POST #21-11

Continuing South To Warmer Territory 

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On December 1st, we left the Flagstaff KOA after a couple of nights in the Teens.  That's  WAY to cold!  Its warmer back home!  But we were able to re-stock, and do some laundry as well as the trip to see the Volcanos.  We headed out on I-40 (old Route 66) and merged on to 1-17... Destination...Cottonwood AZ.

It was a short drive of about 70 miles with sunny skies, light winds and about 30 degrees when we started out.  Our elevation started out about 6960 feet and steadily lost elevation.  We started out in a Ponderosa Pine Forest, and went to a cedar and juniper landscape...The elevation ant the end of the drive was about 3300 feet.  There was a 16 mile stretch towards the end of 5 to 6 percent downgrade!   A sped up video of the trip can be seen HERE.  

Our campsite is at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ.  How did a park get a name like that??  In 1950, Calvin “Cap” Ireys purchased Dead Horse Ranch. The first time his family looked at the property, they saw a dead horse lying in the field, and after looking at a number of properties “Cap” asked his kids which one they liked the best. The answer was the one with the dead horse. After they acquired the property, they named it Dead Horse Ranch.  By 1971, “Cap” Ireys was ready to sell his ranch. In 1973, when Arizona State Parks acquired the Park, the Ireys made retaining the name a condition of sale!  More info on the Park HERE.  

Lots of roads and paths to ride our new Lectric Bikes here!  We took a quick ride down to the Lagoons here at the park...Wonderful day!  Its 15 to 20 degrees warmer here than our last two spots!

We are here at Dead Horse until December 15th...Will provide updates on the area later!

Until Next Time!