Davis Camp Park, Bullhead City AZ
Camped at Burro Creek Campground, Wikieup AZ, March 27, 2011
Sorry to say I didn't get a picture the night I was here - try Googling "Davis Camp Park" for some images.
Davis Camp Park is a large recreation park on the banks of Colorado River just north of the bridge over the river connecting Bullhead City and Laughlin NV.
The Mohave County Parks Department has this to say
Whether you are looking for an action packed weekend on the river or seeking a place to relax in the warm breeze through the palm trees, Davis Camp gives you the vacation experience that you are seeking.
We offer vacation homes that are available for rent, spaces with full hookups for your trailer or RV and we have plenty of campsites along the beach for campers and tent spots. Our sanitary disposal (dump) station is provided for use by park guests. Eight shower buildings are located conveniently throughout the park and laundry facilities are available. Day use is permitted at our picnic areas, swim beaches and at our boat launch. We also have Jet Ski rentals through our concessionaire.
The park has a wide variety of visitors and uses which range from watercraft interests, camping, full time RV enthusiasts, and proximity to casino entertainment and as a base for several points of interest in the area. We welcome groups who wish to visit and have meeting facilities for group accommodations. It is our desire to provide you with the best service possible through our maintenance, office and law enforcement staff that live on the premises. The Mohave County Parks Department would like to thank you for your interest in Davis Camp and we look forward to seeing you soon at our park.
Davis Camp Park, Bullhead City AZ
- No Verizon cell phone and Broadband service are available here.
- Visit the Mohave County Parks Department website
- Locate Davis Camp Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Nights I've camped here
- Monday, March 28, 2011 - Davis Camp Park, Bullhead City AZ
- Look! - there are FIVE active nests on this cliff over Burro Creek. I'm not sure but I think all five have moms hunkered down out of sight in this sunset picture. Image: Five Active Nests, Great Blue Herons, Burro Creek AZ, March 27, 2011.
When Hope Dies
When you give up on hope, something even better happens than it not killing you, which is that in some sense it does kill you. You die. And there's a wonderful thing about being dead, which is that they—those in power—cannot really touch you anymore. Not through promises, not through threats, not through violence itself. Once you're dead in this way, you can still sing, you can still dance, you can still make love, you can still fight like hell—you can still live because you are still alive, more alive in fact than ever before. You come to realize that when hope died, the you who died with the hope was not you, but was the you who depended on those who exploit you, the you who believed that those who exploit you will somehow stop on their own, the you who believed in the mythologies propagated by those who exploit you in order to facilitate that exploitation. The socially constructed you died. The civilized you died. The manufactured, fabricated, stamped, molded you died. The victim died.
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