This is the time line, I came up with based on information from VI's posts and google maps of the route and a good dose of speculation.
CA - CA - Barbara Thomas, 69, from Bullhead City AZ, disappeared in Mojave desert, 12 July 2019 #9
- We know that they left home around 8.15 am
- We know that they stopped at the gas station for ice about an hour later. Say they leave the Gas station at 9.30.
- We *think* that they may have stopped on the way - at the place of the 360 photo. For the sake of argument, lets say its half way between the gas station and Kelbaker/Hidden Hills - so they arrive at the 360 place at 10am.
- They go for a walk to the top of the hill, take photo, and return to the RV - allow 45 mins - leave 360 place at 10.45
- They arrive at Kelbaker/Hidden Hills at 11.15, park RV, set up chairs, prepare and eat lunch - allow an hour
- leave RV for walk 12.15 . 1 mile, lets allow - 30 mins max = 12.45
- look at rock formations take photos - would this be a leisurely pace?( Not too worried about heat here because of elevation and both are prob used to higher temps at their home) allow another 30 mins = 1.15
- start walk back to RV - allow another 30 minutes = 1.45
- arrive at RV at 1.45
With all due respect, that seems like an awful lot of speculation to me.
-Lunch was never mentioned.
-They left the house to go on a pre-planned camping trip first thing in the morning and made a stop-off to look at a rock formation. It was only apparently 100 or so miles away from their home? Why would they need to eat lunch after driving only a couple of hours and before they even reached their camping destination?
-A different location altogether for the '360 photo' was never mentioned.
-If it was a different location, it's strange that it wasn't mentioned during the relaying of their activities that day to B's family, even though the family said it was a very detailed explanation of events.
-There was apparently a parking lot where vehicles were parked near to that 360 area, which R wanted police to check out.. why would he want police to check that out if the location was half way between the gas station and the rock formation where she went missing, when R is saying he knows she went missing from the rock formation?
-Why would the couple need or want to sit in lawnchairs *before* their '2 mile walk', considering they had just spent a couple hours driving, sitting down??
For me, they arrived around 10am, walked for a bit, and she disappeared around noon or earlier, just as he was said to have relayed to B's family.