Static line pass at 2,000 feet AGL.
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Static line pass at 2,000 feet AGL.
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A little mid week trip
Since some of you guys liked the kings wood picture I figured I'd show so.e pictures of them out of the water. Had to take these out today.
Got a Good cross section with the saw to show the rings, counted about 15 per inch at the center. Just eyeballing it I'd say its 200-300 year old tree thats been then sitting under the mud for 250-300 years. No kings stamp visible unfortunately.
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Come, mother, come! For terror is thy name, death is in thy breath, and every shaking step destroys a world for e'er. Thou 'time', the all-destroyer! Come, O mother, come!
Back from vacation looping through New Mexico and Arizona. Which leads us to its only natural conclusion:
DAY ONE:
Gallup, NM and vicinity. Stayed at the Hotel El Rancho. A historic landmark built in 1938 and more notably, according to stepson (and he's not much wrong), as the only hotel with good air conditioning on the trip:
Unfortunately the Navajo Code Talker Museum remains closed due to COVID restrictions but at least saw this statue at the city visitors center. The Garand is amazingly detailed even including a vestigial butt trap:
no one sees what's written on the spine of his own autobiography.
DAY TWO
Into Arizona. Main focus was the Painted Desert and Petrifiied Forest. Awe inspiring but didn't get a single decent photo. A couple diversions on the way to and from though:
Fort Courage. A 70's western theme park. Supposed to have only closed in the 20-teens but, wandering it, an amazing amount of decay and ruin for such a short time:
Salt River Canyon. Apparently a dangerous drive. From this scenic overlook spotted at least three wrecks laying at the bottom:
no one sees what's written on the spine of his own autobiography.
DAY THREE
Unplanned stop at Tonto National Monument. Globe, AZ was booked full and ended up in the boonies around the corner from the Monument. Lower Cliff Dwelling as seen from the visitors center:
View of Roosevelt Lake from the lower dwelling:
The current residents:
Then on to Saguaro National Park. Just surreal. My wife called it a forest designed by Doctor Seuss. Would love to spend a few days hiking it:
Birds nest in a Palo Verde tree:
Petroglyphs on signal hill:
no one sees what's written on the spine of his own autobiography.
Nice stuff, @Half Moon
I did some exploring in Salt River Canyon after overnighting in Globe on a solo motorcycle trip from Miami, FL to AZ, UT, CO and environs. Love that area.
I don't remember anything particularly precarious compared to some other places I've taken my ride.
There's nothing civil about this war.
DAY FOUR
Tombstone and Bisbee, AZ.
Ended up in a room alleged to be haunted by the ghost of an 8 year old that drowned in the San Pedro River and returned to the hotel where his mom worked. No paranormal activity observed :-) A tradition of leaving gifts for the ghost has developed:
Nearby Lowell, AZ was just a cool town to wander, and had the only nearby breakfast restaurant, open mid-week. Lots of old cars and motorcycles lining the streets:
Tombstone was cool but also disappointing. There's a line between tourist trap and history and it has biased itself on the tourist trap side. Worth a visit if you're in the neighborhood but maybe not worth going out of your way for. If looking for a western trip - Dodge City KS, Lincoln NM, and Virginia City NV all stand out more. Oddly, we all liked the world's largest rose bush in Tombstone. 8,000 square feet of climber. The wife got a cutting which we babysat all the way home. From beneath:
Overhead:
no one sees what's written on the spine of his own autobiography.
DAY FIVE
Pima Air Museum and Titan Missile Museum. Our second trip to Pima. One of the most awesome air museums in the country. No single photo could do it justice. If you are are an aerospace nerd this is very much a place to see. Wish we could have done the boneyard tour at Davis-Monthan AFB next door but it remains closed due to COVID. Did get an all morning air show from the A-10 training squadron at Davis-Monthan though while we wandered in and out of the museum hangars.
The Titan Missile Museum is about 30 miles down the road. The only intact Titan II launch complex. Both eerie and interesting. The silo doors are locked half open and a chunk removed from the warhead housing to show Russian spy satellites it's not an operational site:
The base gate:
Security Police:
Titan II, 9 megatons with a 6300 mile range:
no one sees what's written on the spine of his own autobiography.
DAY SIX:
And finally back to New Mexico. Shakespeare Ghost Town outside Lordsburg. Supposed to be the best preserved ghost town in the state. On private property but the owners offer tours. The pride of the owners is evident and the stories interesting. They are trying to make a go of monetizing the town to help preserve it. Hopefully they succeed:
From there it was one more night on the road with a stay in Silver City and then home. Great trip but good to be home again.
no one sees what's written on the spine of his own autobiography.
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