666882038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819455494808885646.post-87153116075198133532024-03-12T13:03:00.138-04:002024-03-12T22:18:26.200-04:00February 29th - March 2, 2024 Friends, Dinner, Casino, and More Friends<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>February 29th</b> was a hang out / get caught up / cleaning / fixing / planning kind of day and that is what we did.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>March 1st</b> - WOW! Hard to believe it is March already. We have been on the road for almost 150 days. Another WOW!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our friends, Wendy and Vince are here in the park and we decided to go to dinner at the Bluewater Casino in Parker. What a nice time eating, laughing and sharing stories. Sadly, I forgot to get a picture. Bummer.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We signed up for player's cards and with that you get $10.00 in free play. So after dinner, we played the slots until we lost our money. Wendy was smarter than us and walked away with most of her free money.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What a great time and hopefully we will see them again in our travels.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>March 2nd</b> - Our plans were to stay here until March 6th but we found out that our friend, Sue, was camping at Painted Rock Petroglyph Campground so off we went to spend a few days with her.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Pictures along the way:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYNR_1olZKIHntzrgxFElFIrRBdY1iR9CBQVKZURFTJ8PN_hED-YfATL3Z6a-dkhzARaHc7C5_E6ZDJCr4WGy1cmDpjAKpeqdSDvoSJw-tPcNFV7CWVHWf3gvNUJEd1RxpdyQ7WBctWlDN5Av9WFtt-0mK5_9_k_M_JBh2nEkWjbiXvZvQrUcYXEvJcU/s5472/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(4).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYNR_1olZKIHntzrgxFElFIrRBdY1iR9CBQVKZURFTJ8PN_hED-YfATL3Z6a-dkhzARaHc7C5_E6ZDJCr4WGy1cmDpjAKpeqdSDvoSJw-tPcNFV7CWVHWf3gvNUJEd1RxpdyQ7WBctWlDN5Av9WFtt-0mK5_9_k_M_JBh2nEkWjbiXvZvQrUcYXEvJcU/w640-h426/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(4).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Love the desert - notice how green it is getting:</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnV_Ym11Yqh6WgUA3LIGMgZSuiR3Jbu4Jx9b-TpX6Xsj3z0kOZxoA_Ab-3nM6pj8h9YU8Hjzajnwn96cE6IEh4KB-nqIu0ZXsjn0GLx5vz6JvVJdhJW2XvyEl8BafobT6MlXSy7cGa1Tvf4fRL9Y4adtGqCbAyI_y2oDdVpD1gyY1ipVREb9sH_7WBJE/w640-h426/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(10).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Across the All American Canal:</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhXk3gGjtSDkYK6m8eCv9ngHrRk1TnCapVKqI-MLiCzQuKZBu8cuH4wUbCzFvv77LCsZFhqJS3bosHjzG2nGlSdJouNL9MtHUrWLFBAk9Oh9maHwYr3cf_z4KfgU_xVOiwd-hY_x51ju2DMxIURmL4XUdFtz-ZaomGQ_hGRJ2NbtFVNJj_WIyb7CHWi8/s5472/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(17).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhXk3gGjtSDkYK6m8eCv9ngHrRk1TnCapVKqI-MLiCzQuKZBu8cuH4wUbCzFvv77LCsZFhqJS3bosHjzG2nGlSdJouNL9MtHUrWLFBAk9Oh9maHwYr3cf_z4KfgU_xVOiwd-hY_x51ju2DMxIURmL4XUdFtz-ZaomGQ_hGRJ2NbtFVNJj_WIyb7CHWi8/w640-h426/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(17).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">And Old Equipment:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2WGF6qrjqNlz0zAsVaATHRt7Uve85JL51098pBrfyd0fw6ZmCAz6ciTue2sd2_IxXJowtl48kAiQHq1MZ_FmBjFuF17T5ycMTGhwOzqxcCz6fG2nKOoZEs0lEatcmTQom2C_rf9Mr_I38fwFGuXsgyyVQqP3Mp9TXp8pNAIgQlLKdqbggomTBuGnU9E/s5472/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(18).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2WGF6qrjqNlz0zAsVaATHRt7Uve85JL51098pBrfyd0fw6ZmCAz6ciTue2sd2_IxXJowtl48kAiQHq1MZ_FmBjFuF17T5ycMTGhwOzqxcCz6fG2nKOoZEs0lEatcmTQom2C_rf9Mr_I38fwFGuXsgyyVQqP3Mp9TXp8pNAIgQlLKdqbggomTBuGnU9E/w640-h426/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(18).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Old Cars:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-V0F7iHaS3DzMrFFIBOF-virTK6feYKezKPxpPSe7hERby9JfTSy6CCxSyF5nENVAy0K7yfOS4bkOQVO8yAe7B9ZfXQvQ4og0nqgRnAAm2vnMqPJpkju4Nsk-P21s22bnAUOx3_hyphenhyphen4c2YcvmCn3uWFNkMn-77GvaKdR9dH5KTgFbi1bRGurF4i7qUfM/s5472/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(19).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-V0F7iHaS3DzMrFFIBOF-virTK6feYKezKPxpPSe7hERby9JfTSy6CCxSyF5nENVAy0K7yfOS4bkOQVO8yAe7B9ZfXQvQ4og0nqgRnAAm2vnMqPJpkju4Nsk-P21s22bnAUOx3_hyphenhyphen4c2YcvmCn3uWFNkMn-77GvaKdR9dH5KTgFbi1bRGurF4i7qUfM/w640-h426/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(19).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Abandoned homes and businesses:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aAC0IBCPn7Ers-hy3AoPEKFIF14hZPptbtyw6d1Md1OXVzR_gBk5xCQDpyZwHBuIS5UzBebNsirbFUrY4w4SS_c4DNBsOnF6gfvzV3I4QNPHyqLJA_qt4dYAvPTJFFd7L4PxUTZuNg5IE9kb0DN99KOlO1FXsjfXU-xGdBEZ800Sp68jZ_VRcmWkmqw/s5472/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(20).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCMJBEg4OGu-zE2USj-zGdfJfvUXle1_PGcygzCp8sMHes0mSjmAFYyUG1KXkhohR9q-QvhrKFtcRilu4MpFVB-Jk42KKToFFKtYZ9SkKF_ISNg3Sddm86KY9Gz93E4dQHd6mUrzE_-Y3VRvv3tH0i698kMUKEFQj8ZyNC73f6v7vN7BuAz8XwrpPDg4/w640-h426/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(54).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What looks like dust at the bottom of the mountain is actually the sun shining on all the greenery - Cool:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSgcRTBlJanXRDOIQ66yk-Vc5U7aj_YaIpceXuzdmX-R6z9a48aOPyB7PXQJDXmw4ynHT7tu_tq2qhmnmNz4Ca7vkYczfJn4P4IS7qd9fwuH31uxdpbJEYcyZeQh-HWSh3eMp1NsxrvegYULLWvKtUcMUnGPl_AnmyGlp7Uc51HkxRciLGr9_h0qqUHI/s5472/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(56).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Then you will truly see the dips!. Imagine that in a motorhome towing a truck. Yes, we did have to rearrange a number of things.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Love the saguaros: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5abkhXuLEm1gp8qlcsIdxeLVnZ1YlBMi3os3-hajRigvNIRj0ZNfzf-JKBphlPqyXYArQqXuoQ6Ht1VaDE7GuY7BrMGNV_RMn686JPTv5jms_P_YJE_8LJXteNFBy38HbLNOmwkwi7MROrMLbr-9nPhJm9iJifzRLD4iFur_6lBWA0rHXgIljHz74-Ew/s5472/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(90).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5abkhXuLEm1gp8qlcsIdxeLVnZ1YlBMi3os3-hajRigvNIRj0ZNfzf-JKBphlPqyXYArQqXuoQ6Ht1VaDE7GuY7BrMGNV_RMn686JPTv5jms_P_YJE_8LJXteNFBy38HbLNOmwkwi7MROrMLbr-9nPhJm9iJifzRLD4iFur_6lBWA0rHXgIljHz74-Ew/w640-h426/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(90).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The campground is on the left:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykAOFWYnhiC-rHaS9vJ8Xq4OPnCS-BTagDUs3G9AywpSE_iDur5M0MR0JZM9Qx2GHo7DzvIoJacowIY99MB8_MF3wgu2Q1amcOch3tSBuA_la4G7lAHk-CwN1faUp1EGHoRJP-Pv-R4Puz_FECtb8OuA0fV1_iyMZB5eeYYViUdE2oorJkiDXtrFoGSY/s5472/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(97).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykAOFWYnhiC-rHaS9vJ8Xq4OPnCS-BTagDUs3G9AywpSE_iDur5M0MR0JZM9Qx2GHo7DzvIoJacowIY99MB8_MF3wgu2Q1amcOch3tSBuA_la4G7lAHk-CwN1faUp1EGHoRJP-Pv-R4Puz_FECtb8OuA0fV1_iyMZB5eeYYViUdE2oorJkiDXtrFoGSY/w640-h426/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(97).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFI-8MV-2b9lCNmiEXtqFSh1MOjzAVCvZvIvMqneVkhGy4uPq79vARV6ml2wzBxWaJVqlK-ucJP1SsjNziOMs7zrC0nT_8_fndEVJI0q_z9VKjEEkj0Lb9NKZAyHM4kc_0OWsHHwYAL12qfDAdqY7qZa-Z6-PlaaKADa7nk0lJvA9wKDjuL5P5mmiE1i0/s5472/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(103).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFI-8MV-2b9lCNmiEXtqFSh1MOjzAVCvZvIvMqneVkhGy4uPq79vARV6ml2wzBxWaJVqlK-ucJP1SsjNziOMs7zrC0nT_8_fndEVJI0q_z9VKjEEkj0Lb9NKZAyHM4kc_0OWsHHwYAL12qfDAdqY7qZa-Z6-PlaaKADa7nk0lJvA9wKDjuL5P5mmiE1i0/w640-h426/2024-03-02%20Travel%20Earp%20-%20Painted%20Rock%20(103).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We arrived, set up, and spent the rest of the day with our friend Susan. We had a great campfire and cooked steaks and baked potatoes - YUM! Nothing like a fire baked potato!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We are here for a few days so stay tuned and be kind!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">(A side note: I am far behind on the blog and I am writing this on March 12th. I do have a lot of notes and pictures so hope to get caught up soon.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">(Note 2 - My Facebook Messenger was hacked. Apparently, it sent some "stuff" to my friends and contacts. So I apologize for those attachments and "stuff". The account is now closed. It will still let you send a message to me but who knows where it goes. If you need to get in touch with me, send an email or a text to my phone number. SAD!)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Stats for March 2nd:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Miles Traveled: 203 Miles</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Routes Traveled:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">California: Parker Dam Road; CA-62</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Arizona: US-95; US-72; Vicksburg Road; I-10; (A little side trip to WM in Buckeye); US-85; I-8; Painted Rock Dam Road</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibobPQnJgNIFtj2yXEy4jVQ050qAtwjAbI02mewefgv7qES8h621Kh1oghtfor4VohoE9KUqhhUMVPcEJJMgASdAaYaDN0OrgZQf2iVNfDKcv6aTzR8SXQuubbLqUKkCfAjn_jTzgnKcsYWXEXb38WHz2n3qlE4aNRkGLvHlfp-tAKciQCiGsV3hST3r0/s830/FB_IMG_1709352121402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibobPQnJgNIFtj2yXEy4jVQ050qAtwjAbI02mewefgv7qES8h621Kh1oghtfor4VohoE9KUqhhUMVPcEJJMgASdAaYaDN0OrgZQf2iVNfDKcv6aTzR8SXQuubbLqUKkCfAjn_jTzgnKcsYWXEXb38WHz2n3qlE4aNRkGLvHlfp-tAKciQCiGsV3hST3r0/w578-h640/FB_IMG_1709352121402.jpg" width="578" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #494949; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240071960666882038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819455494808885646.post-15096704792978070832024-02-29T16:07:00.006-05:002024-02-29T16:08:47.085-05:00February 28th, 2024 Friends and Road Trip<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Last year when Andy and I did one of our Parker Dam Byway Road Trips, we stopped at the Rock House Recreation Visitor Center and met Maureen who is taking care of the center. Since then we have kept in touch and followed her newsletter. The center is right down the street so we were looking forward to visiting today.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Jeanne (the other caretaker), Maureen, me:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTsnKdImWHF2_QbqvIg4jwlr3_kIueAcsnHTcNJ6egReyCkfTHi78k-Wntqb_SUqK3G-8X5HtXZKcqNZ-OT0GRTmwTK0Hr1_uq9DdgcNeN7_O1uBkhJdg3em0BHunW82LLRRXwuuJ655HOkol2VpWxKkNUTgmv0zchOVCll89LLIWDTaZtQ7SIcm_ZUA/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTsnKdImWHF2_QbqvIg4jwlr3_kIueAcsnHTcNJ6egReyCkfTHi78k-Wntqb_SUqK3G-8X5HtXZKcqNZ-OT0GRTmwTK0Hr1_uq9DdgcNeN7_O1uBkhJdg3em0BHunW82LLRRXwuuJ655HOkol2VpWxKkNUTgmv0zchOVCll89LLIWDTaZtQ7SIcm_ZUA/w640-h480/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(4).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Maureen is an incredible artist and her talents can be seen throughout. She has made the center into an educational/hands on place for folks to enjoy. And enjoy we did!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2pNouulonWUgHEj6mO8NeW9F9D9hEB4Q_joN1_D1aGsQYOq0BvuvYsG1rgbqEyjJl9YYbVi8R0k5YZUJ-lWP9OHYjzeggCHpUlpD8IyfuZofY_DVTuFudnYZo_YQTwRSTAOzm_4hr_6gpJAWDPzpNTu1HfT0qFuizXQRb6ymVrAwVXnevylE0dg3j2Q/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2pNouulonWUgHEj6mO8NeW9F9D9hEB4Q_joN1_D1aGsQYOq0BvuvYsG1rgbqEyjJl9YYbVi8R0k5YZUJ-lWP9OHYjzeggCHpUlpD8IyfuZofY_DVTuFudnYZo_YQTwRSTAOzm_4hr_6gpJAWDPzpNTu1HfT0qFuizXQRb6ymVrAwVXnevylE0dg3j2Q/w640-h480/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(5).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bird sounds:</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZvsU2pj9DyoFdKlvPjpf2bXlsuqxDx23G8kU0U-glWy3ZBBXMMMvKOcyGkZgz_5LubBTXc5nTYaiH5IyjyQ1w-bbrVaABtoYTLJb7zCWvzdTRkCdhbFLHUbDAjPFnIuLwwlP6Law8RqdVcryQ8CQeTIr6rqWguoOf_docC1N48YhOjSk7qoF3ydkgtg/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZvsU2pj9DyoFdKlvPjpf2bXlsuqxDx23G8kU0U-glWy3ZBBXMMMvKOcyGkZgz_5LubBTXc5nTYaiH5IyjyQ1w-bbrVaABtoYTLJb7zCWvzdTRkCdhbFLHUbDAjPFnIuLwwlP6Law8RqdVcryQ8CQeTIr6rqWguoOf_docC1N48YhOjSk7qoF3ydkgtg/w640-h480/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(6).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cactus area:</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5xEBUtwA8z7Bd2i5Bjnt6wEKavG1j_EHR92mQaRl-eKe9JZznLJJ4yX8Vn1Qiy-LdfS7YMB0hyb8zJ1ruOn_mTyIAcethMbOLk04rw-Mrwrczml7EphJhTVVqf2v0X_slpW_KQkv7_p2ZSL2OxvgHdfh2xfN8JqQJIcu36Lm_96SDFuDtro6vH-8Ahk/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(7).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5xEBUtwA8z7Bd2i5Bjnt6wEKavG1j_EHR92mQaRl-eKe9JZznLJJ4yX8Vn1Qiy-LdfS7YMB0hyb8zJ1ruOn_mTyIAcethMbOLk04rw-Mrwrczml7EphJhTVVqf2v0X_slpW_KQkv7_p2ZSL2OxvgHdfh2xfN8JqQJIcu36Lm_96SDFuDtro6vH-8Ahk/w640-h480/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(7).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bone area:</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CASohEbwJfVP5ht7ysNXBlk_gCbKDu909hUXcbYVlt19gb45fUotavjcfL2EqwJ4cEBAIFdd930nla0dh34BQJhyaDLq6_ZoaQbot9VeqOzmlcFp7Xqet68sTE7MDoohtKKIoYajXo7-ciyPqRl8s-pXue0aGbB3stOSelJKiyEQuN2m2HvNoqmV8r4/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(9).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CASohEbwJfVP5ht7ysNXBlk_gCbKDu909hUXcbYVlt19gb45fUotavjcfL2EqwJ4cEBAIFdd930nla0dh34BQJhyaDLq6_ZoaQbot9VeqOzmlcFp7Xqet68sTE7MDoohtKKIoYajXo7-ciyPqRl8s-pXue0aGbB3stOSelJKiyEQuN2m2HvNoqmV8r4/w640-h480/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(9).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Check out the snake spine and rattlesnake tail:</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7p1Oj8Jx2wlWBp3oqC1J66X6gACalq3bO87uYLCpyhEx9ksdFn0ugXN_IrDYgNY3GZCScaNeoRzlFkDLFLyDYpt5-7-L-xypwRp9NDsTvOg2VWYpAJdkcSKYYOkjqShddl41oX8GuNfdMxrsnsZ8qXIbLzYZXNt0_WQ9HDHp0UOcqoPJHP0r2_O0yx14/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(11).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7p1Oj8Jx2wlWBp3oqC1J66X6gACalq3bO87uYLCpyhEx9ksdFn0ugXN_IrDYgNY3GZCScaNeoRzlFkDLFLyDYpt5-7-L-xypwRp9NDsTvOg2VWYpAJdkcSKYYOkjqShddl41oX8GuNfdMxrsnsZ8qXIbLzYZXNt0_WQ9HDHp0UOcqoPJHP0r2_O0yx14/w640-h480/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(11).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last year she was just starting this - it is a miner's cave/shaft to reflect the many mines in this area. On the left is information on some of those mining towns.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrJAHXTiPqcl-fOF-do_qEnBEQ-O8eySdi04GkvonBv7yriRw7TSPd5tixYFbTbMlLtV9ct8tIvk7FXmyqMawdwuCaklGeGeyq6SymWbJGsx_Ey1bp4w2T6jXz1CjihgYe5_Of_f2YR8zmRtS_F4elGb_aDBKV2hBeTyrVtHgxbSKMZimP03y1SyRpd8/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(12).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrJAHXTiPqcl-fOF-do_qEnBEQ-O8eySdi04GkvonBv7yriRw7TSPd5tixYFbTbMlLtV9ct8tIvk7FXmyqMawdwuCaklGeGeyq6SymWbJGsx_Ey1bp4w2T6jXz1CjihgYe5_Of_f2YR8zmRtS_F4elGb_aDBKV2hBeTyrVtHgxbSKMZimP03y1SyRpd8/w480-h640/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(12).jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Native fish of the Colorado River:</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjEkQ53gKdIzrfjxwt8kVoCwWHjZJFS6D8AcjALYbrD7ddHJazZhGz8rmp7Ix2BVvMGGbV0MaiVupu2HIOtEF8B8hMOJGiFMJbNniq762RW31Bj_FiXkIO4GR4LbuOrFR-a5Ln6uRPubHWDAz6VK6GUzicWn9bSB9QZTG4TmbhEYV7Tj2y6oTfJtouvY/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(13).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjEkQ53gKdIzrfjxwt8kVoCwWHjZJFS6D8AcjALYbrD7ddHJazZhGz8rmp7Ix2BVvMGGbV0MaiVupu2HIOtEF8B8hMOJGiFMJbNniq762RW31Bj_FiXkIO4GR4LbuOrFR-a5Ln6uRPubHWDAz6VK6GUzicWn9bSB9QZTG4TmbhEYV7Tj2y6oTfJtouvY/w640-h480/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(13).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many of the creatures and paintings you see were done by Maureen. She is now working on a life size frog:</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRlwR4kbgHKCHzlSYJg7YAwsCuCiTEZAxGR4BP2zXaq7Sl_7vyuKAIH9o3agCIB3LzuTXjHmNEDT08FG6h7Mm-obdr_L7UGyNcvKDcUBTaco9Xou4yjZT0CREDBUFxOGv2xOI5-nIfhxB6knMC4UlhDFkhjnaJ4coM0nbVWWohckDsGPybFZYGQEg6V0/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(15).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRlwR4kbgHKCHzlSYJg7YAwsCuCiTEZAxGR4BP2zXaq7Sl_7vyuKAIH9o3agCIB3LzuTXjHmNEDT08FG6h7Mm-obdr_L7UGyNcvKDcUBTaco9Xou4yjZT0CREDBUFxOGv2xOI5-nIfhxB6knMC4UlhDFkhjnaJ4coM0nbVWWohckDsGPybFZYGQEg6V0/w480-h640/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(15).jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She did a life size burro that is now in the BLM office in Lake Havasu City. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love the coyote she made:</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXFMbihzK3Egn3xaFkYFcH7GpT0c32nJ_y3NCBD0T2BVEGLSMiufPtMZ3aXNgkctC2wnpXdWr1i6nCkEjeoNuZabKKjcviaKSZYh60uVglocAgmtwGk2koYwkw8U_pdBJI0X5uO2nqqMpvDS-66yWw5gKt3XX7SFpNCZxjm-jCdfxvmqOKzOHHfi6BF4/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(16).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXFMbihzK3Egn3xaFkYFcH7GpT0c32nJ_y3NCBD0T2BVEGLSMiufPtMZ3aXNgkctC2wnpXdWr1i6nCkEjeoNuZabKKjcviaKSZYh60uVglocAgmtwGk2koYwkw8U_pdBJI0X5uO2nqqMpvDS-66yWw5gKt3XX7SFpNCZxjm-jCdfxvmqOKzOHHfi6BF4/w640-h480/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(16).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is one of the hands-on table for the kids to enjoy - Love the egret:</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTFFFoK45_F8p_kjz_FPpKXJLVNh-1fvn0YiRtAQQAwCM4e8YJECYpQuC9YVnhydaS6IqqJYtVFJsf-IED2BbWWdlLv1xlA_mH13vqNlhqFhLw3_HdMq7D280heyrKVFwys-vu00AnLfGaxr12U_6spcmgeF2slLypErW9ss0Mk8A0JbxG_KtZ5OSbh8/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(17).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTFFFoK45_F8p_kjz_FPpKXJLVNh-1fvn0YiRtAQQAwCM4e8YJECYpQuC9YVnhydaS6IqqJYtVFJsf-IED2BbWWdlLv1xlA_mH13vqNlhqFhLw3_HdMq7D280heyrKVFwys-vu00AnLfGaxr12U_6spcmgeF2slLypErW9ss0Mk8A0JbxG_KtZ5OSbh8/w640-h480/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(17).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">She made many of those items too.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Her trophy wall - native animals of the area:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Isn't he beautiful - she does incredible work:</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgy9q31mi6Q3ts3D-QXDLix2iHnJV9VgdgTTBA52oN6n7DeRuoWnSoMCtMJ98XzMrVg4otLeUaaqHVepZ0qWxIl1x1_CEHovApu7r749Co-ITWKIbJT_hD7QhOlwJb_ULPVCy9PbN7Ok3Wcjsu60qwJomJhRSHDAsY0e3mViEBthaJMSxfo-D0CF-IDM/s4000/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(25).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgy9q31mi6Q3ts3D-QXDLix2iHnJV9VgdgTTBA52oN6n7DeRuoWnSoMCtMJ98XzMrVg4otLeUaaqHVepZ0qWxIl1x1_CEHovApu7r749Co-ITWKIbJT_hD7QhOlwJb_ULPVCy9PbN7Ok3Wcjsu60qwJomJhRSHDAsY0e3mViEBthaJMSxfo-D0CF-IDM/w640-h480/2024-02-28%20Rock%20House%20Recreation%20Area%20(25).jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was so fascinated with everything that I did not take any pictures of her artwork.. Next time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We hung out for a while getting caught up with her and meeting Jeanne for the first time. What fun!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are ever in the area, stop by and enjoy. And tell them hello from me.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">From there we headed on down the Parker Dam Byway: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFguK1gL0NrkA58mszPwyOQ4nwjXYyjUREdeKc0zYIkWQaUGZw-Q9D-rSQyfMY6aM8SG7mgDaE5IM1b3i5L8y2hErbsbHM-0IepMIEEsUTiggwViZPspgFfpdNhidKB-wPANY6QwL2xFtUeKcNExwiuESgYMyd_d1TVlDswqGPcVCaPae3okjr-MTy2M/s5472/2024-02-28%20x%20Parker%20Dam%20Byway%20(31).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFguK1gL0NrkA58mszPwyOQ4nwjXYyjUREdeKc0zYIkWQaUGZw-Q9D-rSQyfMY6aM8SG7mgDaE5IM1b3i5L8y2hErbsbHM-0IepMIEEsUTiggwViZPspgFfpdNhidKB-wPANY6QwL2xFtUeKcNExwiuESgYMyd_d1TVlDswqGPcVCaPae3okjr-MTy2M/w640-h426/2024-02-28%20x%20Parker%20Dam%20Byway%20(31).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Aren't they the cutest! Sometimes we see them roam thru the campground.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The wild burros have been in Arizona since the 1700's when the Spaniards used them as pack animals. Many of the miners did the same and when the mines dried up, they released them. The wild burros around the Colorado River in Arizona are the descendants of those miner's burros. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There is some great information here: <a href="https://americanwildhorse.org/media/about-burros#:~:text=Burros%20are%20a%20member%20of,borrico%2C%E2%80%9D%20meaning%20donkey.)">https://americanwildhorse.org/media/about-burros#:~:text=Burros%20are%20a%20member%20of,borrico%2C%E2%80%9D%20meaning%20donkey.)</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">-----</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Another part of our journey today was to check out some Day's End sites. The Day's End Directory is available thru our Escapee Membership and relies on member-submitted low cost parking/camping places. Years ago, we would do road trips to check out places and found some really beautiful spots to camp. We realized that we missed doing that so it is back on our list of things to do for road trips.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Just south of Parker is Shea Road, where many folks camp for the races and also for the "Howling at the Moon" events. Since we have never been there and it was a Day's End site, we decided to check it out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The first four miles was a rough road. Once we crossed the cattle guard, the road was beautiful and we found a large farm. At five miles out, BLM land starts and the scenery is just beautiful. There were so many places to camp from there to another six miles out (we turned around then).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The start of Shea Road:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7S9T-Jn4pebArEfRyTeCrNRydyGMeUHttEu5ou8J7NN4fU6PnH58Y0ZVjNJzuX-foRYedDYz29W3Z5T8_TG_u930vYezYQx499I1qUPNk2_Xmekh4BzsAK-sB3cgYdgiK5iZiV1IruYTdMXmOepKvF_5DO_KJap7ei-WvI-wgPTjy3lC7LGRQlUEBSN8/s5472/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7S9T-Jn4pebArEfRyTeCrNRydyGMeUHttEu5ou8J7NN4fU6PnH58Y0ZVjNJzuX-foRYedDYz29W3Z5T8_TG_u930vYezYQx499I1qUPNk2_Xmekh4BzsAK-sB3cgYdgiK5iZiV1IruYTdMXmOepKvF_5DO_KJap7ei-WvI-wgPTjy3lC7LGRQlUEBSN8/w640-h426/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8W4fGHcl3As76kcP-rz6KvXnZo3Yf6WlrRs3U6DtEzjBXU7zqgEFDtd7YmpOXuC6-AfZ_qTDU_IDu0af0y8urxd4CFaZUM6s4FamSe8z2IgTzApwTVBjDvtpknnoS2A4p9erPzHicLyb19hR3eGFtLWB8-rWxwISBuT-osbMuuwET-Q3LZBMWymWhFI/s5472/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8W4fGHcl3As76kcP-rz6KvXnZo3Yf6WlrRs3U6DtEzjBXU7zqgEFDtd7YmpOXuC6-AfZ_qTDU_IDu0af0y8urxd4CFaZUM6s4FamSe8z2IgTzApwTVBjDvtpknnoS2A4p9erPzHicLyb19hR3eGFtLWB8-rWxwISBuT-osbMuuwET-Q3LZBMWymWhFI/w640-h426/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jkG0cWqKgrFShqZaU_SicaBsmVxlfpc-zi5mydare2abYTFScBMnfK3gvo-HQLlHOiHg9jTAf7vpJC5wgETJpqHmGcqcuJC-XS2Hl6NoE2bfgiMxtYfQXKxI441IXo3I_v1p4CjhPPATU5OuBL7ofjH-2Hd2S2Wwf49tcZTIRLqM-nsCaIG3Dtx4KoU/s5472/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(4).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1jkG0cWqKgrFShqZaU_SicaBsmVxlfpc-zi5mydare2abYTFScBMnfK3gvo-HQLlHOiHg9jTAf7vpJC5wgETJpqHmGcqcuJC-XS2Hl6NoE2bfgiMxtYfQXKxI441IXo3I_v1p4CjhPPATU5OuBL7ofjH-2Hd2S2Wwf49tcZTIRLqM-nsCaIG3Dtx4KoU/w640-h426/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(4).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0h_Yw2RiDeQwsDrBBVq51ks7dmYUmXsZh0iqkvuz3KdO-6vCP-K6Co_Rr190sxrol2pLD9xXkaTLYSJb54z1lgQRuELkk9LyUX8KzqocFHJxeYl4NaVal0ASC7hPQlACYsRmhiPz8eZ5soX3BbonVvdvjjjwAM6OAI9Yih0CVJQ0fh1e_Lqroo2lVct0/s5472/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(5).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0h_Yw2RiDeQwsDrBBVq51ks7dmYUmXsZh0iqkvuz3KdO-6vCP-K6Co_Rr190sxrol2pLD9xXkaTLYSJb54z1lgQRuELkk9LyUX8KzqocFHJxeYl4NaVal0ASC7hPQlACYsRmhiPz8eZ5soX3BbonVvdvjjjwAM6OAI9Yih0CVJQ0fh1e_Lqroo2lVct0/w640-h426/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(5).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are on BLM land here. Once we went thru the wash areas, there were many camping sites.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviOy_iYx2ljkrRBF9xFpw04Whm9hhzNoXuQ_DXbDCqaWEFU0BkvyrhuRhoNDs-aPAEaAKsH70FtYbEJnGywdTjvhy9zHCOPF0P8LnLmIOlU2GVxG02O45yZMV96jF6p2EA4XSFUqLRFFAbHW24pCppFhEd534WU6Ei_PeBrqHeVBT_IvcjCs0ixHXr5c/s5472/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(8).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhviOy_iYx2ljkrRBF9xFpw04Whm9hhzNoXuQ_DXbDCqaWEFU0BkvyrhuRhoNDs-aPAEaAKsH70FtYbEJnGywdTjvhy9zHCOPF0P8LnLmIOlU2GVxG02O45yZMV96jF6p2EA4XSFUqLRFFAbHW24pCppFhEd534WU6Ei_PeBrqHeVBT_IvcjCs0ixHXr5c/w640-h426/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(8).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Imagine staying here with a nice campfire - beautiful and it will be on our list!:</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWjgPAezriukqPJQA7nEida0CGQgj522SeB5cYx23FbQnhLCo0-_843f2DVgKcL7i1x4dOxLeE2-Z6GwVnoK93ESgC-uJdggoyOmsClhQwytopt6q-CEs4btnoEzPBAqTGSHN5LmQHoy5zxZAA04enrpq8JLrmDaEj_CnzKiyVBK8pNLlj0oWhk1FGkI/s5472/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(16).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWjgPAezriukqPJQA7nEida0CGQgj522SeB5cYx23FbQnhLCo0-_843f2DVgKcL7i1x4dOxLeE2-Z6GwVnoK93ESgC-uJdggoyOmsClhQwytopt6q-CEs4btnoEzPBAqTGSHN5LmQHoy5zxZAA04enrpq8JLrmDaEj_CnzKiyVBK8pNLlj0oWhk1FGkI/w640-h426/2024-02-28%20z%20Shea%20Road%20(16).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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What a great day!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We are staying here until Saturday when we will head southeast so stay tuned and enjoy today.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53E-BHzx-AdqC9nBAP2k-NY3HfkqXkOswuhVyqjyoj9L665ozL6jdq6i-w_pKSU3V0DqiXYlGZ7ed_EU6eNrCPqRfkGMNlujJU3_7U2aNiAkxxzju6TIYK9CTExo7EOjF0MEMtrsaE13Jgvjq35jCdPNdEwWYlb65-dwXuYt9cWq0ljVTQ177oCGshAM/s1275/FB_IMG_1708656555423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="909" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53E-BHzx-AdqC9nBAP2k-NY3HfkqXkOswuhVyqjyoj9L665ozL6jdq6i-w_pKSU3V0DqiXYlGZ7ed_EU6eNrCPqRfkGMNlujJU3_7U2aNiAkxxzju6TIYK9CTExo7EOjF0MEMtrsaE13Jgvjq35jCdPNdEwWYlb65-dwXuYt9cWq0ljVTQ177oCGshAM/w456-h640/FB_IMG_1708656555423.jpg" width="456" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-58c60ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child" data-element_type="container" data-id="58c60ca" data-particle-mobile-disabled="false" data-particle_enable="false" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic","container_type":"flex","content_width":"boxed"}" style="--align-content: initial; 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margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;"><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240071960666882038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819455494808885646.post-45022365979307117962024-02-29T13:56:00.001-05:002024-02-29T13:56:14.447-05:00February 26 - 27, 2024 New RV Shoes and Stuff<p><span style="font-size: medium;">On Monday, 26th, we were up early and headed to Benny's Commercial Tire and Service for new tires for the RV. Last year we had an issue with one of our tires and Benny Jr. came and fixed it. (They also have a Mobile Tire Repair Service.) We found out that it was a family owned business and they have high ratings on the Commercial and RV Tire Repairs. Our tires have aged out so Andy started calling around - not only in PA, but in AZ and also OR (since they do not charge sales tax). Well, Benny's was the best price!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">(For our non-RV friends, it is highly recommended to replace the RV tires at 7 years old because of "aging out". Since we are planning some long trips, we figured now is the time to do it!)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So I did take some pictures along the way to Lake Havasu City - LOL! 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVq9cbfVJCewrXoqFTxQPraVcc4IzYGgh9mVcdHNDvoUHdxTlhQ69bGZNZcsC0dYkbVc5yyDr2q8gMbf6G-MtvDgDHJTqQA5I6MsRPP_8kk8sa3wvwzf3suir8afD8Pew_k6MyCvS6Ketr4hybZK0VZz5ew71fb5jWgeDNMBO81t-HMrLWkti3LvL0Kg/w640-h426/2024-02-26%20Travel%20Parker%20to%20Havasu%20and%20back%20(21).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Benny did a wonderful job and we were back home by noon - YEA!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We just hung out for the rest of the day and started making our plans for the next few months. 😀💓</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tuesday, 27th was laundry and clean up - LOL! Wendy and Vince stopped by and we made plans to get together later this week.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tomorrow is another road trip day so stay tuned and enjoy today.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6kfPTFHm4RCjRSVypM0HsF5QnQNIjBsOXdqp6Swah1WrVhC8P7qeMfiyLQsoWecRQoQjBG8ONC9150P0yGxUtoibz6lBxl2GPwFheCDrLH5alYN80zfZ0v9nWArdpFK0_jFHdW7GwU-rcIsVZOlPZU5yNf95HGYo9Bp88vjXLLCDGm5QuaQBnO0RDn0/s750/FB_IMG_1707192497808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6kfPTFHm4RCjRSVypM0HsF5QnQNIjBsOXdqp6Swah1WrVhC8P7qeMfiyLQsoWecRQoQjBG8ONC9150P0yGxUtoibz6lBxl2GPwFheCDrLH5alYN80zfZ0v9nWArdpFK0_jFHdW7GwU-rcIsVZOlPZU5yNf95HGYo9Bp88vjXLLCDGm5QuaQBnO0RDn0/w640-h640/FB_IMG_1707192497808.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240071960666882038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819455494808885646.post-25443796833619064152024-02-26T19:13:00.000-05:002024-02-26T19:13:04.864-05:00February 25th, 2024 Part Two - Ernie<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Last year when we were traveling back and forth to Kingman, we would see a little enclave in the mountain and there was always something new added. One day we stopped and met Ernie who was the owner and creator of all of this. On the top of the hill, he was going to build his house - the driveway was already dug out. Well, after checking out his attractions and chatting with him, he invited us for tea when his house was built. We told him we would see him next season and that is what we did today.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When we pulled in, I was so happy to see him there. He has added a number of new things but his house is still in the works. We told him about the blog and mentioning him last year. He told us that his son was overseas and finds all the blogs where he is mentioned - how funny.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is Ernie with Andy:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKkrmbol2G4l1Q9GDrgkax1CvmJiZeKFGmbwes8_b0BzFBrrkX-vfPCRjK4D-0v1VAWQD0z6hlnWueEzzSJTSTJqUgqYLnbCAjySzCFNAGwl1gBPgYSMdF4auNQZLdvl_X0sC8DU44nHY3vyHhhyphenhyphenlaw2N-puDQ5_3tujuvmsr9CGeOt07Z-Eo3Q03hzE/s5472/2024-02-25%20B%20Ernie%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKkrmbol2G4l1Q9GDrgkax1CvmJiZeKFGmbwes8_b0BzFBrrkX-vfPCRjK4D-0v1VAWQD0z6hlnWueEzzSJTSTJqUgqYLnbCAjySzCFNAGwl1gBPgYSMdF4auNQZLdvl_X0sC8DU44nHY3vyHhhyphenhyphenlaw2N-puDQ5_3tujuvmsr9CGeOt07Z-Eo3Q03hzE/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20B%20Ernie%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The last time I was there, he was just adding the gazebo. Now it is finished with furniture. He opened the gates for us and told us to enjoy. 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Can't wait until next season to see what he has done!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What a great day!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4KV6WRvdjUfbukJ3tg2DPMpxzv1gzUtIKMhCIg8Y7uZwCMvuDYWicJSI3VTYfT3ME4ks5G3tAJL971PU9lKba2qOrEpiXVP8_ew6M3LP7NupGcUQ8xKU2Tphg3VDvyq9HUoQJZhPWpgCMZOPwvfqNGa0iEXYeMdeJv7Bn96tveD9YC4246pqLPLDq5E/s720/FB_IMG_1424397734875.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4KV6WRvdjUfbukJ3tg2DPMpxzv1gzUtIKMhCIg8Y7uZwCMvuDYWicJSI3VTYfT3ME4ks5G3tAJL971PU9lKba2qOrEpiXVP8_ew6M3LP7NupGcUQ8xKU2Tphg3VDvyq9HUoQJZhPWpgCMZOPwvfqNGa0iEXYeMdeJv7Bn96tveD9YC4246pqLPLDq5E/w640-h480/FB_IMG_1424397734875.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240071960666882038noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819455494808885646.post-14973414917732385902024-02-26T19:10:00.000-05:002024-02-26T19:10:57.917-05:00February 25th, 2024 Part One - The Desert Bar<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">The </span><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #072042;">Nellie E. Saloon, commonly known as the Desert Bar, was our main destination today. We have not been there in well over 10 years and decided to take a drive out to see the changes, grab a bite to eat, and listen to some music.</span></span></p><p><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #072042; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A little history:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #072042;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>"Ken Coughlin, founder of this saloon, built the Desert Bar at the site of an old copper mining camp in 1975. Although all remnants of the original camp are gone, its spirit lives; its parking lot is located directly on the site where the mining camp once stood. At first, the saloon was a three-sided enclosed room, not much bigger than a small storage shed. Today, while maintaining its Old West character, Coughlin has expanded it substantially.</i></span></span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #036eb7; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="color: #072042;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The inside of the saloon now boasts many vintage and one-of-a-kind features. Its windows are made out of old glass refrigerator doors, the bar stools are hand welded steel, and the ceiling is made of stamped tin. The saloon's electrical supply is solar power. It's cooled by a cooling tower that works like a swamp cooler without a fan. (By wetting the pads on top, cool air falls, creating a refreshing airflow.) The saloon also has horseshoe pits and a bridge to get from the parking lot to the saloon. A stage for live music is up from October through March (approximately) on Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm-6pm, depending on the weather.</i></span></span></h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #072042; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Another novelty stands outside of the saloon -- what appears to be a "church" rises from the desert floor, reflecting sunlight from the well-aged patina of its copper roof. However, upon closer inspection one learns the church is more of a façade than an actual structure. There is no inside area. Constructed of solid steel with walls and ceilings made from stamped tin, plaques in the church bear the names of people who donated money to help build it, but no actual services are held here. It simply provides a picture perfect backdrop with "Old West" appeal."</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #072042; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">(Although there are no church services, there have been many weddings performed here.)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #072042; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">To get there, we had to leave US-95 and travel 5 miles on a dirt road. The scenery is spectacular but sadly, the pictures do not show it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZLasroW83tYIIdsRP_hn5jKUa8h60VZlcgpREPEOQ19l75fDTYLRGVh098RijiJrP88hBf8gJZnW0YYoKG4ZLr4QHmz0s3FOAVbt_1s9CQ1IDqUneaKtvTolUO5R_MCr2pd9kqx-CWtrW0SL5FW4e6xlYV7C_FnTBEMn2tzS-MldTjJnuJBWTvsVTck/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZLasroW83tYIIdsRP_hn5jKUa8h60VZlcgpREPEOQ19l75fDTYLRGVh098RijiJrP88hBf8gJZnW0YYoKG4ZLr4QHmz0s3FOAVbt_1s9CQ1IDqUneaKtvTolUO5R_MCr2pd9kqx-CWtrW0SL5FW4e6xlYV7C_FnTBEMn2tzS-MldTjJnuJBWTvsVTck/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyexeCoPYtOkIaVaiqo7rQ7WMgcmGefSTeM_dYlUWGf2VBDwuP5GQsa5CxmcyHuSCuHDjfM_lBfmnzNHuS9eNrPLJid1uqEaPIHDDHJyPcWoZgMTfwx5Mz90DD96WC4OoY_TGHwokpB_kEARZoMr5B0E3i7NlCrTCyKY3WsNL6sUBvdy_J39lX1kJzz0g/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyexeCoPYtOkIaVaiqo7rQ7WMgcmGefSTeM_dYlUWGf2VBDwuP5GQsa5CxmcyHuSCuHDjfM_lBfmnzNHuS9eNrPLJid1uqEaPIHDDHJyPcWoZgMTfwx5Mz90DD96WC4OoY_TGHwokpB_kEARZoMr5B0E3i7NlCrTCyKY3WsNL6sUBvdy_J39lX1kJzz0g/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There are many mines in the area but only a few are active. 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This road must have been sliding down the mountain so it was shored up by rock walls:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPAvAD-ljTWGTKZS1Wjgokhmr9jhG55zOl7V9SMtWZN49CWsr73uijWM0ptAWW7CzlcK9C6OICuSdMgxQK7MiUl-513d5RZGYrrQsDS5F-jl28HJde2VTmZ51-P9gytFcu73tzXWBCVidVrSvLge5DGKFXdlHwfWLg8YMc8OAoB14GZh5OGc1rMO70yE/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(9).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPAvAD-ljTWGTKZS1Wjgokhmr9jhG55zOl7V9SMtWZN49CWsr73uijWM0ptAWW7CzlcK9C6OICuSdMgxQK7MiUl-513d5RZGYrrQsDS5F-jl28HJde2VTmZ51-P9gytFcu73tzXWBCVidVrSvLge5DGKFXdlHwfWLg8YMc8OAoB14GZh5OGc1rMO70yE/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(9).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-size: medium;">The scenery continued:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqjbwklN2x6-0V8qb3oPNH8ZAPuRLmhYnQQaLbOnCfCa7mlzsGoIV6iz3UbDbLrpXOA1Hddr6pWd9NIZ1KVPWEV3JucnGNk1Cs3oOFmPxTEG-1tZ-w4nVXd0VvUJOtIMQyIvWTRGfqL6nCbkMKImVtOp43NKOuMUA4cPNWGmOxxTk3uNxa_46wLAsTxk/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(16).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqjbwklN2x6-0V8qb3oPNH8ZAPuRLmhYnQQaLbOnCfCa7mlzsGoIV6iz3UbDbLrpXOA1Hddr6pWd9NIZ1KVPWEV3JucnGNk1Cs3oOFmPxTEG-1tZ-w4nVXd0VvUJOtIMQyIvWTRGfqL6nCbkMKImVtOp43NKOuMUA4cPNWGmOxxTk3uNxa_46wLAsTxk/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(16).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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At the end of the Nellie Mine Road is the Desert Bar:<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDo0CNV8hxPywXArrnLG9lZ9WAPjDcl9N36dCS2mH4_rh9oYE7NZwJ5T-6VQhqh3-h_gW1DyCkYAnzz3CXUbNCQm5cL8WHu5edjwK_vQu5gC7CoS1kn1f15wxKyTcj72NbpsTe7tVtQQDPLcOWT8smlj_OBnZEQWzpEEyl0sccOS_zRxYY_BBCmLW3SyU/s4085/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(20a).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2158" data-original-width="4085" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDo0CNV8hxPywXArrnLG9lZ9WAPjDcl9N36dCS2mH4_rh9oYE7NZwJ5T-6VQhqh3-h_gW1DyCkYAnzz3CXUbNCQm5cL8WHu5edjwK_vQu5gC7CoS1kn1f15wxKyTcj72NbpsTe7tVtQQDPLcOWT8smlj_OBnZEQWzpEEyl0sccOS_zRxYY_BBCmLW3SyU/w640-h338/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(20a).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-size: medium;">Yikees!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDaK9U58o4NIANiP3AYJnuVkPfngNT3Kbx1c3XoajNTiih7C7qVHXm22Vfp2Nxk-dnFwRT7RYyqybAEfBDB255nnAA6kx8xzeOiY7GKOxZuxX9beSAM-3h7qXmz4iuSDQJTmRPOnfHCmRH5dCKwahpm42kSv0957ZZX1RT_kcLQKpoRDulDni6QBXYNyo/s1610/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(23a).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="1272" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDaK9U58o4NIANiP3AYJnuVkPfngNT3Kbx1c3XoajNTiih7C7qVHXm22Vfp2Nxk-dnFwRT7RYyqybAEfBDB255nnAA6kx8xzeOiY7GKOxZuxX9beSAM-3h7qXmz4iuSDQJTmRPOnfHCmRH5dCKwahpm42kSv0957ZZX1RT_kcLQKpoRDulDni6QBXYNyo/w506-h640/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(23a).JPG" width="506" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here we are waiting for the ATVs and the dust to pass us:</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMM7PZpEfxqFyiyojP9FwTl2SdaB2DhLULDsyUYP_NkJPWJ_CZbaEtRiLkVH4evjvnWaX3jLZkus0I9xGKKWKnA7pqAeKyRxw_5XUlr6C3sFbYZFP1SEpRtvRlCQTts1H2RjanLLG3R45-MnA07eV0jkVd6aWoMJNDbz0LVZcPU-KXQnt1hXHx_g0-Nw/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(31).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMM7PZpEfxqFyiyojP9FwTl2SdaB2DhLULDsyUYP_NkJPWJ_CZbaEtRiLkVH4evjvnWaX3jLZkus0I9xGKKWKnA7pqAeKyRxw_5XUlr6C3sFbYZFP1SEpRtvRlCQTts1H2RjanLLG3R45-MnA07eV0jkVd6aWoMJNDbz0LVZcPU-KXQnt1hXHx_g0-Nw/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(31).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We have arrived! All those solar panels are powering the bar:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNM5IVqBksIcFLuxF-I12GKB8OS3UuXxXepHabJwQqGOid_S7ja3OV8I0jp3fb2b89K49Zpuyhw9cJsfi0CzDoXvW2hzNARIki6KLh4Mq6m4fUSAicUFtBBBZ8Z4qeAXk4NKJFcqks40aB5bzbpxMeAq4ReW-9Jm3WC1yoq6QO_xBTaPozaqWejAtaAE/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(35).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNM5IVqBksIcFLuxF-I12GKB8OS3UuXxXepHabJwQqGOid_S7ja3OV8I0jp3fb2b89K49Zpuyhw9cJsfi0CzDoXvW2hzNARIki6KLh4Mq6m4fUSAicUFtBBBZ8Z4qeAXk4NKJFcqks40aB5bzbpxMeAq4ReW-9Jm3WC1yoq6QO_xBTaPozaqWejAtaAE/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(35).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The entrance:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8mOIdeoH73_BjuXYtsFCRxuAZ3RNMbi37pxYj9PlR2k5lUH97X7ncDjfqude8JnndgNZkcBJr46sZE03-RGP8kGHwNQpcLY6pbIIXG03n6tqG8ZD3q1_3p0QLHTjnm4HWPNoCfheXsmykW8Lli-wS6RmBMtLN_Yo_IL9mJouMImF_2OELckMytoSV3A/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(36).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8mOIdeoH73_BjuXYtsFCRxuAZ3RNMbi37pxYj9PlR2k5lUH97X7ncDjfqude8JnndgNZkcBJr46sZE03-RGP8kGHwNQpcLY6pbIIXG03n6tqG8ZD3q1_3p0QLHTjnm4HWPNoCfheXsmykW8Lli-wS6RmBMtLN_Yo_IL9mJouMImF_2OELckMytoSV3A/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(36).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />The beautiful church:</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj929sx6s8mlsIawLbFjVdY09vUE1T-VGAOFvrHcQ36S3ZFZF8KMei2Q14_o426sY-VAk1D7GUrlrPf7Qtz-h-DdIt7ZZVB6EReb2gmzAru1TPlerBjk4GkdMBuZkyQeF8MQaUO-oNodEq15D4lT4rTEJ_iZhRRnWrAIbosu0KQXew18OL8y1OzchLv2aY/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(65).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj929sx6s8mlsIawLbFjVdY09vUE1T-VGAOFvrHcQ36S3ZFZF8KMei2Q14_o426sY-VAk1D7GUrlrPf7Qtz-h-DdIt7ZZVB6EReb2gmzAru1TPlerBjk4GkdMBuZkyQeF8MQaUO-oNodEq15D4lT4rTEJ_iZhRRnWrAIbosu0KQXew18OL8y1OzchLv2aY/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(65).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And the scenery - WOW!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DMPYwyvlpWKVO7QCHEF6At0WzfGTXvT_SywV_KZaU_MtvOntwaiNssvhAOIaS9w3X_Ug1lTdnIK2YyIP8nYnDhDZnxojEozKfslW8qABUQpqJZgA6FSZkf4IMwukSdRu-EG8EthLATslZj2-Dv2w9wsdiKCa0yg7d1G9IL1HcwzslRJjS0K0kQsTXIc/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(37).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DMPYwyvlpWKVO7QCHEF6At0WzfGTXvT_SywV_KZaU_MtvOntwaiNssvhAOIaS9w3X_Ug1lTdnIK2YyIP8nYnDhDZnxojEozKfslW8qABUQpqJZgA6FSZkf4IMwukSdRu-EG8EthLATslZj2-Dv2w9wsdiKCa0yg7d1G9IL1HcwzslRJjS0K0kQsTXIc/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(37).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We were amazed at how much it has changed. It has almost doubled. Many of the seating areas are now paved - they were dirt before.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGL-iMQcbsgfipFkwX6qE65j7D_E8FkVCA-6wh30XMQwGQZ8KHqBZSpAtVSSmQWdqooCZ8zmIVfg6LWeXEMiqnaJ9zeuyFtBMCYsyggdCEfREMdBG8ffaOHNSX9h9rFv9dsPcT8grWQnMZfHyObAfeOHF5fGk3ldV8Z8valIac_fBiDDbJ7e1hTNtPROg/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(46).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGL-iMQcbsgfipFkwX6qE65j7D_E8FkVCA-6wh30XMQwGQZ8KHqBZSpAtVSSmQWdqooCZ8zmIVfg6LWeXEMiqnaJ9zeuyFtBMCYsyggdCEfREMdBG8ffaOHNSX9h9rFv9dsPcT8grWQnMZfHyObAfeOHF5fGk3ldV8Z8valIac_fBiDDbJ7e1hTNtPROg/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(46).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There are now two grill restaurants and two bars. (Plus they added another restroom.) The second grill and restrooms are on the left in this picture:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8oNhfsHthwfOwBvx1tsEJ9SL6CK-M-YQogVtYLEH_GTR4v0_DhZxtXf3rmQXIm1d0S5O4qvq43blnOQay0T7AWEGh0GxYbAeRQrnD1jpOCNOKQiso6O41LK8Dk95bJ394p-MFFsmU-6ExvGhtAT5DYbr0sK5uGYFIFJl22syTpjrowsNzzwLZLHc6U8/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(47).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8oNhfsHthwfOwBvx1tsEJ9SL6CK-M-YQogVtYLEH_GTR4v0_DhZxtXf3rmQXIm1d0S5O4qvq43blnOQay0T7AWEGh0GxYbAeRQrnD1jpOCNOKQiso6O41LK8Dk95bJ394p-MFFsmU-6ExvGhtAT5DYbr0sK5uGYFIFJl22syTpjrowsNzzwLZLHc6U8/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(47).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Notice all the seating:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2jH4ye8TFT2CJ0oOc58rktE7_JLUWD_4nCZ1NPF-L6Jv80OhkcHoPTmtmzP8pY737q3MGee6zBIWaoZKTFLADDgWQO7OHgKOHR7xXOhTlv_D62aDHba-B7WvOgIwHc-YEujW2cDBMpkFZxzVNEy-i2FLfL1OnBw44UUEd7tF1dR5fXFH9nohZPgsNN4/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(48).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2jH4ye8TFT2CJ0oOc58rktE7_JLUWD_4nCZ1NPF-L6Jv80OhkcHoPTmtmzP8pY737q3MGee6zBIWaoZKTFLADDgWQO7OHgKOHR7xXOhTlv_D62aDHba-B7WvOgIwHc-YEujW2cDBMpkFZxzVNEy-i2FLfL1OnBw44UUEd7tF1dR5fXFH9nohZPgsNN4/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(48).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The second grill:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-592n4XkyvDESGy3etB3HsSU0427eCrdzwNSQ_Cu9L_YomiwOnvIdtZSECyW6GFnSCj0pJtJWcgLFvzOHxM6_HaDeFSabsr1KtzVafTwBcm77UR77JHjIWnQugQ3QX_gMUnXfJaYjQbM12kBrOSL_vijT-wKMgqR1G7Ahka0UHSOWPrvi7Ee3nfKtUo/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(49).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-592n4XkyvDESGy3etB3HsSU0427eCrdzwNSQ_Cu9L_YomiwOnvIdtZSECyW6GFnSCj0pJtJWcgLFvzOHxM6_HaDeFSabsr1KtzVafTwBcm77UR77JHjIWnQugQ3QX_gMUnXfJaYjQbM12kBrOSL_vijT-wKMgqR1G7Ahka0UHSOWPrvi7Ee3nfKtUo/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(49).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Looking down on the original restrooms - the ladies is on the left and built into the hill; the men's is in the center (theirs is a little more "open"):</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillJdHD-X90rnf3XRmpve93Jc-HmCCu4hpEq6sqB12xr7c2CpZy_cfMk8ZT2KXD_oErJwYL_XyGoeG_AN9-6DCYCN6N7xQlhAUa1GW8x3E19WMH80A4N9w8gXUPv55uOjrTE1X8fGi2ps5CAUihsaJxFUX5TtbLlZxCDkrNTrsUWoicFKxqj6Cbz_wSGA/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(43).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillJdHD-X90rnf3XRmpve93Jc-HmCCu4hpEq6sqB12xr7c2CpZy_cfMk8ZT2KXD_oErJwYL_XyGoeG_AN9-6DCYCN6N7xQlhAUa1GW8x3E19WMH80A4N9w8gXUPv55uOjrTE1X8fGi2ps5CAUihsaJxFUX5TtbLlZxCDkrNTrsUWoicFKxqj6Cbz_wSGA/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(43).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The ladies - the stalls were welded metal:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGq56a1SdaaYcOIsccCJQSYFKFBzO4ii-SRvQrBNOxWRS0SIatmpRVDPxcnlJwHSrlX-FOGKIDZLbD_k9XquaNldkng_9q_D8kTYfPdpwl5vg6WIC58f30KGJJ1YBlUZuuhzjcytPXI-8d1JJ6INbjw_bXfDQ0Vdamd_vc1JJFJNn470-F8U2Cq_PPX_4/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(41).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGq56a1SdaaYcOIsccCJQSYFKFBzO4ii-SRvQrBNOxWRS0SIatmpRVDPxcnlJwHSrlX-FOGKIDZLbD_k9XquaNldkng_9q_D8kTYfPdpwl5vg6WIC58f30KGJJ1YBlUZuuhzjcytPXI-8d1JJ6INbjw_bXfDQ0Vdamd_vc1JJFJNn470-F8U2Cq_PPX_4/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(41).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Check out the sinks and the view from the ladies room - WOW!:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOA4miKYOD-Bm41f4D97Fki3bRk6mw7fkFcETt9iD4rKzoHO3jDNIpQCApRNrHG6Xp-YOLIWS0lSFt98GdCtxsntJVLyTnLIZk31EjrGSz_gblj-ISxeGKyPNxsLWxstNE78cZKJB-EKijMTn3EJKr-8RP4YnJN82S5WtHbXEa0gg7-m45Is2CZqdSzU/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(42).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOA4miKYOD-Bm41f4D97Fki3bRk6mw7fkFcETt9iD4rKzoHO3jDNIpQCApRNrHG6Xp-YOLIWS0lSFt98GdCtxsntJVLyTnLIZk31EjrGSz_gblj-ISxeGKyPNxsLWxstNE78cZKJB-EKijMTn3EJKr-8RP4YnJN82S5WtHbXEa0gg7-m45Is2CZqdSzU/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(42).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Great band! We sat for quite a while listening to their music - mostly 60's and 70's 😁:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYoiak1mKszKLH11C87PiwuimBT33ngSWksFKm5_Z9eyaPOLCd8JsSDxB2prY59bAj2RcsLvEkgT6qfjY4scSkr9CR7uEBHG4RCKkZ5BXWGNM9zlbyQ9PmvrAVqkrGjX1V1-nl_EZrcJ2lH2_MCkEKzelg330DGpSyO4ZSckF0jIIrO-zwA4XD3LCcgc/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(62).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYoiak1mKszKLH11C87PiwuimBT33ngSWksFKm5_Z9eyaPOLCd8JsSDxB2prY59bAj2RcsLvEkgT6qfjY4scSkr9CR7uEBHG4RCKkZ5BXWGNM9zlbyQ9PmvrAVqkrGjX1V1-nl_EZrcJ2lH2_MCkEKzelg330DGpSyO4ZSckF0jIIrO-zwA4XD3LCcgc/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(62).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So much yard art here and there (if you know me, you know I just LOVE yard art):</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKOv2oaulWOThrzriYgzZAflMe9LgS0O16RJ_PWzijhDK7oaX2kqAEtQEyz3Nz-zvNilpHIlEauCgtUFTsMqfWh_a7xFHw_3DnH6TfLLQMCsFiTiyj3h9wJ9AoJg7Q4IXBGJ9L3nDe808q5QSmLCpuFpDh42g-7yTelWZ-fqtQNyYqhj5AvGMiXPc-0Q/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(54).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKOv2oaulWOThrzriYgzZAflMe9LgS0O16RJ_PWzijhDK7oaX2kqAEtQEyz3Nz-zvNilpHIlEauCgtUFTsMqfWh_a7xFHw_3DnH6TfLLQMCsFiTiyj3h9wJ9AoJg7Q4IXBGJ9L3nDe808q5QSmLCpuFpDh42g-7yTelWZ-fqtQNyYqhj5AvGMiXPc-0Q/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(54).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The owner's house - all powered by solar:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qGTPICtqboC6Wy8Jb0rsdsmaeERu_0g9V_mt95T8mGrjDRyDiXeXXznSlZe8zfJF798P_7CpS8n8HR17f0wqQw-n10Qa2oepFWvUULx8Ud2UdiwnIwxsG8bzHtY2JtHt7O0kqM8h9UoepDZPq7GQ36YI7ICcwKiekpyJous1EvDnbasP9Sz6p2taWNg/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(55).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qGTPICtqboC6Wy8Jb0rsdsmaeERu_0g9V_mt95T8mGrjDRyDiXeXXznSlZe8zfJF798P_7CpS8n8HR17f0wqQw-n10Qa2oepFWvUULx8Ud2UdiwnIwxsG8bzHtY2JtHt7O0kqM8h9UoepDZPq7GQ36YI7ICcwKiekpyJous1EvDnbasP9Sz6p2taWNg/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(55).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBaoa9B7VXJII4s1Qqyz3c_6Gu4zso3DoWImC5EaiaaWEfcEPWZI-tRy7Uil7Mr7MHqru1UXkbOUy2A6VYf7qIdxPV8U8K2t_3v4VYl04UOzz819FMTWlI1nD_Alrf__BDaRNhg44UrqlWbPurwQKpo0D4UGagkt-t_kQ-oBVSy0NL2IWove6vyKi4bE/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(85).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What a great place! While researching some of the history I came across this picture of the very first Nellie B Saloon:</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItv6Ha20Lo7MufZI7KJwDvZJo_8tVlmOfAa3EL1LnvTHx7BzI9t-tbzEUQU5UtWOzGoSsauSWAmzuS2hUPyfMFMq9UF82ivUKXlVR26Kb8exXWATme6i9uMtcRZemJ3OSbe1uNDgddKY9xAL0s-C_9KWbaa2Q98ttilFPJ4MB0FAIHg0TkXiqhRR7pGM/s300/media-14945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="300" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItv6Ha20Lo7MufZI7KJwDvZJo_8tVlmOfAa3EL1LnvTHx7BzI9t-tbzEUQU5UtWOzGoSsauSWAmzuS2hUPyfMFMq9UF82ivUKXlVR26Kb8exXWATme6i9uMtcRZemJ3OSbe1uNDgddKY9xAL0s-C_9KWbaa2Q98ttilFPJ4MB0FAIHg0TkXiqhRR7pGM/w640-h416/media-14945.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The last time I was here - this was the Desert Bar - lots of changes:</span></p></div><div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #072042; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8jDyXDiSd63dLaz91qYBY9I5JMpy_kZ4rqGPNPlW42I5HNU_K_oerzqWgwMo7IHJV0vpwzR-4OR_kgtLR617IXbyH3XHYQi9UW1YUpCXpjtx4KoptJfBsa5CEd06DEjqFWEzvguI0-MJmxusTNHetoLz-NEa_LWIqSDFb5PgajGk2hMptPd3KFPQUvE/s640/deseet_bar_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8jDyXDiSd63dLaz91qYBY9I5JMpy_kZ4rqGPNPlW42I5HNU_K_oerzqWgwMo7IHJV0vpwzR-4OR_kgtLR617IXbyH3XHYQi9UW1YUpCXpjtx4KoptJfBsa5CEd06DEjqFWEzvguI0-MJmxusTNHetoLz-NEa_LWIqSDFb5PgajGk2hMptPd3KFPQUvE/w640-h480/deseet_bar_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #072042;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Years ago, you could only get a hamburger (with ABSOLUTELY NO CHEESE - LOL!). Beer and soda was the only beverages served. Now, with the second grill, there are lots of choices. We had a Cheesesteak (okay) and garlic fries (OMG - Were they good!). They were pricey so I did not even inquire on the drinks - they now have a full bar menu too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What a great time! Heading back to Parker:</div><br /></span></div><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #072042; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZAAhmUPGFDtV2si4KQT1P7x-oZpap8bX0pZ3CUM4CV2QQ_OVng0I6HfZ27UQTrpV1V7f8PABsumocuh2-G2D-dle1A289PU7iYqhMw-H_719EfRtizCtS29R-DMPjmVSZMnRGfyskQwDGFHfUsk4lVDnkUDPuzyvIf_OQ46jEoU0zSQL6lKvCYQMcV4/s5472/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(80).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZAAhmUPGFDtV2si4KQT1P7x-oZpap8bX0pZ3CUM4CV2QQ_OVng0I6HfZ27UQTrpV1V7f8PABsumocuh2-G2D-dle1A289PU7iYqhMw-H_719EfRtizCtS29R-DMPjmVSZMnRGfyskQwDGFHfUsk4lVDnkUDPuzyvIf_OQ46jEoU0zSQL6lKvCYQMcV4/w640-h426/2024-02-25%20A%20Desert%20Bar%20(80).JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Our day did not finish so stay tuned for Part Two!</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdBZUwkhJExdx0ImcQ1hTuJn1253o-Vz0_7rCU-GO16lDZ7G9PrJanRMiaYI4QjdmLc_7PdsRczKIX57y2qcJhe1mAvDS1FlIBqo467w-hlVamDnczUdj0bsde366SN4K-FI5828gIYK6GFMm7NmIcd9BNMbjXL9zPb0cZjbvcg6F4auIgt9_XrPDf_M/s960/1377629_609944762377739_2100035853_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdBZUwkhJExdx0ImcQ1hTuJn1253o-Vz0_7rCU-GO16lDZ7G9PrJanRMiaYI4QjdmLc_7PdsRczKIX57y2qcJhe1mAvDS1FlIBqo467w-hlVamDnczUdj0bsde366SN4K-FI5828gIYK6GFMm7NmIcd9BNMbjXL9zPb0cZjbvcg6F4auIgt9_XrPDf_M/w640-h640/1377629_609944762377739_2100035853_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240071960666882038noreply@blogger.com0