Apache Trail – January 13, 2016 Please check out ophardtphotos.com for more photos. We headed out today on the Apache Trail into the Superstition Mountains to the east of Phoenix. On our four wheel drive trip we did not stop at Goldfield, but it is the entrance to the Apache Trail. At the beginning of the trail,…
July 22, 2015 – near Mount Ord, AZ The 4 wheel drive trip today is to check out the mercury mines off the Mount Ord exit on the Beeline highway to Payson. In 2012 there was an extensive fire in the area and burned both of the old mining structures – another piece of Arizona…
February 25, 2015 Our 4 wheel drive trip took us to an area south of Morristown, which was fairly typical of low desert terrain. We drove through the dry river bed. We did find a few poppy flowers along the way. Next we went through Wickenburg and turned north on Rincon road. This took us…
Oct. 13, 2014 Previous post on Germany was in error as I was testing an app to use on our upcoming Greece and Turkey Trip. A couple weeks ago we did a four wheel drive trip to various places on the Verde River. We found several places with small water falls (last four photos). On…
June 25, 2014 In an effort to escape the heat of Phoenix we travelled to higher elevations in the Bradshaw mountains in search of the Desoto Mine. It is northwest of Cleator off of the Crown King road. The Desoto mine was opened in 1890-1972 and produced Cu, W, Ag, Au, Pb, Zn, and Fe.…
January 22, 2014 The four wheel drive today started a little east of Apache Junction, AZ on the Apache Trail. Both trails required permits and the combination to locked gates. We travelled first down Willow Springs Canyon which was the more picturesque of the two canyons. There were good stands of Saguaro Cactus and rock…
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