Driving the Grand Canyon

On Saturday, March 21, the Fulmer's and the McGowan's took to the road and headed for the Grand Canyon. Yes, we drove to the bottom of the Grand Canyon!

We started out towards Kingman and fueled up there. We headed out Route 66 towards Peach Springs to start the dirt portion of our journey. It was a bit windy and overcast when we left. By the time we got to the Hualapai Indian Lodge in Peach Springs, it had gotten a bit chilly. Our thanks to Craig & Karen for springing for the permit to drive down the canyon!

We began our 19 mile descent into the Grand Canyon. About 8 miles in, we decided to air down as the road was a bit uncomfortable (washboard effect). After airing down, it was a much more pleasant drive the rest of the way. We did manage to see a burro, who was not afraid of us at all, and came right up to have a few pretzels, which were fed to our burro buddy by Linda. we continued down into the canyon. the last mile or so, we crossed several streams with very clear water. Once we made it to the bottom, we dismounted the Jeeps and took in the awesome sight of the Canyon and the Colorado River. the water was pretty murky and brown. Looking to the North, the water was fairly calm. Looking South is where the rapids begin. You'll see some of the white water rafts that are used for the rafting tours. They are pretty big and will hold 10-12 people.

We ate our lunch at the bottom and took many pictures. It had begun to really warm up and clear up. There were several groups at the bottom admiring the views and looking around.

We left after about 2 hours at the bottom, and began the long climb out of the canyon.

We had a great time with Craig & Karen, as usual. We did some caching on the way home, so it was a great day all around. We can't wait to go again!

On The Lake With the McGowans

On Friday, March 20- we went out on Lake Havasu with our friends, Craig & Karen McGowan. We took out their small boat (about the size of a small fishing boat) with a 15 horsepower motor on it, and headed down the Bill Williams River. We had a blast! We just putted along enjoying the scenery. We went around Blue Heron Island and saw many Blue Herons nesting. From what we could tell, the nests were pretty full. Craig & Karen were in their boat, as it will only hold the two of them. We went about 2 miles down the Bill Williams and found a great shady place to eat our lunch. On the boats of course.

When we were done, we headed up the river toward Lake Havasu and opened up the engines. According to Linda's GPS, we were traveling at a blazing 13.5 MPH!! Whoa!

We went over by Parker Dam and then to the intake tubes, about a mile or two up from where we launched.

After another trip around Blue Heron Island, we decided to call it a day. We celebrated our sea-faring adventure with dinner at Schlotzky's Deli, as it was $2 pizza Friday.
Our Thanks to Craig & Karen for the use of their boat. We really did have a fun time.

Geocache Bash at Cattail Cove

WOW!!! It's been a month since the Geocache Bash at Cattail Cove. Boy, I didn't realize it had been that long. I know I should have put up the pictures, but i have had issues with my computer. So . . . .

The event was a success. There were approximately 160 people in attendance. Some new to Geocaching, and some not. We had a lot of the local cachers come to help out with the event. They took groups out to help them and answer any questions that they had about Geocaching.

A special thanks to all who got involved. We learned quite a bit with this event, and next year (we've already been asked to put it on again), we'll do things a bit different. We also had quite a few of the locals say that they will definately help next year.

It's been a while . . .

Its been a while since I posted to the blog.

I have had a few issues with my PC, and had a hard time basically doing anything! BUMMER!

I had spent so much time trying to fix my PC that I didn't even do anything on my laptop.

Oh well, i'll be trying to catch up in the next few days or so.

Tom