We drove home the following day, racking up over 2,000 miles. We wanted to see some "new" country and we certainly did.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Greetings
Sue and I recently took a road trip to Arizona. We started in Lake Havasu for New Years Eve. The next day we traveled to the Grand Canyon with stops in Yucca, Kingman, Hackberry, and Truxton. The next night we stayed in Sedona after stopping to check our place in Flagstaff. On Tuesday we did the marathon to Phoenix the long way through Flagstaff, Winslow, Holbrook, Snowflake and Payson. Wednesday we drove to Wellton, my hometown with a side trip to the hieroglyphs north west of Gila Bend. Thursday morning I went to a favorite desert spot that is part of the Barry Goldwater Bombing range. We traveled to the Anza-Borrego Desert and Julian and spent the night with Sue's brother Mike and his fiancé Michelle in San Clemente.
We drove home the following day, racking up over 2,000 miles. We wanted to see some "new" country and we certainly did.
We drove home the following day, racking up over 2,000 miles. We wanted to see some "new" country and we certainly did.
Sedona
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| This panorama was made by turning the camera on its side and taking 10 overlapping shots that are stitched together in Photoshop. It will be printed four foot wide. |
Desert
I grew up in a small town near the southwest corner of the state. We went into the desert south of town all the time but things have changed. It is part of the Barry M Goldwater Bombing Range and requires a permit to enter. The application requires acknowledgment of 14 disclaimers. Among them are:
BMGR contains the danger of property damage and permanent, painful, disabling, and disfiguring injury or death due to high explosive detonations from falling objects such as aircraft, aerial targets, live ammunition, missiles, bombs, etc. There are also physical injury and health dangers from ground and aerial LASER and other electromagnetic emissions.
BMGR contains the danger of property damage and permanent, painful, disabling, and disfiguring injury or death due to the presence of expended, but still live, bombs, rockets, cannon rounds, flares, and other types of warheads. Unexploded munitions can still explode thought they may have lain in the desert for decades.
A portion of BMGR contains the danger of injury or death from the presence of old mine shafts and other opening or weaknesses in the earth, as well as other natural and /or man made conditions which are too numerous to recite herein.
BMGR occupies one of the most extreme environments in North America. I have been advised to guard against the dangers presented by rugged landscape, high temperatures, remoteness, and other threats such as venomous reptiles. BMGR contains no sources of safe drinking water.
If I get lost, if my vehicle breaks down, or in the case of any emergency, I AM ON MY OWN. There are no regular patrols of the BMGR. I certify that I have informed friends or family of my anticipated route and time of return from BMGR. I will bear the full cost of all search and rescue activities resulting from my actions on the BMGR.
I am aware there is the possibility of encountering undocumented aliens while on the range.
It felt much safer before the lawyers got involved!
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| Indian Hieroglyphs near Gila Bend |
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| Another man imitates nature shot |
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| Don't tell Sue where I took her car! |
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