(nr Sunsites AZ) Cochise Stronghold sets in the Dragoon Mountains and was a refuge and fortress for the famous Apache warrior and his Chokonen band. The gravel road leading in crossed a flowing creek three times and ended at a forest service campground. Luckily, I got the last campsite available; unluckily, I discovered one of […]
(McNeal AZ) The Whitewater Draw State Wildlife Area, just a short ways from town, is popular with birders. It attracts thousands of Sand Hill cranes during the winter nesting season. Alas, I was a little too late to see them. I walked the loop trail out onto the wetland berms which had ponds on both […]
(Lowell AZ) At the edge of Bisbee was the remnants of Lowell; most of which was gobbled up by the adjacent Bisbee Copper Mine. The folks there have left much of the town as it once was. Store fronts, signs, streets, and even the cars parked by the curb remained as they were in the […]