Willow Beach, AZ

On Tuesday we arrived at the Willow Beach Marina & RV Park.  We are on the Colorado River about 20 miles south of the Hoover Dam.  The RV park is up on the hill and has 29 sites.  Even though there is no grass around, we have really enjoyed the view around us.  We were going to stay one week and then move onto Williams, AZ but the weather in Williams was getting really cold at night, so we decided to stay here for two weeks and then drive onto Cottonwood, AZ.  We do have WiFi through the park's satellite system but no phone service or WiFi service of our own.

A cold front came in on Monday, the day before we planned to leave and dumped snow in Kingman, Williams and Flagstaff so we delayed our stay by two more days and left on Dec. 17.

We so enjoyed the wildlife around the park.  We had to fill our Hummingbird feeder every day or so as we had so many at the feeder.  Also, we had about 50-60 birds around our site using the bird bath, bird feeder and water fountain.  We had quail visiting every day and in the morning we even had a coyote in the site.  Most of the time we could only hear them or see them in the hills.

On Thursday, we went and took the Hoover Dam tour:

To stay here in the park for two weeks, we had to move to another site for the second week so our view is a little different.

Valley of Fire State Park:

Railroad Historic Trail, just named a Historic Trail in 2015 with beautiful views of Lake Mead and five different tunnels on the 2 1/2 mile trail (one way) that we walked:

In 1931 30 miles of railroad was built from Boulder City to Hoover Dam to help support the building of the dam.  The railway was used sporadically used until 1961.  The tunnels and trail were nominated in 1984 to be on the National Register of Historic Places.  Two of the tunnels had been burned, but restored.  The tunnels are 25 feet in diameter.

Kayaking on the Colorado River.  The first day we went north towards Hoover Dam and then the next day we went south.

Duck leading the way down the river.  

We enjoyed the camp host, and people camping around us.  We loved the warm sun in the afternoons, but this place does get a little wind and one night we had to put the satellite down and pull in two slides as we were getting 55 - 60 mph gusts.