Desert Bar Outing
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Desert Bar - November, 2009
In March of 2009, the club made a trip to the Nellie E Saloon, a little
known place about 30 miles south of Lake Havasu City. It's called "The
Desert Bar" by locals and since there are no signs advertising it, you have
to know where to turn off State Highway 95 to access the dirt road that leads
there. Some of our older members organized the trip to show some newer
members how to get there. They had such a good time that another run there was
planned for November, after our 32nd Annual Run to the Sun concluded, to
introduce more new locals to this cool place. On the way down, you wouldn't
have known that the 32 people in the caravan were street rodders since there
were no old cars. The dirt
road leading in is 5 miles long and dusty, and is not the kind of road you'd
like to be driving your street rod or classic car on. As you approach the site
and turn the last corner, the first thing that greets your eyes is the church
steeple straight ahead at the end of the road.
After the vehicles were parked, the members made their way across the bridge
to the patio area
where the band Pirate was setting up for an afternoon of music and dancing. It
was a little chilly so the premier spots were somewhere that wasn't in the
shade. What a change from a couple of weeks earlier.
A number of changes
and improvements at the popular watering hole, include some old vehicles
displayed around the site, raised patios and well water that's supplied by a
solar powered pump. In fact, the whole place is solar powered since there is no
electricity and it's only open until sundown during the winter months. The single most popular change
with the ladies is the addition of genuine flush toilets in the ladies'
outhouse.
After the band warmed up, it was time for our members to get
warmed up too, and dancing was a good way to do that.
If you would like more information about "The Desert
Bar", click here
to visit their website. It's truly a unique place in this corner of Arizona.
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