Perry Mesa, 20 May 2018

Back out to our new favorite area!

Early, early start, from dad's house at 6:00 AM.

I-17 to BB road, East.

South on 9014 

We stopped somewhere in here; there was a small ruin to the right of the road.  Harry set up his drone, took it aloft and shot some video of the truck driving down the road.

We saw some antelope.

Right at the Y, thru the gate, onto road 599, and on to to the Squaw Creek Ruin.  Wow, what a place!!

It's a huge clifftop dwelling, with a clearly defined perimeter wall.  It's so close to the edge of the cliff that some of the walls have been undermined by the erosion of the canyon wall, and are tumbling into the canyon.

The area is simply covered with pottery sherds.  Dad found an interesting rock.  Ellen and Lenny checked out the cliff rock art on the canyon walls below the site.  There aren't quite as many petroglyphs here as at the Brooklyn mine site, but they're awesome!

Here's the link to Ellen's pics.  (Must See!)

Here's the link to Harry's drone video.  (Also must see, it's short.)

Back out to Road 599, thru the gate and back onto Road 14.  We turned to the East on Road 610, again in search of the mythical Spanish Fort.  Past a windmill, an earthen dam to store water for livestock, and driving over One Million Rocks.  Then we saw some cows.  They came over to us, hoping for treats.  (Sorry, cows.)

Back out to I-17, and it was already turning into a long day.  It got longer; a fire near Black Canyon City had disrupted the traffic flow, and it was stop and go for miles.  We had lunch at Blank Restaurant at BCC; the food was good but the service was slow.  So it ended up being a really long day.  No worries, we're tough!

Another great trip!!