Craggy Wash BLM camping. It is really just a dry creek bed and we picked out a spot that suited us. We had no close neighbors and held hope to see some wildlife. There were suppose to be wild burros – but nope….the BLM just rounded up a bunch of the critters and have them up for adoption. Bummers, for us and for them! But we did see a desert kit fox.
We had a perfect bright sunny day. It was peaceful early so we fished a little (notice I didn’t say caught some fish) and cruised around the lower lake. There are 88 boat access only campground sites scattered around the lake, they are very well done, private and great bird watching places. We might just give it a try one day when we are ready to sleep on the ground again! We will stay away from March and April though, the Rangers claim that they have a jam-packed 6 seek Spring break here…there are many shallow coves and great places for whole flotilla to hang out and party.
The solitude was soon broken though as the high speed
cigarette boats were out jetting around by noon. We even saw houseboats that had dual outboards and could easily outrun us from a dead start….more evidence of the
status afforded those with MORE POWER.
Just a couple miles across the AZ-CA line…. Fortunately we didn’t need to buy any!
We checked out some wildlife preserves but it seems we are too early for most the water fowl that typically pass through here heading south. All we found were the seemingly ever present American coots. Nothing new, but the coots are very social so are fun to watch and listen as they chat and scold one another over territory and food.
New Bridge across Colorado River @ Hoover Dam. Highway has been rerouted over new Bridge to relieve congestion over dam. You can still drive across the dam after passing security checkpoint.
I didn’t know. A local entrepreneur bought the London Bridge and shipped it here. They re-assembled it, strafing scars and all, and routed a channel of the Colorado under it. It seems it has been quite the tourist success. I just had to walk across it. They have some English Pubs around it and other European flavor décor and shops. All pretty cool. The channel that flows under it seems to be the local boaters’ cruising lane. We sat and watched a parade of boats that ranged from little fishing craft like ours to huge, fast, jet boats and houseboats. No matter the size of the boat, “More power” seemed to be the theme.
The nursery rhyme is historically correct. Prior to being sold and moved one end of the London Bridge was sinking 1/8 of an inch a year(falling down).
The power lift and tilt has been ailing and finally gave out completely. Kent has to manually raise and position the motor and that is just too much work, so it’s at the marina as we ‘speak”. They are a bit laid back here. He dropped it off this morning thinking he’d get a least a quick look and a quote. Not exactly! What he got was, “Ok, park it here. We will call you in the next couple days to let you know what it will take to fix it.” Looks like we will have time to check out a couple of the wildlife preserves around here while we wait to wet a line in the lake. There are supposed to be quite a few migrating birds that use this rare wet spot in the desert on the way south…we shall see.
Two bridges across the Colorado in the bottom of the canyon for Kaibab & Bright Angel Trails.