Moab, Utah

   We are Boon docking on Hwy 191N. Mile Marker 141, on Mill Canyon Rd, there is a staging area and just 1/2 mile past, there is a camping area. No bathrooms, only self-contained campers.
25 miles
Day 1 Dinosaur Bones= We rode the wash to the wet creek bed to see the dinosaur bones buried in the creek bank. The creek bed is 30ft tall, and weather has eroded away the  dirt so you can see the bones in the dirt. Rib, back, leg bones. There is even a petrified Pine Tree which stood 100ft tall

Halfway Stage Stop= Along another creek, you will find 1/2 walls of an old stone building. This would of been between the railroad and the town of Moab. By the new road we are 14 miles from town. In 1883 it took 8hrs to go to the town of Moab!
Tusher Tunnel=Once again we rode to the entrance, took the small hike to the entrance, walked thru, looking up to see daylight thru a crack, then exit the tunnel to another world.

Tusher Canyon-This is a Dead End trail, but so beautiful. On both sides of the Canyon, you will see red and white limestone, cliffs and walls. There is a small sand dune at the end.

Dead End Trail- This trail goes back quite a way with a horseshoe red sandstone wall at the end.
Determination Towers= As we came upon the Towers, our breath was taken away. So big and tall, red stone and patterns on the side walls. Always a place to take some photos.
Wipe out hill for Jeeps=This is a 100 ft climb for Jeeps to changle themselves. The time we were there, it was the annual Easter Jeep Rally, there was 30 jeeps watching rigs crawl up this hill. We rarely saw anyone on the trails.
We ended the ride by going over the slickrock and around Merrimute Butte and coming out on the Colton Rd, almost back to our Camping site on Mill Canyon Rd.

Wickenburg Massacre, Wickenburg, Arizonia

35 miles, 9 gates and many turns, we made it to the Wickenburg Massacre which happened on Nov. 5, 1871 at 10AM.  There a 3 different accounts of the event:
The terrain is flat and easy trails to the site. Once you arrive at the site, you you will find a small hill running along the old stagecoach line going to Ehrenburg.  You will find markers and rock graves indicating where the unfortunate folks lost their lives. The markers explain the story and peoples names.
After we left the site, we headed towards Sols Wash, which intersects with Vulture Mine Rd. Which intersects with highway 60, where you will find a Dairy Queen! Then we headed north back to North Ranch RV Park, Congress, Az We left at 8:30 am and arrived home at 2:30pm, which includes, breaks, lunch time and ice cream treats at Dairy Queen.

Bull Canyon, Apache Junction

   We camped at Lost Dutchman State Park, in Apache Junction, you can also go out of Usary or Wolverine gates also. We went to the north on Hwy 88, 1 mile to the locked gate. When you want to ride you have to get a free  permit from the USNF, and on the permit you will find the padlock combination numbers for the lock. Horses use this trail also
  We rode 40 miles, most of the trail is a 4x4 road, 1/3 rocky. The legal trails are marked with numbered post, large fine for off trail riding.

   We started at Hwy 88 , Trail # 3514 over to Wolverine gate,Trail # 10 up thru Bull Canyon to gate at Bush Hwy. 13 mi. Came back to the wash and rode in a sandy wash/trail (trail # 3556) to Usary gate. This was a interesting loopy, scenic trail. 4.5 miles one way. The main trail has mountains on each side with lava rock and lime green lichen on some mountains.
This is not one of the best trails, but it was in the area and we enjoyed it.

Camp Date Creek, Congress, Az

  40miles
   We rode out of Congress, past Indian House Rock, around to the northwest. The trail is at the base of the mountains on the desert floor. Then it rises on an old road to the top of the mountain pass, what a wonderful view from there. At the top the road forks, the right goes back towards Congress and the left trail heads toward the old Camp Date Creek. The only remains are some foundations, a flattened parade area. You will also find a canyon of lava rock with the creek running at the bottom and a few minnows!

Camp Date Creek was a small post who's purpose was to guard the road between Prescott and Ehrenburg between 1868 and 1874. There were two companies of the 14th infantry stationed here and rumor has it they spent more time fixing the buildings than chasing Indians. They also prospected in their spare time and were instrumental in starting the Martinez district.
Eggs cost $2.50 a dozen, and kerosene five dollars a galloon. Just prior to Mrs. Boyd’s arrival kerosene had been $11.00 a gallon. Flour, which was priced at $5.00 a barrel in San Francisco, could be secured from Prescott at $25.00 a barrel. Oranges, available from peddlers, were $.25 apiece.

On the return trip, we check out some old mines, saw a few cattle and watched the air force practice flight with flares. There were many flowers blooming and the large rocks in this valley are beautiful We found fingers mountain and saw some large boulders which have rolled down the mountain.

Congress, Arizona

   We took a ride up the Hassayampa River to see Jim Fox, Hassayampa Jim, (he is on the internet), our group shared our lunch with him and he told us stories and how he manages out there in the middle of nowhere. He has a generator for this satellite tv and radio. In the winter he has folks stopping by on their atv's and brings him the Pepsi he likes! The river had some water in the one spot for 1 mile. We went past the Box Canyon.

March 3-5th 2014  The Dirt Devils came to town for our group ride. The first day we went to Indian rock, North of Congress. Day 2 we drove to Stanton to see the old mining town from 1886, gold was laying on the ground as big as potatoes. Up the old Stage coach road to Yarnell. This is the town that burned June 2013, and 19 men lost their lives fighting the forest fire. We toured the famous St Joseph Shrine, which was slightly burned by the fire. Came back thru the old deserted town of Weaver, but the cemetery is still there.

Day 3 we went to the Hassayampa River to the Box Canyon, where we found some old foundations at the base of huge Salt Cedar Trees. We drove up the River, where you can actually fine a small amount of water. Majority of time the river is dry, except this one area. We cut cross country on one of the many trails back to North Ranch Campground near Congress, Az.