Red Tank Draw
About an hour North of home near Sedona is the Red Tank Draw. I found this place by watching a few videos, reading other blogs and asking around a little. There are petroglyphs here from…
Richinbar Mine
An easy 1.5 mile hike will put you off the i17 freeway and into the Agua Fria National Monument at the Richinbar Mine. From 1905 to 1948 the Richinbar Mine was owned by 3 different…
The Great Bend of the Gila River
A fun trip I had a little while back. It’s somewhat remote, and just amazing landscape. Petroglyphs are from 2 different people that lived here, the Hohokam, and the Patayan. The Patayan came later, but…
Verde Valley Caves
The wifey and I took a 1.5 hour down to the Verde Valley to get a little hike in. It’s only a 1 mile round trip hike with a 400 feet climb in elevation. At…
Agua Fria National Monument
Today I went out to Agua Fria National Monument to scout out some old Native American ruins. I didn’t want to stop at the publicized “Pueblo Plata”, I wanted to go deeper in, about 1…
Superior AZ
Met up with a small group of archaeological enthusiasts and explored some areas outside of Superior AZ. The now abandoned city of Pinal of which all that remains are some bricks, rusty metal equipment, a…
