Telephone Cove (04-04-15)

Moving the trailer after sitting still for 6 weeks is always an adventure.  The term “urban sprawl’ comes to mind- the longer we stay, the more “stuff” finds its way outside, sprawled around the yard.



Still, it felt good to get the wheels moving again.  We didn't go too far.  One of our friends had written a blog post about a great spot on Lake Mohave- Telephone Cove.  After confirming that we could, indeed, make it down the road to the cove, we made it our destination.

This was a 4 mile trek down a washboard road- easy enough to do in the truck, but a little trickier with the trailer.  About 3 miles in, the lake became visible and we could see how gorgeous it was going to be, making the rough road worth it.

Once we arrived, our biggest regret was that we wouldn’t be there long enough to put the boat in the water.







  

We got there early enough in the day that we could go exploring among the nearby hills and get a better view.

This is a free, federal campground where (if you get there early enough) you can back your rig right up to the water’s edge.  Pretty awesome!










One thing we found odd was the Penske Rental truck that came in shortly after us. We wondered what the heck it was doing here, in this remote place.  Well, we didn’t have to wonder for long.  The driver quickly made the rounds to let the existing campers know that they were, in fact, the advance team, sent ahead to do the initial set up for the 150 YMCA members that were due to arrive the following day for a week of camping.



Oh boy. Most of the other campers left, hoping to avoid a bunch of noisy kids.  We figured we could survive one night of loud teens/pre-teens.  In fact, they arrived after 9 pm and set up their tents in the dark and they were very well behaved.


Our only full day here was spent hiking the Grapevine Trail- the main reason we wanted to check out this area.  After not hiking for many weeks, the 4 mile hike was just the right length.

The hike started at the mouth of Grapevine Canyon and within minutes we were seeing petroglyphs on the nearby walls.

The trail leads through a small slot canyon, and eventually ends at a waterfall.  On the way there we walked inside the canyon and when it ended, we had to climb out.















On the way back, we stayed on top of the slot canyon and didn't go down inside.  It made for a completely different look on the way back. 

We made it all the way to the waterfall, but I guess I forgot to take a picture.  It wasn't all that impressive and we didn't stay too long.

Back at the ranch we relaxed while watching the sunset on the mountains.

Way too soon we were back on the washboard road, headed away from the lake, and towards Las Vegas.

House Update

While we’ve been away, the grader has finished grading the lot.  We are anxious to see it but we won’t be back in Havasu for at least a week.  We looked at and finalized the house plans, and they are now with the engineer to get finished.  While in Las Vegas we are looking at granite and other things to start narrowing down our choices to our favorites.