Monthly Archives: November 2014

Lake Havasu City, AZ On Sunday friends Norm and Lisa (Those Young Guys) arrived here in Lake Havasu State Park.  They stopped by for a visit and we arranged for a hike the next day to one of the most popular … Continue reading →

Lake Havasu City, AZ Last Friday morning we left Furnace Creek in Death Valley and drove about 260 miles back to the south east to Lake Havasu City, AZ.   Lake Havasu is created by Parker Dam, on the Colorado River … Continue reading →

Furnace Creek, CA On our final day in Death Valley we decided to take it easy and just visit a couple of places in the Jeep.  We first went south on Rte. 190 to drive a scenic loop road through Twenty … Continue reading →

Furnace Creek, CA On Wednesday we drove about ten miles to the south for a visit to one of the most popular hikes in Death Valley, Golden Canyon.  The hike is very popular due to its close proximity to lodging … Continue reading →

Furnace Creek, CA On Tuesday we drove north for about 40 miles to explore a Jeep road that goes through a scenic canyon.  But first we stopped for a brief visit at a classic mining ghost town. The town of … Continue reading →

Furnace Creek, CA We headed out this morning with a number of stops on our itinerary.  The first was a visit to Mosaic Canyon, one of the most popular hikes in Death Valley NP.  Its about a 25 mile drive from … Continue reading →

Furnace Creek, CA On Saturday, after spending a great month in Boulder City,  we headed west to visit Death Valley National Park.  The park has numerous campgrounds, but only one has full hook-ups.  We were able to get five nights there … Continue reading →

Boulder City, NV Friends, Steve and Joan (FOSJ), are spending the winter in the nearby Lake Mead Recreation Area serving as volunteers.  The main part of their assignment is to drive a park vehicle down the many, many back roads … Continue reading →

Boulder City, NV One of the neat things about writing a blog is reading comments from people we have never met, especially those from outside the U.S.  We have a few readers from far away places and one couple has … Continue reading →

Boulder City, NV While this area offers many great long and challenging hikes, it also has several shorter ones that are very interesting.  Earlier this week we decided to try one that is right up a former teacher’s alley.   We … Continue reading →