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White Tanks, Petroglyphs and Giant Citrus...  

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On January 11th we moved from Lake Pleasant Regional Park to White Tank Mountain Regional Park...

This is a beautiful place!....but we will miss hanging out with the Roadrunner at Lake Pleasant...😕

That was something we will never forget!!

Our trip to White Tank was a short hop of about 41 miles...weather was sunny and in the mid 60s with light wind...

The White Tank Range, deeply serrated with ridges and canyons, rises to peaks of over 4,000 feet. Occasional heavy rains cause flash floods to pour through the canyons and onto the plain. These torrential flows, pouring down chutes and dropping off ledges, have scoured out a series of depressions, or tanks, in the white granite rock below, giving the mountains their name.

 

The White Granite is impermeable to water and the "tanks" are usually shaded, so they hold water for quite a long time...considering the climate...

The Early Native Inhabitants of the area visited a lot to take advantage of the water supply.  As you walk up the trail you can see their artwork in Petroglyphs on the rocks!

We are here at White Tank until Tuesday, Jan. 19th. The weather has been exceptional!  Sunny and around 80 every day!

We went back to the Pomelo Tree nearby that is still loaded with fruit! WHAT IS A POMELO? The Pomelo is the largest out of all the citrus fruits with a close relation to grapefruit.  A lot of the size is the rind and the thick membrane surrounding the fruit itself. 

These pomelos can weigh between 2 and 4 pounds! The flavor of a pomelo is very much like the grapefruit, but much milder. 

Pomelos are sweeter and don’t carry that tangy, bitterness that can be associated with grapefruit.  We find them absolutely delightful!

And the sunsets and sunrises have been awesome here!!

We have been in this campsite a few of times in the past...Here is a drone video of our site from a couple years ago...Watch for the Red Tail Hawk!>>>>

We will be leaving here tomorrow and heading over to Cave Creek Regional Park for a week...It's only about 46 miles...

Until Next Time!