Thursday, March 10, 2011

Days 120 and 121 - Giant Sequoias Natl Mon, CA to Death Valley Natl Park, CA

Mileage 251e
Camp
Little Lake, CA
     China Lake Naval Weapons Station
Death Valley National Park, CA
     Furnace Lake Visitors Center and Museum
     Badwater Basin
     Artist's Drive and Artist's Palette
     Harmony Borax Works and Borax Museum
     Dante's View
     Darwin Falls
     Devil's Golf Course
     Twenty Mule Team Canyon
     Zabriskie Point

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Day 123 - Twenty-Nine Palms, CA to Yuma, AZ

Mileage 240e
Motel
Joshua Tree National Park, CA
     Joshua Tree Visitors Center
     Hidden Valley
     Keys View
     Cholla Cactus Garden
     General Patton Museum
     Cottonwood Springs Visitors Center
El Centro, CA
Yuma, AZ
     Yuma Territorial Prison State Historical Park

Day 124 - Flex day, use 10/6 to 11/3

Monday, March 7, 2011

Day 125 - Yuma, AZ to Organ Pipe Cactus Natl Mon, AZ

Mileage 197e
Camp, Twin Peaks Campground
Ajo, AZ
     New Cornelia Mine - largest tailings dam in US.
     New Border Patrol Station for 360 agents
     Ajo Mountain Drive

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Days 126 and 127 - Organ Pipe Cactus Natl Mon, AZ to Tucson, AZ

Mileage 155e
Motel
Pan Tak, AZ
     Kitt Peak National Observatory
          Visitors Center and Museum
Tucson, AZ
     Saguaro National Park, West
          Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
     Catalina (Mt. Lemmon) Highway Scenic Route
     Sabino Canyon Park and Visitors Center
     Tucson Botanical Gardens
     Tucson Tamale Company
     El Parador Mexican Restaurant
     Cafe Poca Cosa
     El Charro
     Feig's - corned beef sandwich
     Mariscos Chihuahua - Mexican seafood
     Pico de Gallo (South Tucson)

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Day 128 - Tucson, AZ to Silver City, NM

Mileage 331e
Motel
San Xavier de Bac, AZ
     Mission church
Green Valley, AZ
     Open pit copper mine
Tubac, AZ
     Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
     Tumacacori National Historic Site
     Mission San Jose de Tumacacori - oldest mission in Arizona
Tombstone, AZ
Bisbee, AZ
     Bisbee Mining Museum
Chiricahua National Monument, AZ

Friday, March 4, 2011

Day 129 - Silver City, NM to Kline Place, NM

Mileage 183e
Camp, dispersed camping
Trail of Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway
     Pinos Altos
     Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
     Santa Rita Copper Pit Mine, Turnersville
Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway
Truth or Consequences, NM
     Geronimo Springs Museum
     Hot springs in area

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Day 130 - Kline Place, NM to Clifton, AZ

Mileage 150e
Motel
Mogollon, NM
     Bursam Road
Glenwood, NM
     Cakewalk Trail
Clifton, AZ
     Phelps Dodge Copper Mine

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Day 131 - Clifton, AZ to Navajo, AZ

Mileage 204e
Camp
Coronado Trail Scenic Byway
Petrified Forest National Park

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Day 132 - Navajo, AZ to Navajo Natl Mon, AZ

Mileage 215e
Camp, primitive camping at Navajo National Monument
Canyon de Chelle National Monument, AZ
     White House Trail 2 1/2 mi r/t