Oct. 23, 2013 It was a glorious day for a road trip on the backroads through the Bradshaw Mountains of Arizona. We started at Lake Pleasant and headed north, roughly paralleling I-17 but 30 miles further west. We drove past Castle Hot Springs and numerous foundations of old buildings connected with the mining days of…
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…
July 24, 2013 Our recent 4 wheel drive trip took us to Payson, AZ and then to Woods Canyon Lake on the Mogollon Rim. From there we backtracked a bit and started south towards Young, AZ. The day was beautiful with clouds caused by the monsoon season in Arizona. We did get some rain at…
June 22, 23, 2013 The recent full moon was called a super moon because the moon is at its perigee, which is the closest point to the earth in its elliptical orbit. At this time the moon is supposed to appear 14% larger, but is really not noticeable without a comparison reference. The first four photos…
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