Thanksgiving Leftovers Run 2012 Pictures Thread

[dzJeepChic 2,435]

Well we were out there for 1 of the 2 days of 'splorin the day after Thanksgiving. Here is my favorite way to spend Black Friday! The weather was perfect, lots of great company and endless trails. Here's a picture to start this thread:

 

 

More pictures s@@n! Diane

[dzJeepChic 2,435]

We met JKGoose, defectivemonk, gearhead & theksmith in Apache Junction, then met up with ducksface & bradywgn71 in Superior. Then we went down 177 to the Battleaxe trailhead, went past Walnut Canyon to go splorin around the Gila River. Pictures from the day:

 

 

 

 

Right when we got to the mining ruins where George wanted to stop for lunch ducksface had a torsion bar issue. It was a good place for it because there was a slab he parked on so they could jack it up & fix it.

 

 

 

 

So they got it sort of fixed I guess (I'm clueless) and ducksface went back the way we'd come, gearhead went with them because we didn't want them to go alone. The rest of us went to check out Red Mountain Mine Rd., the actual 'splorin portion of the trip. We didn't get very far up the trail before doing a u-turn. It was in a wash and started to get bushy.

 

 

cool Saguaros

 

 

Then we continued along the gila where part of the trail is very washed out!

 

bradywgn71

 

 

defectivemonk

 

 

JKGoose

 

 

theksmith

 

 

We saw a real cowboy:

 

 

Driving in a brush tunnel

 

 

In a big loop

 

 

 

Up a couple shelves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On up the road we split into 2 groups: those who were camping and those who were going home. TheKsmith, Bradywgn71 and defectivemonk went to set up camp while we and JKGoose headed for home.

 

 

We went back to the Gila, crossed and got on Cochran Rd.

 

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Here's a link to all the pictures I uploaded >> Click

 

I hope you all had as awesome a Black Friday as we did!

[SSRx7 0]

Looks like you guys had a great time. Great pics too!

[matt@expaz 2]

It looks like a great way to spend Black Friday! I love that area. Some great pictures and scenery.

[theksmith 3,833]

made it home! it was windy as hell last night, but at least not cold.

[Bradywgn71 710]

We're home! We had a great time! We'll post up pics soon.

[theksmith 3,833]

 

 

 

 

[91AzXJ 2]

Looks like a good time. Glad everyone made it home in one piece.

[kaspily 2]

My camera freaked out an gave me a "lens error" for this trip. This evidently means that the photos come out blurry. However I did still manage to get some neat shots. Thanks to everyone for another fun trip! This certainly was some beautiful country.

 

Album Link: https://picasaweb.google.com/110968346826086888564/Thanksgiving2012?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCKPJq-6nq8SY2QE&feat=directlink

 

 

 

 

 

 

The road after breaking camp was challenging but fun!

 

 

 

 

Glad I got out to take pictures for this tippy spot:

 

 

We noticed after stopping that Chris's jeep had footprints on the top of it. Evidently something checked out his jeep while he was sleeping in it:

 

 

This picture doesn't show how steep this was or the slot he could fall into:

 

 

Some beautiful scenery after making it over the pass:

 

 

Entering Box Canyon. The traffic jam was amusing at first and then annoying when a different jeep group couldn't figure out how to get a lifted wranger over a small rock and almost hit Chris's Jeep. The spotter was screaming at

the driver and telling him to turn right which would have caused him to hit Chris's jeep. Made me so thankful for our patient spotters.

 

 

 

 

Thanks again for a great trip! Next time I bring my good camera.

[Goose 6]

I didn't take too many pics, but I like this one of Clifford overlooking the Gila River valley in the late afternoon light.