We left Kingman, AZ and went down to Wickenburg which is about 50 miles west of Phoenix. Kingman weather was beautiful - in the 70's to low 80's. We probably should have stayed longer because we hit Wickenburg and its been around 100 degrees every day and only cooling down to the high 70's at night. Wickenburg is a cute little "western town" in Arizona. The Vulture Mine is a tourist attraction here (in the winter) its closed to tours in the summer. The Vulture Mine gets its name from the neighboring Vulture Peak (pictured above). You can climb to the top but its not recommended in the summer. We needed to get to Wickenburg to rescue our boat that has been in storage since April. It seems to have survived the outdoor storage alright.
It is the end of the monsoon season (hopefully). I took a picture of the towering clouds that formed east of us while we were in Kingman. These are the kind clouds that let loose with the torrents of rain that are known as monsoons. It can rain inches in minutes like a bucket of water just being dumped from the heavens. The park we are staying in here in Wickenburg suffered damage in July from a monsoon when rushing water jumped a wash and broke through a wall and ran down the streets in the park. When we got here you would never have known they had had a problem it was so well cleaned up.
Wickenburg is a cute little "western town" in Arizona.
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