Sometimes you just need a little time in Nature.
I have been dying to go on a camping trip since the weather warmed up but with Matt's new schedule and my Etsy orders there never seems to be time. This past week was no different but I was determined to wander in the desert and sleep under the stars, so off we went.
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| The Virgin River |
Matt had to work a shift in Mesquite, NV on the first night and he refused to let me go camping by myself. He didn't want his next rescue call to be for a twenty something year old female and two dogs out in the desert. Instead, he spoiled me with a wonderful room at a local hotel for the first night while he worked. I dropped him off in the morning and I wasn't gone 5minutes before I get a text saying he was taking off for a call.
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| Matts' new office |
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| Hafen Park |
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| Is that water? |
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| OMG! It's water mom! |
Mesquite is a sleepy town and a nice getaway from Vegas traffic. I decided to just drive around the town and get to know it first but before I could finish I happened across the perfect place to walk the dogs. Hafen park appeared on the edge of town just after a house with a sign out front selling fresh eggs for $3.oo. When I arrived there was not a soul in sight so I pulled in and began my morning adventure with the pups. We wandered through that magical green stuff called grass. The puppies went crazy as we got closer and you could smell that sweet, grass in the air.
My mission was to find the Virgin River and from looking at the maps I was pretty close. Finding access to the river bank would be the tricky part. So I set off from the park down one of the off-road trails and wandered deeper into the bush. We left the manicured park for another kind of wild beauty. A trail of silky sand beneath our feet and lush, brush boxing us in forcing us to chose a path. It was so dense you couldn't see into vegetation far but you could hear all the critters scurrying around.
Now, you would think a girl all alone, in a strange place, with no one around would stay on the trail but it seemed to be going farther away from the water. My internal compass was telling me to take the game trail instead. The river is such a life force for the desert and ecosystem in the area. I was sure a game trail would lead me right to the river! So off we went, crouching under the thick brush wondering where the heck I was going, letting Hitch the Hound's sniffer lead the way when all of a sudden the brush opened up to blue skies, a rushing river, and the perfect little beach to wade into the river and play.
Honestly, I couldn't have asked for a more perfect place. I was secluded with this beautiful river all to myself and the puppies. We played on the banks for a long while.
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| Flowing water= Happy Hound |
I spent the rest of the day checking out some local thrift stores and an antique shop. I managed to find some nice ephemera to use in some of my journals and the lady running the shop was such a pleasure to talk with. From there I hit up the Chamber of Commerce for a good map of the Gold Butte area and then waited for our hotel room to become available. Wouldn't you know I left my darn camera battery charging in the wall back in Vegas and of course the little town of Mesquite didn't have a thing I could use for my camera. Gotta love small towns! So I had to use my phones camera instead for the entire trip. Thankfully, it takes decent pictures. Matt even asked me before we left if I had everything, geesh!
I didn't get to sleep under the stars on our first night but after a day in the sun by the river I was very thankful for a hot shower and a clean bed:)
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