While we originally had plans to travel to Australia for 3 weeks, the raging fires and Pandemic quickly put an end to those aspirations.
So, where else to go to celebrate 30 years of marriage? Mesquite, of course!
We reserved a newly built AirBnB house on the outskirts of town (because it had a private hot tub and was huge), packed up our gear into the 2020 Jeep Gladiator and off we went.
The plan was to offroad, gamble, eat well and just generally relax - Mission success on all points.
Up until the last day, the weather was fantastic.. averaging 88-90F, more than sufficient to take the roof off the Jeep and make our runs in the open air (that would later to prove a mistake!)
After a great dinner at the Eureka steakhouse, we relaxed the remainder of the evening. In the morning, the plan was to run South/East toward the North rim of the Grand Canyon, then to the North edge of Lake Meade. Game on!
The routes:
The Trek South / East from Mesquite:
Coming off the final "Elbow Canyon" switchbacks.
Calm before the storm:
GPSr tracks for the Mesquite Area:
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