Judy and I are visiting Sonja and Jack in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Lake Havasu is part of the Colorado River between Davis Dam and Parker Dam, a distance of about 83 miles on the river. Today we boated about 20 miles of the lake and the river in Topock Gorge in Jack’s pontoon boat.

We started the day by boating over to the Casino at Havasu Landing on the California side for breakfast. We then worked our way across the sand bar at the head of the lake and into the Colorado River. That led us to Topock Gorge. We were looking for petroglyphs along the wall of the gorge. We reached river mile 226 and spotted the ancient art on a rock outcropping on the Arizona side of the river.

Gary was acting skipper and he took a couple of tries to land the boat in a suitable spot. “I could have landed it right the first time if it had sails.” Jack was able to run the pontoons further up the gravel beach just to make sure we had a ride back down the river when we got ready to leave.

We hiked around to the site and found a US Fish and Wildlife Plaque explaining the site and took several photos. (See below)

If you are in the area and wish to visit the site the GPS coordinates of mile 226 on the river is N 34 37.478 W 114 26.326. You can see the petroglyphs from the river at this point. This site is considered a sacred site by the Mojave Peoples so we took only photos and left only footprints. These are some of the best petroglyphs Judy and I have seen so far in our travels. They are well preserved and have not been compromised by thoughtless people.

On our way back down the river we came across a coyote on the edge of the river. He was a little leery of us and I was unable to get the camera out in time to get his picture. He was a fine healthy looking animal. There are reports of wild donkeys in the area, but we did not catch sight of any of these critters.

We do send our sympathy to our friends back home and even those hiding out in Texas. The cold and snow are quite widespread this week. Well, except here, we had a simply marvelous day climaxed by a gorgeous sunset.

With Love from Gary and Judy and even Sonja and Jack from Lake Havasu City, AZ.