After almost a week in Quartzsite, during which time we find some shop that is happy to let us take their collected Mech fluids, we take off to cross our next section of dirt track. Another 150 miles before pavement. We find a pipeline service road, skirt the gate, and head off to the mountains. 5 miles down the track we find signage saying that it's a "Wildlife Refuge" . . . no Mech Monsters allowed.
We U turned, glad we were only 5 miles in, and I made a mental note that "NWR" on my map app means no travel for us.
The only way around was to use the "I", that ribbon of pavement known for it's freight haulers and those only interested in the destination . . . not the type of pavement that we really want to travel on. Something about being the the slowest rig, well caravan really, on the pavement makes you feel like you are driving backwards at 30 mph.
40 miles later . . .
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On dirt again we head south. About 25 miles of dirt and we find this sweet little canyon as the sun is getting close to the horizon.