We checked out the Whitewater Draw again to not many birds. So it was off to Bisbee!
Bisbee is an old (and not so old) mining town. Lowell was a small town near Bisbee, but now part of it. There isn’t too much current business evident, but they left the buildings up with historical window art.
As you can see they left some cars and a couple of Greyhound busses, too!
Fun stuff!
~Curtis on Arizona! {!-{>
We kept driving through all these orchards. Further investigation discovered these are Pecan trees, and pistachios are also a big crop down here. Potatoes are also big.
You don’t usually think about Arizona growing things, but it does!
More than just these rocks near the I10 on ramp.
We ended up back in Tombstone and got to look around a bit. Nice benches!
And of course if you forgot to be well healed this morning…
~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>
While we are still on March 5th for the day I took these photos (this one is actually in front of where we parked at our hotel in Tombstone), the 6th is the Dailylife Wife’s birthday, so…
With and without background!
~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>
The next morning we ran back out to Whitewater Draw. There were not nearly as many Sandhill Cranes.
Lots of other birds Not many Cranes…
Killdeer!
Even a Mallard or three!
So we cut our losses and headed out to a fine little restaurant called “Sandy’s”. It is attached to a little RV park in almost the middle of nowhere. Good food, good prices. Neither of us got a photo…about 20 north of McNeall.
~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>
Sandhill Cranes
We decided to run up to Whitewater Draw, near Tombstone. The Sandhill Cranes migrate there in the winter. After checking into our hotel in Tombstone, we ran out to the Draw.
It is a short walk from parking to the pond, which according to another visitor, has shrunk considerably over the last few year.
After the sun sank low towards the horizon we headed back to Tombstone. It is about 28 miles. Sunset on a Tombstone street.
Waiting for dinner at the Longhorn.
All in all, a nice day!
~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>
(HA! Only a week behind!)
A quick trip to Prescott for an oil change and stuff. Important Stuff.
Yes, it was free pancake day! And after the bacon and milkshake it was almost as cheap as just getting a regular breakfast or lunch…
Dailylife Momma’s Dream Truck!
I got a free “touchless” carwash with the oil change.
And the exit dryer was on a timer (a minute and a half?) so you could roll back and forth to get your car dried off.
The end product. Not too bad for a “free” wash!
~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>
We took a day trip to the Petrified Forest National Park today. (All photos are either by me or the Dailylife Wife)!
And finally, what everyone has been waiting for, the Route 66 Site!
Wait, a rusted out car?
Here it is! 
Great benches. Someone could make some money off these!
On to the rusted out hulk!
Onwards towards the Painted Desert!
Looking to the right of center on the horizon (when enlarged) are, once again, the San Francisco Peaks above Flagstaff.
Impressed? It is only…
…108 miles away…
Another random photo from inside my pocket.
The Painted Desert Inn!
Cruisin’ down I40, west bound and down!
A Route 66 era souvenir shop. We didn’t stop…
Winslow, Arizona, with lots of references to standing around and Ford flatbeds.
At Winslow we turned south for some rural driving then headed west towards Camp Verde. At the base of the mountains to the right lies Clarkdale.
All in all a good day, if a bit long and hot.
~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>
We took a day trip to the Petrified Forest National Park today. (All photos are either by me or the Dailylife Wife)!
Newspaper Rock! Where everyone came for news!
Tourists! Ha!
Here are closeups of the left and right sides.
This is another things, but we aren’t sure if it was petroglyghs or mineral stains…and you can’t climb over to see…
Off in the distance, but only half as far, is the BNSF Intermodal hauling shipping containers.
Screenshot
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Then it was off to Puerco Pueblo. It was getting hot, too.
There is more to see there, as you can see from the signs, but it was, as I said, getting hot!
~Curtis in Arizona!
We took a day trip to the Petrified Forest National Park today. (All photos are either by me or the Dailylife Wife)!
The Blue Mesa.
See that little white bit to the right of center?
That is the San Francisco Peaks above Flagstaff. 
The Tipis.
~Curtis oin Arizona! {!-{>
We took a day trip to the Petrified Forest National Park today. (All photos are either by me or the Dailylife Wife)!
A few panoramas from The Jasper Forest:
If you look really closely at the middle of this photo you can see three white rectangles. Those are semi-trucks on the Interstate 10 or so miles away. This is just to the left of center on the top panorama.
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And of the Agate Bridge!
At some point I think too many people tried to cross the bridge and it got some extra support…
~Curtis in Arizona! {!-{>