If you have been reading our blog for a while, you read about The Desert Bar in last winter’s blog. It is such a neat place to visit plus the drive through the mountains is so much fun. Sunday morning we drove north to Parker where a gravel road is available for those who don’t like off-roading and a couple of miles past that is where we turned off and headed into the mountains that line the Colorado River along with about 8-10 other Jeeps and ATVs. It is very rugged country with steep, sandy inclines, rocky washes and narrow bumpy ridge trails. We always take the more challenging trails. One very steep hill dropped off at the top and to the left so fast that John had to stop, back up and then turn!
As we near The Desert Bar there are remnants of two or three mines, one of which is called the Gray Eagle Mine. I can’t imagine trying to haul all the gear needed to mine for whatever it is that can be found in these mountains, but miners are hardy souls and maybe a little greedy?
The bar was hopping when we arrived with a live band and wonderful smells emanating from two different kitchens. We shared a huge basket of wonderful onion rings along with our hot dogs and beer.
Today we braved the Big Tent at the RV Show. It was so crowded we could barely squeeze past people just to look at the booths and forget about trying to talk with anyone about their product! Later this afternoon we tried again and were able to get around much easier since everyone else had gone home! We get the impression that this is not a good year for the vendors as there were quite a few empty booth spots and two or three of the vendors we expected to see were not in attendance.
Our neighbors were flying their neon planes right at sunset. They had three different planes doing loops and swoops. John almost burned our dinner because he was watching the planes and not the grill!
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