My last hike of 2016

Went hiking Dec. 31,2016 in McDowell Mountain Preserve  

Bell pass to Tom's thumb. 

It was cold wet foggy morning.

                           Not a very good day for picture

but I was hoping to get above the fog so I could take some pictures of the fog down in the valley.

But that did not happen the fog never lifted all morning and the higher I went the thicker it got.

When I got to the back side of the McDowell Mountain the fog was lifting a little but still not very good condition of pictures.

Just try to make the best of the situation you're handed.

The best part of the whole trip was this hart-shaped Rock alongside the trail.

Maybe next time I will get some good pictures, but it was a fun trip anyway.

IN SEARCH OF AGUA FRIA INDIAN RUINS

Early Sunday morning in search for Indian ruins and maybe some petroglyph.   

 

 

 

Got my quad all loaded ready to go searching. 

 

A look back,

 

Heading toward Perry Mesa. 

 

      You know me I always got to stop and take pictures of corral

 

and windmills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Still some standing water.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In rock piles like this is where you will find petroglyph.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's left of and old abandoned mining camp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think black and white looks better 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the roads a little rough. 

 

 

 

 

You see it 

 

 

My first one 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              When you really start looking there everywhere.

 

Were they board?

 

 

 

 

This is what you have to walk through to find them. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Some of them go into such detail and others make stick figures.

 

 

 

 

Here's the stick figure. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Lizards and snakes???   What do you think?  Your guess is as good as mine.

 

 

 

                          Rock remains of there village.

           This is the view from there village.   They lived on the edge.

                                          Talk about living on the edge!

                                        Broken pottery is everywhere.

 

 

                 This is the end of my adventure, hope you enjoyed it
                         57 miles on the quad and 5 mile hike.