Boulder City Nevada- Blakes  RV Camping and Horse Motel

We stopped in at Blake's  Horse motel outside  of Kingman Nevada on the  way down . It is located behind the  Petro Truck stop in Boulder  City. They are  very  nice  people. We weren't  lanning  on staying the  night  but, wanted to get the  horses out of the  trailer and  letthem "roll" in a roundpen and relax from the drive. They charged us  $5.00 for each horse  for the 2  hours that we were  there. They have  a  nice  clean facility. While we were  there  we also took advantage of their clean showers for $5.00 each. You can also camp here overnight for $15.00 per site which includes full hookups. They also have  a laundry onsite and if you don't  feel like  cooking; you can always  walk over to the  truck stop.

These are  the  overnight stalls at  Blakes  Horse  Motel

There are many  miles of  trails  right  out  of  the  back of Blakes RV Camp and  Horse  Motel. We talked  to several people that  use it as  a  vacation campspot and like  going  there.

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A land where  everything  Bites

One  of  the  first lessons  that I learned  on our  trip to Arizon was  that everything  in the  desert  will "bite " you in one  way or another. 

        Wherever you ride  there are  Cactus with  torns take can penetrate the  toughest  boots, trees that can rip your shirtsleeves from your  arms, and limbs that can rip right  though your Wrangler jeans.

Despite  the  warm weather  of the southern Arizona  Desert riders must  wear  either  Chaps or  Chinks to protect  themselves.

I was  happy  to be able  to field  test B bar B's  Chink for this trip to Arizona and  glad that  I did. 

Their  Chink are  tough and Because of the  open back; very  comfortable as they allow more air to circulate around your  legs while protecting  the front  of your legs. They did get  pretty scratched upon this trip but, for the  most part  kept my  legs from getting scraped up.

Here  you can see that the cactus needles can easily  pentrate  boot leather. they also hurt  when they do!

some  are  up to an inch and a half long and  very tough. You need a good  set of  leg protection and  the  makers  of  B bar B chaps and  chinks  use  good  quality  leather  in their products to keep you safe. I ordered  the  XL Chinks  for this trip but could've  easily  fit into the Large  size as then tend to run big. I just  used my  leather punch and readjusted them to a custom fit. they are  really well fitting  now. just go to http://www.bbarbwholesale.com/western-cowboy-chaps-chinks-c-147.html and see what they  have to offer. I think that you'll be  pleased with what you'll find. Also, They are  nice  people to deal with.