Here's the stuff we took:
I-17 North, past Camp Verde to the Dugas Road. East on that road; it's only about 2 miles to the turnoff. There's no sign except a road number: 9602R
It's a little rough, just at the start, but it would probably stop a passenger car. A couple of hundred yards down there is lots of parking, near a lower area with thick trees. It was only about 8 AM, but the sun was already ominously hot.
Harry got right out and immediately began to satisfy his drone-flying fix, which kept him occupied for about the first hour. Dad, Ellen, and Lenny all strolled down into the wooded area, to check out the creek that flows down from Yellowjacket Spring. (The actual point where the water comes out of the ground might be a mile or so upstream, so we were really visiting "Yellowjacket Creek".) It's a nice little creek!
We were pleased to find the temperature under the trees to be much cooler. Lenny strolled downstream a short distance, and found a nice clearing that would be an ideal picnic spot. This was great, because we didn't have to set up the sunshade.
We moved the truck a ways, and carried our picnic stuff down to the shady clearing. Then we had the earliest lunch in history; it was about 8:30 AM. :) To be fair, we had gotten up really early.
Harry joined us, and after eating we all wandered around the area a little bit more. I found some cool rocks: there was an area with volcanic rock that had been rounded by water action. I found a grapefruit-sized round rock, and a pair of rocks which could be used to make a child sized matati/mono replica set. I'll insert some pics later.
Here's my pics from the creek area; Harry and Ellen took many more.
Harry's pictures; many of them are scenic.
Ellen's pictures; lots of people shots.
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