Posted by Rich
On Wednesday Dad and Marge took us to the Chiricahua National Monument in southeastern Arizona. This is a place of awsome scenery and alot of history. Cochise and Geronimo led the Chiricahua Apache indians in a war against the US Army here, they were never defeated. They did surrender in 1886 and were settled in Oklahoma and New Mexico.
This is another sky island that pops up out of the surrounding grass lands, we passed huge cattle ranches on the way there. They are still using windmills to pump water for the cattle on these ranches, and for their homes in many cases.
Once again we traveled up into the mountains where it changes to trees and some of the most spectacular rock formations we have seen so far. This is where the rocks are balanced on top of each other. It is incredible, we were in awe. No wonder the army could never find the Apaches.
On the way home we passed through Douglas (a border town), and Bisbee these are places we definitly want to spend more time in. Bisbee is a small old town with narrow streets full of old houses and buildings that more of less caters to the tourists now that the copper mine has scaled down.
We stopped in St. David and visited the Western Horizon RV resort we belong to, this is the nicest WHR resort we have seen other than the Washington resorts that we love so much.
Arizona has been a big suprise, there is so much more than the desert we always picture in our minds when we think of this state. We want to come back here and spend much more time than we have this trip.
More Later, Rich
On Wednesday Dad and Marge took us to the Chiricahua National Monument in southeastern Arizona. This is a place of awsome scenery and alot of history. Cochise and Geronimo led the Chiricahua Apache indians in a war against the US Army here, they were never defeated. They did surrender in 1886 and were settled in Oklahoma and New Mexico.
This is another sky island that pops up out of the surrounding grass lands, we passed huge cattle ranches on the way there. They are still using windmills to pump water for the cattle on these ranches, and for their homes in many cases.
Once again we traveled up into the mountains where it changes to trees and some of the most spectacular rock formations we have seen so far. This is where the rocks are balanced on top of each other. It is incredible, we were in awe. No wonder the army could never find the Apaches.
On the way home we passed through Douglas (a border town), and Bisbee these are places we definitly want to spend more time in. Bisbee is a small old town with narrow streets full of old houses and buildings that more of less caters to the tourists now that the copper mine has scaled down.
We stopped in St. David and visited the Western Horizon RV resort we belong to, this is the nicest WHR resort we have seen other than the Washington resorts that we love so much.
Arizona has been a big suprise, there is so much more than the desert we always picture in our minds when we think of this state. We want to come back here and spend much more time than we have this trip.
More Later, Rich
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