March 25, 2021 Windy Canyon
Blue Water RV Park Parker, Arizona Day 4
The sky was overcast and the breeze was picking up. I did my three miles and then started packing for another overnight tent camping trip. We stopped at Safeway for our picnic food and programmed the GPS for Copper Basin Reservoir.
On our way, we passed over the Parker Hydroelectric Dam and passed from Arizona over the Colorado River into California.
The road we were to take to get to Copper Basin was marked as PRIVATE – NO TRESSPASSING and was gated and locked…guess we weren’t going to Copper Basin! We took the road we were on to almost the end.
We went off-road and up onto a ridge. Here we had beautiful views.
We saw our first blooming beavertail cactus.
From up on the ridge, we could see a road in the wash below. We backtracked and drove into the wash as far as we could. We found ourselves in the mouth of a canyon. We ate lunch and set out to explore.
We hiked into the canyon, scrambling down 2-4’ rock steps. Yes, this is the trail.
We followed a burro trail when the vegetation became too dense.
The burro trail led us to the edge of Lake Havasu.
We hiked back and Tim set up the tent and climbed inside to nap. The view from inside the tent.
I spent a pleasant afternoon sitting behind the Jeep out of the wind and reading.
The forecast was for winds greater than 20mph until 7pm. We were in the canyon and sheltered from the brunt of it but it was WINDY!
Brittlebush from Tim.
