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Arizona Road Trip In 2010?Everyone knows I’m a pretty big fan of Hogjaw and their music. What’s not to like? Great guys and incredible music is a pretty good combination to my way of thinking Prescott (and that’s pronounced PRES-kit which should sound like it rhymes with biscuit!) sounds like a good place to start either route as I can leave my family’s place at a fairly early hour, it’s in the middle of the state, there’s lots of history there with the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday, and I could stop by J&G the day before for some ammo and maybe another rifle The first route I’m considering would start in Prescott and go through Jerome, Montezuma’s Castle, the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Two Guns, and end at Meteor Crater. Drive time would be about 5 hours each way, so a night in Flagstaff sounds like a good idea. I might even go to Fort Verde in Camp Verde where Grandpa used to live and Walnut Creek National Monument where you can walk through cliff dwellings. This is the “Historic Old West” route that has the old semi-ghost town, Indian ruins, Two Guns, and a meteor impact site. Not bad. Click here for a map of the route. The other route I’m thinking about also starts in Prescott and goes south to the Titan Missile Museum, the Pima Air and Space Museum, the Air Force’s Aircraft Maintenance And Regeneration Center (AKA AMARC or the “bone yard”) before heading east to Tombstone. It mixes some of the Old West with some darn fine aviation stuff which doesn’t sound too bad, either. It’s about six hours of driving time one way so I’d have to find a place to crash for that one, too. Click here for a map of this route. Both of these trips are still just a possible idea, but I think the photography would be pretty cool on either one 8) Who knows, I might just invite some people to do guest posts along with Kath and Glenn while I’m off the grid Yeah, a road trip sounds pretty nice 12 comments to Arizona Road Trip In 2010? |
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After listening to Two Guns on 
Maybe I’d be able to get Mom and Dad to go with me. Either way, I’m looking at a two day road trip due to mileage, drive time, and the fact that I don’t want to rush.
Boneyard and Tucson are one and the same. I still remember when it was called MASDC or Masdick. I kid you not, OK. Lex and Pinch may not be able to back me up on this but I did not use the starter phrase………this ain’t no S***! And push East to Holbrook, because on Old 66 downtown is a eatin’ establisment with the most killer breakfast burrito on the planet. Main Drag about two blocks west of the business 40/66 right on the north side. It is a Guy Fierie place, a dive!!!!!!!!! and a Cholesterol haven. And if you want pictures of stack trains, Flagstaff east to Mission Laguna is a good stretch. In fact from Winslow going west the Transcon is very close to the interstate.
And for greasy spoon, heart attack on a large plate, hit the Galaxy Diner on Business 40/66 in West Flag. Hash browns to die for……………….possibility exists, OK!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Meteor Crater is over priced for a large hole in the ground.
Almost forgot, the rest area near Two Guns is called Canyon Diablo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Give pause and remember in high summer!!!!!!!!!!!
Glenn,
I knew you’d come into the comments for this one
I’ll definitely keep that all in mind and will come back to this post when I’m ready to commit 
(Geez, Glenn, we just got here and he’s already making plans to replace us!! Dag, that was fast.)
No replacements here, just additions
Tucson is tons o’ fun; AMARC is the icing on the cake. Although AMARC is impressive as all get-out I find it depressing. Still: better than cuttin’ ‘em up and meltin’ ‘em down, eh?
I hear ya there, Buck. But yeah, it’s better than melting them down.
When the decision was made to retire the A6, N-Grumman had been in the process of re-winging them with composite wings. 25 of them were dropped into the Atlantic of the Florida-Georgia coast as Intruder Reef. I here tell that the sport divers love it!
The divers might love it, but I’d rather see them as civilian owned and operated warbirds
Jeff,
when and if you and your crew come through Az on this road trip, just know that yall have a place to stay overnight in the valley of the sun! I got you and yours set up for a stay at the hogjaw pad. we aint necessarily got 5 star accomodations, but my reloading shack has a bed and couch with all the other fixins that are needed for an overnight stay. And we can down some a that weed. Jerimiah, that is. Say the word, we are always here for ya. Maybe we can show ya a few sites of our own.
jb
JB! Thank you very much for the invitation and I’ll let you know what the plans are when the time comes. I don’t need five stars or even three – if I’ve got a place to roll out a sleeping bag and a power outlet for my breathing machine (I have sleep apnea), I’m good to go
And yeah, a few shots of Jeremiah Weed would be a good thing, too 
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