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Phoenix was fabulous. The weather while we were in the Sonoran desert was perfect. We didn't get to do as much hiking, exploring and adventuring as I had originally planned because Huxley was nursing a cracked pad on his left paw but we had wonderful visits with friends and family. Probably the most fun for Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley was our visit with my cousin, his wife and their dogs Buddy and Bolt. My cousin and his wife live on a large fenced property. The dogs got to run loose in the desert and take breaks in the shade. It was truly a canine desert paradise.
Phoenix was fabulous. The weather while we were in the Sonoran desert was perfect. We didn't get to do as much hiking, exploring and adventuring as I had originally planned because Huxley was nursing a cracked pad on his left paw but we had wonderful visits with friends and family. Probably the most fun for Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley was our visit with my cousin, his wife and their dogs Buddy and Bolt. My cousin and his wife live on a large fenced property. The dogs got to run loose in the desert and take breaks in the shade. It was truly a canine desert paradise.
| Non-traveling people quote "all good things must come to and end" but we nomads prefer moving on as a search to find more good things. And so it was as we loaded up and left Phoenix, Arizona for a long weekend of camping at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. It was a short but very dramatic drive. The colors of the rocks and mountains left me breathless. We also had very exciting weather and the white, gray and black clouds added extraordinary depth to the scenery. It even rained on us! Yes, rain. In Arizona. Since there is a drought, I know I was not the only one who was thrilled to see, smell and feel rain but this Cascadian in the desert definitely savored the moisture. |  Day one drive from Phoenix, Arizona to Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada: 267 miles. |
When we crossed the Colorado River and arrived in Nevada, I added the state to Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley's "States I've Visited" shirts. Wilhelm and Brychwyn have been to Nevada before but it was the other corner of the state. Nevada is new to Huxley and Leo. All questions about what Leo thinks of the twentieth state the dogs have visited and the eighth state he has seen might be answered by the expression on his face in his first Nevada photograph.
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We arrived at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in the late afternoon with plenty of time to set up camp at the Las Vegas Bay campground. But fitting my very large tent into any of the campgrounds mostly asphalt pad campsites proved to be very difficult. I did it (or so I thought- I was asked to move my tent/go the Boulder Beach campground in the morning) and Leo, Wilhelm, Brychwyn, Huxley and I enjoyed the Mojave desert evening at Lake Mead. After time amongst cacti, every one of us but Leo savored getting our feet wet in the lake. But I know even Leo marveled at what a difference a few hundred miles can make and the contrast from one desert to another
Leashed dogs are allowed on beaches at Lake Mead unless otherwise posted.
Sunset at Lake Mead, Nevada.
Please forgive any & all rough spots in this post as it has been done on mobile from the road! We will be reading and enjoying your comments but, due to being on the road, it will be difficult for us to respond right away. Thanks for understanding and for coming along on our adventure.
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