April 8th, 2024 Part 1 - Travel to Grand Canyon West

(Note:  The next few blogs are picture intensive so be prepared.)

We left Lake Havasu City and headed north and east. I always loved this area north of Lake Havasu because of the rock formations.

We turned on to I-40 east and the road turned crappy...   This part of I-40 followed the original Route 66.  There are still some roadside attractions that were maintained.

The alien golf ball:

Truck on a stick:

Route 66 water tank:

The storm was following us:

Coming into Kingman:

On US-93 heading north and the road was even worse.  Right over the crest of this hill, a truck with a few guys pulled up alongside us and pointed to the back of the motorhome.  We pulled aside and saw Andy's electrical bike dragging.  Apparently with all the potholes and cracked roadway and bouncing, the straps came loose and the bike went over.  Yes, it is toast!!  Sad! (Yes, another one is on order.)

We turned off of US-93 and headed east:

And started to notice Joshua Trees:

And then in the middle of the valley, acres of trees - different fruit trees:

Yes, they meant business.  We did see two cows that were dead along side the road.

Our final turn was Diamond Bar Road heading to the Grand Canyon.  What a nice surprise - a Joshua Tree Forest - there were thousands of them.

Every turn was just breathtaking...

We are now on the plateau - at about 4800' and very close to our destination:

Haulapai (WA-LA-PIE) lands:

Oil drill and the Grand Canyon in the background:

The Grand Canyon - this is opposite side of the canyon.

The journey itself was AWESOME.  And the day got better.  That will be in Part Two.

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 131 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Arizona: London Bridge Road; Chenoweth Drive; US-95; I-40; US-93; Dolan Springs Road (IN-25); Diamond Bar Road (IN-267)