Bonneville Trip 2009
August 5 Wednesday--Alpine AZ
Ready to hit the road! I have a lot of miles to go to catch up to Denise and Big Olds
The beautiful southeast Arizona scenery. Kind of desolate compared to today's destination...but nice compared to the salt!
Where our power comes from. Not shown to left: a small mountain of coal
The old train depot in Clifton
The southern side of the Morenci mine.
At a rest stop in the hills on Devil's Highway (US 191, which used to
be US 666). The stance is nice with all that crap in the trunk!
It rained in the mountains. A nice chill, after the heat of the desert.
Just about out of gas! There was a "no services for 90 miles" sign just
after I filled up in Clifton, but I didn't count on getting only 7 mpg
going up the twisty mountain road. Fortunately there is a gas station
in Alpine (right before my camping destination) and it only took 13
galls to fill up...the 15 gallon tank.
Camp is set up. What a beautiful place...elevation 8550 ft
Next Day...Orem UT