There aren’t a lot of formal hiking trails in the Lake Mead NRA, but opportunities abound everywhere for just taking off down a jeep road or walking along a wash. John and Susan had already done some hikes in the area, so we wanted to go somewhere new to them, and I found out about the Anniversary Narrows from Watson’s Wander blog. Unfortunately we just missed them, as they left Government Wash the day we arrived.
We love hiking in slot canyons, and although this one is short it didn’t disappoint. For a longer hike we opted to park off Northshore Road at milepost 16 and just walk along Callville Wash Road rather than drive and park closer to the narrows. The road washed out in 2011 but has been repaired for access to the active Anniversary Mine nearby, so could now be driven by any vehicle.
Sights along the way.
Almost there.
We only had to do a little bit of rock scrambling.
Susan and John enjoying their first hike in a slot canyon.
After exiting the slot we continued hiking down the wash, wanting to see what was around the next bend.
It was our last warm day and perfect for a hike. We ended up walking over eight miles, but with such great scenery and conversation it seemed much shorter. They tried to talk us into staying at Government Wash longer, but with the highs yesterday only in the 40s we opted to head to an RV park in Wikieup, AZ where we can run our electric heaters and stay warm. It was only 29 outside this morning but a comfortable 65 inside, after yesterday’s 49 degrees inside the rig when I got up. Sorry, we former Floridians just can’t take camping without hookups when it’s that cold and the daylight hours are so short.
We also met Brian and Leigh, of Aluminarium fame, who live and work from their Airstream. Sorry we bailed on happy hour yesterday! It was good talking to you both.
A couple more photos from Government Wash. Jim always lusts after these RVs. They were able to park where no one else dared to go.
And the place was crawling with coyotes roaming around in broad daylight.
Probably looking for Elvis, who stayed cleverly hidden.
I'm glad you guys already posted on this. Being the lazy blogger that I am, I can now just do my own blog posting as a link to yours! Keep up the good work and I'll continue outsourcing my blog to you.
ReplyDeleteIf you are going to outsource does that mean we have to move to a third world country?
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Actually, I think you are being overly modest about how tough you guys have been with the cold. It has not been an easy early-winter, even for those of us in the warmest spot in Arizona, let alone where you have spent the last couple weeks.
ReplyDeleteI know, we're getting tired of this. Just be glad you went to Yuma when you did. Maybe we should have gone to Florida this winter....
DeleteI'm sure we'll catch up with you guys again. Love your photos.
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