HUALAPAI BRUNCH

We had our annual brunch at the Hualapai Resort this morning.  It was a nice group and nobody went hungry.  Unfortunately, Arizona has passed a new law that prohibits the feeding of the Elk.  That was always a big part of the visit in past years to see the bunch of Elk that would be right outside the windows of the restaurant.  There weren't any this year because there wasn't any food for them.  It was still a pretty drive to the restaurant and the mountain scenery was great.  A few pictures.

This resort is in the Hualapai Park.  They have several cabins to rent as well as the restaurant.

This is the group. From the left, Pat, Lenie, Becky, Patrick, Wayne, Diane, Erin and Ilene.

This is a very nice Elk mount that was in the restaurant area.

This was a Deer mount hanging over the fireplace in the restaurant.

Mountain view from the restaurant.

Another mountain view.

Patrick

TOPOCK BOAT TRIP

Today Jim Johnson, Ilene Haavisto, Pat and I took the Colorado river boat trip from Lake Havasu through the Topock Gorge and on to Pirates Cove for Lunch.  We took this same trip last year and it was still an enjoyable ride and a lot of nice sights. The following are the pictures for the day.

This is a picture of the canal from the boat dock out into the lake.

The end of the canal and the start of the lake is by the lighthouse in the lower center of the picture.

The mountains in the picture are called the Needles.  A later picture will show them from the other side.

They have a problem here with feral pigs and they are using helicopters to fly over the area and shot as many of them as they can to keep the size of the herd down.  This is one of the copters at work.

This is Steamship Rock.  The steamships used it to tie up over night so they didn't have to go through Topock gorge in the dark which was very dangerous.  During the flooding season, before the current dams were built, the rock would be under water and couldn't be used to tie up.

This is the jet boat from Laughlin that makes a round trip tour to Lake Havasu.   It is an all day trip.

This is the boat we were in today.  It is a jet drive boat with twin engines and jet drives.

There are the cabins at Pirates cove that can be rented.

This is the Pirates Cove restaurant where we ate lunch.

Advertising sign for Pirates Cove.

Here are the Needles mountains again from the other side.

This Coyote was our wild life sighting for the trip.

This is the Chiefs Eye in Topock Gorge.  If you were traveling down river and saw the eye of the chief, you would have safe travels.  If you couldn't see the eye there was danger for you ahead.  This was the story told by the Steam ship captains that traveled the river back in the 1800's.  

Wonder how much longer this rock will still be in place.

Another rock that may come down soon.

I just liked this rock.  It was a different color than all the rock around it and it was right on the edge of the river.

This is the praying Chief.  You can see his hands folded together in the bottom left of the picture.

Just a scenery shot.

These are the Indian Petroglyphs that are suppose to be around 3500 years old.  They are on the rocks along the river.

Another shot of the Indian art.

Another one which was right at the rivers edge.

Just about back to the dock.  London Bridge in the background.

Here is the crew, Ilene, Jim, Pat and Patrick

A shot of Pat sitting by a very nice fountain that we went past on the way back to the car.

Patrick