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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Moapa Valley visit

 I had one photo of Laughlin, NV RV park looking down on the river and the Casinos. The photo below as pulling out of  Laughlin with the sun on the mountains to the west.

 Ann loved flowers especially these purple ones. So I stopped along the side of the road going up the hill and took these two photos for her. Traffic was light at 7 am.

 Along my trip to Logandale, NV I saw this shinny area in the distance. It looked like polished land. When I finally got beside it I found the rows of solar panels for a commercial power plant. I wonder how efficient it really is.

One thing that caught my eye immediately arriving at Logandale was the flat plateaus around the Moapa Valley.

 There is one farmer that has wild turkeys visit all the time.
 About five miles from Don and Gail is a plateau where boon docking RVs park. There seems to be no control other than they police them selves keeping the area clean. It is called Poverty Flats.
 These two shots were from Poverty Flats also. I took them to show the erosion from the rains and the lay of the land.

 The northern end of Lake Meade is viewed on the south side of Poverty Flats. The problem is you can not see the lake because the water level is so low.


 When I arrived at Don's we recognized the tree branches would need some trimming so I could park the rolling house beside his. I had a "SHORT KUTT" pocket chain saw. Which made short work cutting those two limbs. They were right at roof top level.
 The next photo is of snow on one mountain top

 These two are to just give a view of the rugged terrain and openness. Can you imagine crossing this with a wagon train?

2 comments:

  1. John, If I'm correct that purple flower is a Lupine, Arizona Lupine, or purple desert Lupine... they have a bunch of names for it.

    Looks like your bloom is a few days ahead of us. I've been watching some waiting for them to bloom so that I could get a few pictures.

    Next couple of weeks I think all hell is going to break loose as all that winter rain we experienced at Q and elsewhere turns into spring blooms.

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  2. Greg, Gail confirmed that was what they are called. They look nice along side the road.

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