--- title: 'Arizona 2014' url: 'http://richschuster.com/blog/arizona-2014' markdown: 'http://richschuster.com/blog/arizona-2014.md' date: '2014-01-01' description: 'Here is a collection of pictures I have taken from my travels around the American Southwest in 2014. 2014-0' taxonomy: category: - blog tag: - travel - camping - arizona archives_month: - jan_2014 archives_year: - '2014' --- [ Landing ](http://richschuster.com/) [ Blog ](http://richschuster.com/blog) Arizona 2014 ## [Arizona 2014](http://richschuster.com/blog/arizona-2014) 1st Jan 2014 [travel](http://richschuster.com/tag:travel#body-wrapper) [camping](http://richschuster.com/tag:camping#body-wrapper) [arizona](http://richschuster.com/tag:arizona#body-wrapper) #### Table of Contents Here is a collection of pictures I have taken from my travels around the American Southwest in 2014. # 2014-01-01 Another trip to Sycamore Creek Sycamore Creek is an easy 1 hour drive from my flat, so it is my go to camping location. [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/8/4/f/1/0/84f105b3aabf0d1173a50e3c25186a3f95d337bf-20140101-125746.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-125746.jpg) 2014-01-01 On New Year's Day I returned to Sycamore Creek and hiked up to Sunflower Mine --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/8/c/c/c/8/8ccc87836db0c7f88195c753edabeb46e3748bee-20140101-130451.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-130451.jpg) 2014-01-01 I think this is the ore separator --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/5/f/2/7/c/5f27ccd56f66a3776fd5a4a961f0c0ea7a3a1bda-20140101-131615.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-131615.jpg) 2014-01-01 Here are some wheels to a mine cart --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/5/2/b/3/2/52b32ce14d0e96914cc5e95e8a1daa3d222e25bf-20140101-131831.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-131831.jpg) 2014-01-01 Another mineshaft entrance --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/1/8/0/0/a/1800a0a4038ad7ca3a91d5ac6e7c142f3284e845-20140101-133615.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-133615.jpg) 2014-01-01 While target shooting again I jammed my Mosin. I guess I was trying to cycle too quickly and the previous case did not eject properly. I had to get my Leatherman out to recover the rifle --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/6/b/e/6/b/6be6bb0078e66d559e8a698aba8b321f8dab3c74-20140101-135125.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-135125.jpg) 2014-01-01 The 7.62x54r is a serious round, and it pierced this minecart wheel --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/0/0/d/3/7/00d37d9bd37b05b36c9f9516bb2e19c4c63379d4-20140101-135236.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-135236.jpg) 2014-01-01 Depending on if I am in the shade or the sun is a large difference in temperature. If you look closely in this picture you can see my orange target --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/d/6/0/8/b/d608bdcb8b1b1e7777ddd8c688a081819bbab76c-20140101-143010.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-143010.jpg) 2014-01-01 I had just bought a new canister stove, so I tried it out on this hike --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/7/8/1/4/2/78142d1c16694216b6e2ef82f5d70df61a403950-20140101-143450.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-143450.jpg) 2014-01-01 Lunch was eaten at the separator I saw earlier. I can only imagine how difficult it was to get these supplies up that 4x4 road to build this --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/8/9/9/d/0/899d0245c0c5d56141b5e92b19d0a412d5926563-20140101-143501.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-143501.jpg) 2014-01-01 I am surprised that no one has stolen the copper out of this motor --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/9/6/2/4/2/96242dd281e0566a1aafb90b960bed1ca6032547-20140101-150931.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140101-150931.jpg) 2014-01-01 Just below from the ore separator you can see a large drop off that I was stupid enough to attempt climbing down. I didn't injure myself but I didn't make it all the way before chickening out; I ended up dirty and tired after this brief scramble --- # 2014-01-04 Petrified National Park, Natural Arches, and Monument Valley Starting off the new year I decided to check out the Petrified Forest National Park [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/e/d/f/9/9/edf994af479bc8ef3dc5717f410ef4ed0a993eb4-20140104-070136.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-070136.jpg) 2014-01-04 Packing up my campsite in the Coconino National Forest. That watering hole was liquid when I arrived the night before --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/0/3/d/2/a/03d2aa796b7b5607c282f9a67498ecd48caaed54-20140104-090939.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-090939.jpg) 2014-01-04 Heading through the Petrified Forest National Park, there are quite a few petrified logs. This is next to the visitor center in the south side of the park --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/e/1/a/d/f/e1adf8f99e2ae6543e9208d86e31eb1f0c6868d8-20140104-092515.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-092515.jpg) 2014-01-04 Stone stumps accented with more stones and dust --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/c/f/3/d/c/cf3dc45205f75424f39e0a6029321ba08205249e-20140104-094508.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-094508.jpg) 2014-01-04 A petrified log forming a bridge. The concrete was put in before the forest service's position of not preventing natural forces on park features --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/b/8/5/3/c/b853ce39f47bbef1ad82666de03253848d6a0ff6-20140104-095425.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-095425.jpg) 2014-01-04 These canyons look like a lot of fun, but the sign forbids my exploring of them --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/6/e/b/7/7/6eb771e5edccfe249171521f0024d922e85f09d1-20140104-100929.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-100929.jpg) 2014-01-04 This crow is fearless. You can also see the train that cuts through the middle of the park in the background --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/1/1/0/e/a/110ea6812ab035bb6f0eb3b1d0efd1d999dfbaed-20140104-103336.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-103336.jpg) 2014-01-04 Here is a monument to Route 66, with only the telephone poles on the left hand side remaining. The modern I-40 runs a bit to the south --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/0/1/5/2/a/0152a39607a6438d2aec7ec5aac73171109fbe76-20140104-103604.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-103604.jpg) 2014-01-04 Another panorama of Arizona, featuring some of the layering in the rocks --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/b/0/d/f/b/b0dfba30193fb9fbc2111f8dde9af11b33fb9d4b-20140104-104108.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-104108.jpg) 2014-01-04 Another panorama of Arizona, featuring a road! --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/a/f/2/7/5/af2756a1c743c77712585f3d1a71af0979f149ba-20140104-153655.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-153655.jpg) 2014-01-04 I drove north from the Petrified Forest National Park, however that is all Navajo Nation until well into Utah. So that is where I went, and I found the Natural Bridges National Monument --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/d/c/e/9/f/dce9f767a49f90228379c86689030bb3b8461715-20140104-154011.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-154011.jpg) 2014-01-04 The Sipapu Bridge --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/2/e/a/5/7/2ea57352c2dfa4ddd76e9ab2e2b0aa3676927338-20140104-155723.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-155723.jpg) 2014-01-04 Kachina Bridge --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/9/f/b/3/e/9fb3e127b64d9f4227bb3f3121bd1f2a35f83e31-20140104-160711.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-160711.jpg) 2014-01-04 Owachomo Bridge --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/a/8/c/c/2/a8cc25f07185c3d75794132275690316be6e5df2-20140104-161105.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-161105.jpg) 2014-01-04 Our fearless hero hiking down to below Owachomo Bridge --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/a/0/1/4/d/a014d07ccb2ea3f3a295137c8e5b40e888185952-20140104-161250.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140104-161250.jpg) 2014-01-04 A creek below the bridge. I spent the night in the campgrounds for this park, and between the windspeed and temperature it was terribly cold; I was waiting out the night in my zero degree bag --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/f/5/a/8/e/f5a8ef6aa80d6a6f34c832f346688fe7fb9924f7-20140105-070238.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140105-070238.jpg) 2014-01-05 The night before I went to bed just after dark around 7pm, so I awoke well before daylight and broke camp, heading to the famous Monument Valley inside the Navajo Nation. Driving from the northeast I took this grainy low light panorama just after sunrise --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/8/2/b/a/7/82ba7c73d602e0edc2d2a41e21c6502ed00179f4-20140105-071843a.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140105-071843a.jpg) 2014-01-05 Looking back for some silhouettes --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/5/0/b/6/b/50b6ba26b0b995ef106c700008df77387659ba0b-20140105-074058.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140105-074058.jpg) 2014-01-05 The sun cresting over a mesa --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/7/5/0/e/2/750e2a659c8d4a09484f46d571c53e045ae8977a-20140105-074119.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140105-074119.jpg) 2014-01-05 Finally some colour now that the sun is out --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/2/c/c/c/4/2ccc4eaa58874946db112f2731fade8735760677-20140105-094024.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140105-094024.jpg) 2014-01-05 Heading towards Flagstaff, the San Francisco Peaks become visible in the distance --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/c/6/4/5/0/c645064c4be90fd56af6d2b5f3b0c32708dcddeb-20140105-104931.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140105-104931.jpg) 2014-01-05 Not stopping in Flagstaff, I stopped for the scenic overlook on the shoulder of I-17 with this picture of the Coconino National Forest --- # 2014-03.22 Death Valley with Tony Tony and I made the long trek to Death valley and tried to see as much as possible in two days [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/6/9/d/5/2/69d528c2813e4a60757ac738cac830089fda564a-20140322-081902.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140322-081902.jpg) 2014-03.22 Early in the morning I was caught off guard when I saw the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility off in the distance --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/8/6/b/c/2/86bc28d38fcc446fe982cb57dfac90ffece748ec-20140322-143339.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140322-143339.jpg) 2014-03.22 Tony on a salt flat. I wish I could say my Cruze created those tyre tracks --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/5/5/3/4/6/5534683d015bfcc9f3c447139bbd7f7c0e4b996f-20140322-150504.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140322-150504.jpg) 2014-03.22 We visited Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the USA. Tony had to be even lower than the rest of us --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/f/9/3/6/e/f936ebe9e002102befba2148968e203e675ab4f4-20140322-155402.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140322-155402.jpg) 2014-03.22 Too hot for March --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/b/9/5/9/5/b9595bea6dadccdc2b843be70b65ee1a1bd4da54-20140322-173258.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140322-173258.jpg) 2014-03.22 After setting up camp we did some exploring. Here we are checking out some old mining foundations --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/c/6/0/6/d/c606db28109c02c1ee2e893e9e5e883ddcb9ab8a-20140322-182716.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140322-182716.jpg) 2014-03.22 We were able to make it to the Mahogany Flat campground. Unfortunately ran out of road and daylight so we could not continue on to the highest point in the park - Telescope Peak --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/1/2/9/9/2/12992a4b862f326efe71ec9bb9bf74c545f09faa-20140322-183021.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140322-183021.jpg) 2014-03.22 Snow. We went from -86m to 2500m in just a few hours. Good thing we had jackets --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/b/9/6/5/e/b965ec8a2b0b971c620665189e0069da9fdf95b0-20140322-184733.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140322-184733.jpg) 2014-03.22 Sunset on our way back to camp --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/7/f/1/7/c/7f17c20aa3bf106af1e3451e764009723f03bea7-20140323-083503.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140323-083503.jpg) 2014-03.23 The next day we started off by checking out Mesquite Flat Dunes. Lots of sand there --- [ ![](http://richschuster.com/images/8/b/0/4/e/8b04ed9e497940a45b83da135f872ef0a4d0399e-20140323-102319.jpg)](http://richschuster.com/user/pages/01.blog/arizona-2014/20140323-102319.jpg) 2014-03.23 We finished our trip by asking the Cruze for another climb, this time to Dante's View at 1669m. 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