St George, Utah

We started off closing up camp from our boondocking site at Lake Mead. We loved the quietness, isolation, and views! We are sort of sad to move on. We especially loved having a camp fire each evening! Roasted marshmallows never tasted so good.

We loved the remoteness. A little different from a crowded RV park.

We loved the remoteness. A little different from a crowded RV park.

We drove from Lake Mead to St George, Utah today. We did not get too close to Las Vegas, but Charlene took a picture as we went by.

Las Vegas as we drove by

Las Vegas as we drove by

As we were driving, we were surprised that a large truck with THREE trailers passed us. It was huge! We would pass him going up hills and he would pass us on the level areas.

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It was beautiful driving through the winding Virgin River Gorge. Sorry, no photos of it, we were focused on keeping the coach in our lane. Charlene was driving and Ed enjoyed taking in the sites! Within 34 minutes, we left Nevada, drove through a brief corner in Arizona as we went through the Virgin River Gorge, and then entered Utah. In no time, we were cruising into St George.

St George is especially beautiful. We have never been here before. It seems to be a combination of Sedona and Kanab. We love the red rocks and the blue sky! We are having so much fun visiting all these new places!!

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This is a map of our Drive to St George Utah

Amazing Hoover Dam!

Today we had the chance to see Hoover Dam and walk across the adjacent bridge. Both were quite impressive. It is a weird experience to be down inside a dam with water flowing over you to the turbines to make electricity. The views were spectacular!

We started our day with a beautiful sunrise over Lake Mead. It is wonderful being in the Mohave Desert with its harsh yet beautiful setting.

Sunrise at Lake Mead

Sunrise at Lake Mead

Turbines within Hoover Dam making electricity

Turbines within Hoover Dam making electricity

Water intake within the dam

Water intake within the dam

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Charlene touches both Nevada and Arizona on the bridge over the mighty Colorado River.

Charlene touches both Nevada and Arizona on the bridge over the mighty Colorado River.

Boondocking at Lake Mead, Nevada

Since we have a built-in diesel generator and a 100 gallon tank of fresh water, we decided to forgo RV parks for a while and try our hand at boondocking without any hookups. We found a remote, beautiful spot with a view of Lake Mead and set up camp. We do not like to drive the motorhome on dirt roads, so we went very slowly and carefully to a nice wide spot. It is so picturesque and peaceful, except for when we run the generator :).

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This is our Drive Willcox to Lake Mead