"Ken Trongo
Let's see where this road goes"
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Plaque describing the history of the Mojave Road.
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Gathering our ranks
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Joseph helping with some last minute adjustments (like rebuilding a carb on the spot!)
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Finally on the road, we make our first stop (after a couple of detours for locked gates).
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After gathering rocks for respect, we deposit them on the rock pile in the middle of the dry lakebed. There is a plaque of significance in the middle of the pile.
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And it reads, "ON THIS SITE IN 1897, NOTHING HAPPENED."
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We have arrived at the location where the memorial will be.
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After locating an appropriate spot, Kenny begins to dig.
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Final adjustments are made.
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All done. Gene gives a short eulogy...
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... as we all pay our respects.
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Rum and Cokes all around!
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A near-by memorial. We 'paid' our homage and left it as it was.
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One last look before we depart.
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Such beauty on a road of such hardship.
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And we arrive at the famous Hotel Nipton by the waning light of a spectacular day.
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Plaque explaining the history of the town of Nipton.
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Let the libations flow freely!
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A beautiful morning in Nipton.
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Mirror, Mirror on the wall...
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Should we go for the coffee, or just straight to the margaritas...
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The view from just outside our room.
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A yurt which is part of the hotel. This could be in a foreign country if you didn't know better.
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Gathering for the morning meal.
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Packing up and getting ready to head out for another day's adventure.
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A trail trophy some 'unknown' person attached to Joseph's buggy.
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All lined up in front of the hotel and ready to go.
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Gathering up next to the rail tracks shortly after our little 'crash.'
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The Rock House.
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The Rock House's rugged landscape.
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Plaque for the spring just below the Rock House.
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The spring seems a bit frozen today...
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"...does walking on frozen water count?..."
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Holes in the ice are where bubbles from the live spring come to the surface.
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The desert soaks up the stream from the spring before it even gets a hundred feet from the spring (looking from the spring back to where we parked).
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D & C making their way throug a technical spot with a narrow slot and a steep, loose section.
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Dennis and Cathy make it to the top, and make it look too easy! (No excitement here!)
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But Dale and Onie did it without any steering! Now THAT was a wild ride!
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Now we're just motoring along in a joshua tree forest.
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Our lunch spot.
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Gene then lead the way, but couldn't decide which side of the tree to go around...
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So he tried to go through...
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Fortunately, he did not have a passenger.
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So on we go across the desert.
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Terry's big foot knocked the hose off the brake fluid resivior, so it was time for a quick stop.
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Back on the road, you can see the dust streaming off the buggys strung out down the road.
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A look at Bullhead City as we come over the ridge.
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Once in Laughlin, it's time for some shrimp!
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Jay and Mary, who we just happened to bump into, being serinaded on their anniversary.
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