Stewart’s Point

If you want to know all about the ins and outs of camping at Stewarts Point on Lake Mead, within Lake Mead National Recreation Area, you’ll just have to cyber-transport yourself over to the Wheeling It blog, where Nina either has, or will shortly provide an excellent review of boondocking in the area.

Although I have camped in the area a number of times, I have never stopped in to check out the two ‘warm’ springs very close by.  They are Blue Point Spring, and Rogers Spring.  Blue Point is rather bland, with an unmarked trail leading back to a point where water gushes forth from a circle of brush, past a water survey flow guage. (Canadian spelling, eh), and an official benchmark.

Just down the highway a ways to the south is Rogers Spring.  It sports a large shallow pond with little fish (and turtles, apparently?), several picnic shelters, and outhouses.  Water leaves the pond through a series of little concrete basins and waterfalls.  The sign says it produces 400 gallons a minute at a constant temperature of 80F.  But before you get tempted to go for a dip …

… you have to read the second part of the sign.  That was enough to discourage me!

Back onto the highway for a short tour, I saw a Nevada Wildlife truck towing a large boat towards Echo Bay launch, where I later came upon it again.

And sure enough, the boat was patrolling the Nevada side of the Overton Arm checking for anglers or other nefarious individuals near camp when I got back.

‘How people think I travel’

‘How I think I travel‘

How I really travel.

Still Foot Draggin’

After seeing Wandering Willy and his snow pics when he got home, and John & Brenda who still seem to be living in a winter wonderland, I am in no rush to get home to snow banks, cold, and winterizing the rig again.  Rick & Paulette and Jean & Skip are both bragging about having grass to cut, but I’ll be lucky if I can even see any grass under the snow when I get back.  But then, they live on that ‘almost tropical’ island, somewhere off out west coast!

So I am trying to go north as slowly as possible, playing leapfrog with Nina & Paul as they also move slowly northward in their seasonal migration.  I have been able to track them down again, enjoying their free camp with the great views of Lake Mead.

The crowds are quite a bit less here; than was starting to build on the beach at Nevada Telephone Cove where we recently exited after pushing the 7 day limit.

Forgot to mention the Bayfield Bunch, who are getting hitch itch to depart the heat and rattlesnakes of Arizona, but not looking forward to their version of the winter wonderland awaiting them back in Ontario.

Hailey has been enjoying the shoreline hunting opportunities here, after the slim pickings on the beach of Lake Mohave.

Besides, some of the ducks on Lake Mohave …

were getting a bit ‘upset’ at having their photos taken all the time!

There have been a few high wind advisories in the region lately. My tenting neighbours almost took flight the other morning as the winds got a bit gusty.

There’s still a person inside this tent!

But if it’s too breezy outside for her liking, Hailey has indoor ‘caves’ to explore and plush mice to catch.

Trying to keep my posts shorter these days – that’s it.

Just Birds

Still at Nevada Telephone Cove on Lake Mohave in Lake Mead National Recreation Area.  Don & Donna from Driving Miss Donna have moved on, and other friends from the north have moved in for a few days.

Sticking pretty close to the beach, but I did go for a hike in Upper Grapevine Canyon, not too far from here.  There are some easily accessible petroglyphs there.

The cactus are starting to bloom in the desert.

The ducks and other waterfowl are enjoying the beach time as well.

There are gulls …

And doves …

And the hawks and buzzards are patrolling the nearby canyons.

John and Brenda tell me that if I make it home by July, I should miss the worst of the snow!  Forecasts from the north country make it plain that the snow has not even started to melt yet – yikes!  So as a result, I haven’t made it very far yet on my northern trek.  May have to get the wheels rolling soon though and get another day’s travel behind me.  Rumour has it there might be a ‘beast’ from Wheeling It  somewhere north on Lake Mead, so perhaps I should watch the weather for a while from up on Lake Mead.  Don’t want to rush things you know!