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2019 • Drive Through the Desert
02/04/2019 • From LA to Hoover Dam
• This 2 day trip runs from LA north towards Las Vegas, then follows the Colorado River south to Parker, when we cross the river and head back to the west, towards Los Angeles.
1st part • Day 1 • Mojave to Barstow
• Dad and I have always felt that a vacation trip this direction doesn't really feel that it has started until we would get to area between Rosamond (where the turn-off to Edwards AFB is) and the north end of Mojave, which feels like that last bastion of big city influence. From Mojave we headed east to Barstow, where we indulged in an excellent breakfast at Black Bear Diner.
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2nd part • Day 1 • Barstow to Las Vegas on I-15
• This stretch of road, basically from the area of Ridgecrest, running southwest towards Mojave, ends at CA-14 just south of Red Rock Canyon. The entire valley is fairly unmolested by human corruption. A road and a set of railroad tracks, and only a few buildings. Just my kind of drive!
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3rd part • Day 1 • Hoover Dam
• Going to Hoover Dam is always impressive. Built in the 1930s, this engineering marvel is spectacular to behold. I always enjoy coming here. The new bridge over the canyon is pretty impressive too, with the exception that they built it in a way to minimize the ability to look down into the canyon while driving.
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4th part • Day 1 • Willow Beach along the Colorado River
• We turned of US-93 to visit Willow Beach on the east side of the river. We encounters some furry friends that seem plentiful in the area of our country.
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5th part • Day 1 • US-93 toward Laughlin, NV
• From Willow Beach we continued south on US-93 to Golden Valley, heading west over the hills and down the steep grade to reach Laughlin, NV, which is on the west shore of the Colorado River. We spent the night there.
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