Oct. 9, 2013 Bradshaw Mountains Our latest 4 wheel drive took us into the Bradshaw Mountains of Arizona, south of Prescott and north of Crown King. We started on the Poland Junction Road until it joined with Senator Highway (all are narrow gravel roads). We saw only a little bit of fall color in one…
Sept. 1-2, 2013 At 2:00 PM we met the Navajo guides and drove to a place to leave our vehicles overnight. We transferred to Suburbans outfitted with large tires and 4 wheel drive. Even though Hunts Mesa is about 20 miles straight north of the Visitor Center, we made a rather looping journey almost back…
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 We travelled to Monument Valley as a field trip with the Phoenix Camera Club. This beautiful place is on the Navajo Indian Reservation on the Arizona and Utah border. Many early western movies were shot on location here as was the recent movie, “Lone Ranger”. The first photo is the road from…
April 23, 2013 – We traveled to Tombstone and surrounding ghost towns. Tombstone was thriving when the silver mines were in full production. The most famous event in Tombstone history is the known as the “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” on Oct. 26, 1881 between the Earp brothers, Doc Holiday and the Clanton cowboy gang.…
Sorry, I have not posted in awhile as I have been quite busy. Here are a few photos from a recent 4 Wheel Drive Trip. We found an old mine and an old cabin. Great sunset in the Joshua Tree forest north of Wickenburg.
February13: Four Wheel Drive Trip We travelled west and north of Phoenix, AZ through Wickenburg and north on Rt. 93. The first stop was the town site of Nothing, AZ (population 4). Nothing was founded in 1977 as a gas station and general store, abandoned in 2005, briefly revived in 2008, and now abandoned again.…
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