On the Road Again: Deadhorse State Park to Cattail Cove

Nov.13th to Nov.18th--Cattail Cove State Park on Lake Havasu. Leaving the casino in Nevada we took the road less taken-smaller roads that wound their way through Nevada,California and finally back into Arizona. we actually travelled quite a ways on the old route 66,a narrow 2 lane road that contoured itself to the valley floor. When route 66 was constructed they did not level the road bed, as they do today, resulting in a wild ride very similar to a roller coaster. Lake Havasu is a large lake that boarders California and Arizona stretching 47 miles before joining the Colorado river. Cattail Cove state Park is right on the lake with beautiful campsites and we have decided to stay the next 6 days.

Made the mistake of feeding him and the next day he returned with 50 of his friends

Cattail Cove state Park--will spend a week here

Crossing the Colorado and entering Northwest Arizona

The old route 66--wow! What a road.

During our stay at the state park we talked to some RVers that had just been to the Grand Canyon and learned that the temperature at the canyons was a daytime high of 45 to 50 degrees with the lows reaching 28 degrees F.overnight-not a good time to explore the area.Because of this we have decided that we will delay our trip to the canyons until we are on our way back to Canada next April. Having decided that western arizona would be a nice area to spend a few days, we headed for Kingman and Bullhead city. The corners of three states converge just out of Bullhead-CA,Nevada and Arizona. We spent the night in the parking lot of the Riverside casino in Nevada. The security guard at the casino was very nice-telling us where to park and there was no pressure to get us inside to gamble.We did go in and had a great buffet in a dinning room overlooking the Colorado River.After finishing the meal, as we were walking through the casino, you could hear the slot machines whispering-YOU CAN WIN-YOU Can WIN. Steadfastly,ignoring the seductive lure of the machines, we made our way to our RV and had a great night's sleep secure in the knowledge that the security guard was watching over us.

Riverside Casino Laughlin Nevada

Heading for Laughlin

Stand of large trees near Williams--elevation 6500 feet

As we head north to Flagstaff the Cactus give way to Mountain Cedar

Nov.10th to Nov.12th--Dead horse state Park We are on the road again, on route towards Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. We stayed for two nights at the Dead horse State park about half way between Phoenix and Flagstaff. We have found that State Parks are a great place to overnight, cheap,clean and well maintained.The price for a beautiful treed paved site with water and electricity was only 14 dollars a night.

Stayed here for two days

Ever wonder what happened to the hippies

We visited a historic point of interest located just north of the park called Montezuma's castle consisting of a series of elaborate dwellings carved, high up, into the face of a shear cliff. It is believed that these ruins were built in the 1100s,by the Sinagua, and inhabited till the 1400s when,for some unknown reason,the people either left or died off.The Hopi history suggests that the cliff dwellers joined their tribe and moved to the high mesas. The roof beams in the construction of the cliff dwellings were hewed from the wood of the Arizona Sicamore, an amazing tree indigenous to this area, and are still sound after seven hundred years.