A very long truck ride today.....

 

Our Location: 

MM91-90 SB AZ 95, near Quartzsite, Arizona

 

A very crisp morning this morning, but sunny. Sunny is always good, it makes the day warm up quickly. After breakfast I took a quick walk across the road and snapped a few photos. I'll post them another day. 

 

The Kofa Mountains.

 

Sitting chatting with Doug for a bit this morning, we all decided we take the Dogsled and head back to Queen Canyon. The jeep is too rough for me to ride in for long periods or for rough roads, so the Big Dog filled the bill. We left just before 11 am. 

 

I think that white line in the rock may be a crack and that is sky behind we are seeing through the hole.

We started hiking here for a short while.

Queen Canyon is off of the Kofa Mountain trail, it's 5 miles to the parking area. The road is roughish and much better suited to smaller wheel based vehicle but the Big Dog ran along well. It was after the parking area that I finally decided we'd gone far enough, the sides were getting skinnier and the rocks were getting bigger and so we finally found a place to turn around. It was extremely rough going. Sorry to disappoint you Doug but I'm glad we came back when we did, Riley and I are both just whipped! 

 

Doesn't that look like someone standing there?

I love the ruggedness of these mountains.

 

A few side stops netted us some photos similar to yesterday but in a different area. We parked the truck and took off on foot for a bit, Doug, Yuma and I managed to make it to the top of a small incline that was covered in shale. The views were nice and the climb was a made with some effort.  Yuma is always first to reach the top of course, and Doug eventually made it as well. You can follow Doug & Yuma and see their photos at Miss Adventure Travels .

 

What a difference colour makes. 

 

Back home around 2 pm we all kind of flopped into our chairs and spent the rest of the day doing our own thing. I think the next time Doug suggests a 'short, easy ride' we will go back and look at his blog post regarding the ride before we under take it. It was interesting Doug and I enjoyed the hike a great deal. 

 

Lots of Teddy Bear or Jumping Cactus down there and Yuma never got stuck once. Smart fella!

A view across the way from up high on our hike.

As I was writing this post a BLM truck showed up with a nice park ranger who explained that we cannot camp here but because we plan on leaving Monday after the long weekend is over, the place is clean and we weren't trying to hide, he told us we are good until Monday.  Nice to know, even though there are no signs saying you can't camp here, it is BLM but they want folks to stay in the areas closer to Q. Good to know for the future. 

 

Can you see me up there waving?

How about now?

 

So there you have it, our long truck ride that did not get us all the way to the Skull Rock but we did manage some steps and photos. All in all, a good day. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your visit.

 

Doug and Yuma made it up there too.

Nice view from up here.

Until next time..

 

There's Riley sitting on that rock down there while we went up to the top of the nook.

A hand waving at us.

 

Take care, be safe, 

 

Deb