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AZ Grand Canyon

AZ Grand Canyon

Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Strip Country, and country north of the I-40

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Petroglyph Wash Arrastra and Petroglyphs

Petroglyph Wash Arrastra and Petroglyphs

I decided to head out to try and track down an arrastra I read about a long time ago. It was mentioned in a report to be one of only two known “wagon wheel” style arrastras in a national park (The other one is the Pinto Wye Arrastra out in

Toroweap Overlook

Toroweap Overlook

Nampaweap Petroglyphs

Nampaweap Petroglyphs

The Nampaweap petroglyph site is a large site in a basalt canyon next to Mount Trumbull. The name Nampaweap is a Paiute phrase that means “Foot Canyon”. It’s probable this name refers to the canyon being a natural passageway of travel for the Paiute. The symbols carved into the

Paiute Cave Pictographs

Paiute Cave Pictographs

Inside of a collapsed lava tube in northern Arizona is a set of Virgin Anasazi pictographs. They believed that caves were the entrance to the spirit world. This is a sacred place. The pictographs are protected from the elements by the cave ceiling and as such, they are particularly vibrant.

Grand Wash Cliffs Colony

Grand Wash Cliffs Colony

I met up with legendary explorer Roger Mitchell to explore the Grand Wash Cliffs of Arizona. It was a surprise to both of us when we found an abandoned group of cabins tucked back in the woods. The cabins appear to have been built and then abandoned in the 1970s

Law’s Spring

Law’s Spring

Over the summer a few years ago, we were exploring the Ponderosa pine forests of northern Arizona. One of the spots we visited was Law’s Spring. It was an old campsite along the historic Beale Wagon Road. The Beale Road was born from a need to travel over the

Lava River Cave

Lava River Cave

Back in late spring 2015, we took a trip out to Flagstaff seeking some cooler temperatures. One of the places we stopped at was the Lava River Cave. Formed in the Pleistocene, roughly 675,000 years ago, this 0.75 mile long lava tube is remarkable not only for its