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Chloride, AZ
Update: 20 June 2007
The road into town is
CR125 off U.S. 93 (the road to the Hoover Dam) at about MM 52 ½
north of Kingman. About 20 miles N of Kingman. At Grasshopper
Junction. It is 4 miles east to town.
When you get to
the 4-way stop sign in Chloride, turn right and go one block to
Elkhart Street. There on your right across the street you will see
Sheps Yesterdays, a restaurant. On your left across the street will
be a small park with some swings and a couple of basketball hoops.
Turn left.
Immediately on your right you will see the
back of false front stores where old Wild West gunfights are staged
Saturday’s at High Noon. There was a sign on the side of the first
building that said “Cyanide Springs” last year but apparently
they are working on the buildings there and the sign is down.
At the end of that
group of buildings, maybe half a block, on your right you will see a
large dirt parking lot. On the right of the lot is a large open
Quonset hut with a couple of fire engines parked inside. There is a
path there that leads into the parking lot. Easiest is to go to the
end of the block and turn right. Almost to the end of that block,
after you turn right, you will see on the right a double wide
manufactured trailer that is the library. There is a sign there. Just
before the library is a road to the right that enters the parking
lot. Turn right and find your parking spot on the big dirt lot. The
lot is owned by the fire department and the chief has no objection to
RVs parking there. There are three rigs there now, one with a
friendly couple, two with one man, both friendly and helpful when you
need help.
According to all the folks at the parking
lot I have asked, stay as long as you want. No charge. I stayed in
the lot for three months summer of last year. I have been here two
and half weeks and enjoying every day of it.
The first few days
here
this year were 90 degrees or so, with a decent breeze. Zip code is
86431, in case you want to check the weather. The library has free
wifi. They have computers inside for net access. 110 volt power for
those who bring their laptops. I am parked just across the entrance
road from the library. Signal is excellent. I sit in comfort at the
table in my trailer and log on. Run my Honda 3000 generator as often
as I want and no one says a word. One of the campers here, Billy
Goat, runs his gen to power his Swamp Cooler.
At Grasshopper
Junction on U.S. 93 at the Chloride Road they have beer. Right
expensive compared to Walgreen, Walmart, or Smith’s Market in
Kingman. Block ice at Grasshopper is $1.29 or so. In Chloride at the
Mineshaft Market, buck seventy-five. I get ice at Grasshopper if I
happen to be coming back to Chloride, but get it in C every other
day. Mineshaft Market has only gallons of milk. Three something. I am
a big consumer of milk and ice. I try to do some purchases in
Chloride to help support the local merchants here. Post office is at
the 4-way stop.
The watering hole in Chloride is D.J’s Café
and Saloon. At the 4-way stop. I frequent it often. It is two blocks
from the parking lot so I drink and walk, not always exactly steady,
back to my rig. Right nice, clean place and lots of nice folks. Here
is where you meet and get to know the locals. 16 oz Bud draft is
$1.75. Long necks or 12 oz. aluminum cans I think are $1.50. Great
fish fry for 6 bucks on Friday, very filling, and a menu of various
bar foods is also available when open. Make sure you try their
homemade salsas. I have a couple photos of the bar, gun fights, town
pics, etc. I am in the process of transferring them to Flickr since
Yahoo photos is closing in September.
Sheps Yesterdays is a
family-type restaurant with various singers or DJ’s throughout the
week. Prices are comparable to other full-service restaurants
elsewhere. It can be a bit expensive for my little income. I believe
prime rib is on the weekends. Fish fry Friday for about the same as
the watering hole. No draft beer. Long necks, $2.00. Small number of
seats at a very small bar. Many regular 4+ seat tables.
I
brought in about 30 gallons of water in 6 and 8 gallon containers.
There may be a source of water in town but I have not asked around
yet. There are two RV parks in town. One at Sheps. Don’t know
anything about them yet but I read in a local paper that the owners
of one are musicians. Me, too: pedal steel, lead, and bass.. Should
have more about the RV park later. A guy with a honey wagon comes
around to the parking lot. Don't know what he charges. For now, the
nearest other dump I know about is in Kingman. Campgrounds might have
one for a fee.
In Golden Valley, between Kingman and Chloride,
there is a cheap gas station—not the Chevron, if you are coming
into town from the east—and a Family Dollar and General Dollar. It
is always nice to know they are around so I can save some bucks.
There is no gas or propane available in Chloride, unless the RV park
has propane and I don’t know, yet. Get it in Kingman or Golden
Valley. Flying J in Kingman has a five dollar minimum on propane. Was
cheapest one around. If you get gasoline in Kingman, look around at
the many stations there. A station across from the J was six cents
cheaper. Unfortunately, I didn’t look until I had filled at the J.
In Kingman yesterday, TA had gas at $2.99 but a ARCO station at
Stockton Hill Road and I-40 had it at $2.90 cash, no credit cards, 45
cent charge to use Debit card.
Dump and water are free at the
J. My small trash bags from the TT I have been dumping at the TA when
in town.
Kingman should have all the supplies you need.
Walmart, Auto Zone, laundry, Walgreen Drug, K-Mart, all within a
reasonable driving distance and easily reached via short runs on the
I-state. Stockton Hill Road, make sure you check Smith’s Market
right next to Walmart and get their special flyer. I shopped their
loss leaders and got some real cheap perishables. Then, drove next
door to Walmart and finished out most of my shopping list. Across the
highway from Smith’s is Walgreen. If you need booze and tobacco,
get their flyer and compare prices vs. Walmart. If you need Saw
Palmetto, like I do, Walgreen’s is the place to get it right cheap.
300 capsules for eleven bucks or so.
Kingman is not RV
friendly. No overnight parking in lots. K-Mart and Walmart have signs
up about a local Kingman law. J had none the first night I arrived
there last year. I overnighted at the J before coming to Chloride.
Hell, don’t worry about parking in Kingman. Come on a few miles
north to Chloride. Chloride folks are friendly and appreciate your
business.
See Y'All at the Slabs November or so. This will be my last year on the road. I leave the Slabs around next March for Baltimore, MD to live with my sister.
My Non-Commercial Webpage:
http://rogerwoods.bravehost.com/
Email: rwoods4108@yahoo.com
Chef Roger
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