Chiricahua National Monument: 2/26/14

BB, Henri and I drove from TTRV to the Chiricahua National Monunent.  According to the National Park Service Website, the monument was once the home of Swedish immigrants Neil and Emma Erickson, along with their children Lillian, Ben, and Hildegarde.  They called it their "Faraway Ranch" and the family graveyard rests in a beautiful spot, underneath a large Alligator Juniper at the start of the Park.  The Erickson family bequeathed the land to the National Park Service.

Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness

On 2/22/14, thanks to TTRV friends David and Pat Johnson (and the best Arizona tour guides ever), we took a trip into the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness.  This is a stunning portion of Arizona under the management of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nature Conservancy.

SE Arizona Activities: Jan-Feb 2014

January and February 2014 has provided opportunities to see many new sights in southeastern Arizona.

On January 9, 2014, the TTRV crew took a field trip to the Amerind Foundation, founded by William Shirley Fulton in 1937 to foster and promote the understanding of the native peoples of America through research, education and conservation.  This is a beautiful museum situated in "Texas Canyon", between Benson and Wilcox.  (Texas Canyon was so named because a group of Texans from Coleman County originally settled in this area, and the local folks began to say this was the canyon with "all those damn Texans in it", hence the name).  Here are some pics from our Amerind trip:

Some of the TTRV Crew:  (L-R) Dave, Sharon, Pat, David, Anne and Georgia