Friday, November 21/2014

Today we travelled through Valley of Fire State Park. We have been through the park before but it is always a pleasant ride and the scenery is incredible. Today, the park entrance was open so it cost us $10.00. The last time we travelled through the park, no one was in the entrance booth!! Oh well, the scenery is well worth the price of admission.
As we travelled through the Park, we were lucky enough to see a mountain goat and her baby!! We totally played crazy tourist and stopped in the middle of the road to snap a picture!!  It was a good thing that the traffic was minimal and there was only Kay behind us!!
Once through the park, we turned south and again were faced with the Lake Mead State Park but on this occasion, the admission booth was not open so we were able to travel through this park without paying the $10.00 entrance fee.
This park is much bigger than Valley of Fire and offers much less in the way of scenery.  For the most part, it is miles of barren, ugly terrain but there are a few picturesque areas where I managed to get a picture or two.  As we got closer to Lake Mead, the scenery improved and I must say that the lake itself is the most beautiful colour of blue I have ever seen.
The Park ends at Highway 93 just a few miles from the Hoover Dam.
Before too long we were just outside of Chloride Arizona and parked for the night.

Heading into Valley of Fire State Park

Lake Mead

Back in AZ

We are boondocking in the middle of no where and hope to do one of the trails that takes us up into The Cerbat Mountains.
Kay has not been on this trail nor has she seen the Murals here at Chloride so that will be a new adventure for her.
Tonight, it is time to relax, get the quads unloaded and have a few refreshments. Tomorrow, we ride!!