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Travel Blogs from Parker
I lift up my eyes...
... for 100 miles". Time to cross the Mojave Desert.
We do well in the cooler hours before lunch and the first 60 miles are done. I'm feeling better and have my first proper lunch but I can see David's not looking too good. It's now 107 degrees and we have over 50 miles still to do. We fill up our water bottles and head off. Within 5 minutes the iced water is warmer than a hot shower. ...
Coming Full Circle
... big it really was. It is hard to comprehend how wide the canyon is just from sitting on the other side.
Once we were all back on the van, we turned south and headed towards Phoenix. We stopped at a town called New River just before the outskirts and then turned west towards Betty and Rusty's Cowboy Camp at Lake Pleasant. The campsite was very busy as there were 3 Trek America groups there and there were no flush toilets or showers. As we ...
Fireworks....
... stands are full, the access road will be closed to all traffic until after the ‘big show’. In this site, the money raised by the car entrance fee and the camp fees is used by the organization to provide programs for local children throughout the year. During the rodeo, they bring in a petting zoo and other ‘events’ for the children attending with parents, all free of charge.
The fireworks tonight were more ...
SARA's Crack
... had moisture in them….and still the walls towered over us! All of a sudden I rounded a bend and there was sunlight ahead as well as above us. It took us a while, but we finally emerged into a basin that was wider, although it still had high sides. I can just imagine the water gushing from the crack in the rock and slowing into this pool basin. It would probably form a whirl pool. A few hundred feet further, the path opened up into a wide wash again. ...
Into the “heartland”!
How did we know we were in the "heartland"? The lines of RV's were perhaps one clue. Or was it the pick-up trucks with gun-racks? The give-away surely though were the “readable” signs. The ugliest tattoos covering the hottest women. The woman wearing a black T-shirt with “I’m a Jesus freak” emblazoned across her chest! The bumper sticker claiming that “Real men love Jesus”. ...
Other places to stay in Parker
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Best Western Parker Inn
1012 Geronimo Avenue, Parker | Hotelfrom $85 -
Havasu Springs Resort
2581 Highway 95, Parker | Hotel -
Kofa Inn
1700 California Ave., Parker | Hotel
