The guys have been planning to do the old Mojave Trail for some time now. I've been shown tons of pictures and blogs to persuade me to join their excursion...well Josh won and I tagged along. I wasn't too excited to jump in a car with an almost 1 1/2yr old and trying to keep Caleb entertained can be a challenge. But all in all it wasn’t as bad as I had imagined but my back sure took a beating turning around ever so often to hand him toys, snacks, drinks etc. We left Friday and decided that we'd take our time during our drive to Laughlin, NV. Our first stop was the Bass Pro Shop....yeah that was FUN and the kids loved looking around at all the dead carcasses all over the walls and the HUGE fish in the neat tanks. Next stop were the Outlets in Barstow for lunch and some retail therapy. We finally arrived at our hotel Avi (not quite in NV). We took the kids to the pool to burn off some built up steam, that ended a little too soon because the pool was mainly in the shade and there was a slight breeze and needless to say they got cold. The Cains arrived not too long after and we all got together for some dinner, made plans for our early morning departure and picked the same eating place for our breakfast stop in the morning.
And so our journey began…
The ride
driving Papa's truck
Wonder what he's thinking
No we have nothing to do with building the Thomas buses
3 little monkey's sitting in Papa's truck
Just pulled off on the begining of the trail and the guys are airing down
Say NO to crack
One of the many cattle crossings
Cairns (pile of rocks, aka petrified dinosaur poop...what we told Emily). This is what we followed and how we could tell we were on the right trail
Coral at Ft Piute
Missing any rocks??? These kids might have them. Cups and rocks kept them busy for hours
The trail in the distance is the road we just traveled
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Perfect photo prop
Penny can. Put a penny in for good luck
Nevada Southern Railway
That's one dirty mush
Snooooooze time
The stick gatherers
Buds
Cooking some dinner
What guys?
Camp
Group Shot
Old Indian Petroglyph's covered these rocks
Camp Rock Spring
Old Indian Petroglyph's
ssssss...SNAKE
Coral and Government watering holes
The kids at Kelso Train Station
Old Post Office
We ended the trail at Kelso and weren't able to finish the other half. The kids got restless and we found out there was a race on the other half of the trail. So we decided this was a good stopping point, considering we still had a good 3 hours driving home. Maybe later in the year we’ll finish the other half…I was really looking forward to seeing the Lava Tubes.
