We finally have internet so i'm filling in a bit of this log. This was our first RV trip so we had to learn a few lessons. We came from Salt Lake City to exit #9 in Arizona, just outside of St. George. I wanted to stop in between but dh wanted to push on through-worried a little about the pending storm. We stayed at my mom and dad's place but there are plenty of beautiful boondocking spots off of the exit, toward the mountains.
Saturday around noon we headed toward LasVegas and didn't stop. I told dh that I wanted a little water for emergencies and the plan was to stop at flying J but of course, that manly instinct said to keep on going. We traveled over Hoover Dam and decided to stop and check out Willow Beach. The store and any info was already closed. It was a great little place, looked like it would have been loads of fun to rent a paddleboat or kayak or fish off the docks but we arrived too late. On the little gravel road there we saw tons of boondocking spots also. They were in between small cliffs and would have been great for the kids to hunt and explore. But...dare I say it...dh wanted to move on. He didn't want to boondock before we knew what we were doing and I wasn't happy because they'd never stopped to fill up a little water so we only had drinking water, no flushing, bathing or washing water.
We headed toward Chloride because the free camping site said free hookups there at the vfw plus some fun ghost town stuff. My dad (A marine in Vietnam) went in to ask about parking for the night and they quoted him $7 to dry camp and $15 for hookups. They said that it was only free camping if you were part of their club. That was pretty disappointing and it was late enough that the other things in town were closed anyway so we left.
Ended up driving and looking for a pulloff since a lot of it was BLM land. Same thing though, dh was afraid to pull off. We stopped at the Loves truck stop in Kingman where the attendant offered us a spot there, showed us around, showed us the bathrooms and the subway and said we were welcome to stay and that they loved visitors. He was so kind but it was pretty noisy with the intersection and the two year old doesn't have ear plugs so we asked him where a good boondocking spot was. He pointed over the bridge just a mile at the most and there was a nice clearing on a dead road. It was perfect. At this point dh was willing to take it cause he didn't want to pay $30 just to park till 11am somewhere. It was really dark and we couldn't see to park but there was nobody else there.
Woke up around 8, had breakfast and set off to Wikieup, AZ. We found a great place called Hidden Oasis just off mile marker 123. It was only $20 per car (not by people which makes a difference for a family of 6 plus my dad). It has a little pond with goldfish and guppies, a beautiful garden and benches and such. Really pretty. Lots of trails around too. They have free wifi so we were able to watch our Sunday conference for Easter. I'll update more later...now I'm off to hide the eggs that I just boiled. It will be our first desert egg hunt.
Saturday around noon we headed toward LasVegas and didn't stop. I told dh that I wanted a little water for emergencies and the plan was to stop at flying J but of course, that manly instinct said to keep on going. We traveled over Hoover Dam and decided to stop and check out Willow Beach. The store and any info was already closed. It was a great little place, looked like it would have been loads of fun to rent a paddleboat or kayak or fish off the docks but we arrived too late. On the little gravel road there we saw tons of boondocking spots also. They were in between small cliffs and would have been great for the kids to hunt and explore. But...dare I say it...dh wanted to move on. He didn't want to boondock before we knew what we were doing and I wasn't happy because they'd never stopped to fill up a little water so we only had drinking water, no flushing, bathing or washing water.
We headed toward Chloride because the free camping site said free hookups there at the vfw plus some fun ghost town stuff. My dad (A marine in Vietnam) went in to ask about parking for the night and they quoted him $7 to dry camp and $15 for hookups. They said that it was only free camping if you were part of their club. That was pretty disappointing and it was late enough that the other things in town were closed anyway so we left.
Ended up driving and looking for a pulloff since a lot of it was BLM land. Same thing though, dh was afraid to pull off. We stopped at the Loves truck stop in Kingman where the attendant offered us a spot there, showed us around, showed us the bathrooms and the subway and said we were welcome to stay and that they loved visitors. He was so kind but it was pretty noisy with the intersection and the two year old doesn't have ear plugs so we asked him where a good boondocking spot was. He pointed over the bridge just a mile at the most and there was a nice clearing on a dead road. It was perfect. At this point dh was willing to take it cause he didn't want to pay $30 just to park till 11am somewhere. It was really dark and we couldn't see to park but there was nobody else there.
Woke up around 8, had breakfast and set off to Wikieup, AZ. We found a great place called Hidden Oasis just off mile marker 123. It was only $20 per car (not by people which makes a difference for a family of 6 plus my dad). It has a little pond with goldfish and guppies, a beautiful garden and benches and such. Really pretty. Lots of trails around too. They have free wifi so we were able to watch our Sunday conference for Easter. I'll update more later...now I'm off to hide the eggs that I just boiled. It will be our first desert egg hunt.