White Pocket

May 23, 2025 / rugreen4u4632 / 1 Comment

My house sitting host, Sue, suggested we go to White Pocket, but the Hyundai accent would never make it in the sand or the rocks. Luckily Adam and Laura drive Barb, a beautiful white stallion (Toyota Tacoma TRD). I fell in love with Barb, she’s a beast.

We met them before 6 after checking out. We drove through the vermilion cliffs, across the Navajo marble canyon, stopped in at the condor release sight. Then deflated the tires on Barb and let Adam get his bad-ass out. White Pocket is a bit of a mystery. There weren’t very many signs describing the geology but I did find this link.

The White Pocket, USA

After the hike we stopped back by the condor viewing area and saw one of the 400 remaining California condors left. At one time there were only 20. There was a raptor biologist sitting there waiting on a tour group that answered all our questions.

It was a great day. Sad for the trip to be over but happy to be in my camper this weekend with some good friends and a doodle

The wave!

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

There is a lottery for coyote buttes North(the wave). We have applied in the advance lottery as well as the daily 48 hr advance every time we have been through Arizona. The 48 hour advance is tricky since you have to be in the geo-fence to apply. We think we’ve applied at least 20 times before hitting the jackpot! What a gem. Photos don’t do it justice.

We started our day at 4 and took the 8 mile bump-ass road to the trail-head loaded down with our gallon of water each (a volunteer checks you as you park ). They don’t mess around. You have to go to an in person briefing to pick up your pass.

We were on the trail by 6 am. These pictures are on the way there and at the wave proper. There was no one behind us and we had the whole place to ourselves for about 45 minutes. Lots of selfies since we were by ourselves.

I slip slided when I attempted to reach the arch and gave up. So we went back to the wave and had some people take out pictures. Then are a surprisingly quiet lunch right on the wave.

Next we went to check out some dinosaur tracks on the way home. The BLM volunteers checked on us and pointed out a goat. How fun is that? That evening we meet up with Adam and Laura for a hike at bee hive and sunset at lake Powell.

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Sedona, cottonwood, cornville, cathedral rock.

May 14, 2025May 15, 2025 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

We’ve found Clarksdale, and cottonwood to be quite accommodating. The food is amazing here too. Pizza is hard to mess up, but it truly was outstanding. The old town is charming and has a history of copper mining up in Jerome. We went to the museum in Jerome earlier in the week.