Nope! That's strike two!Quote:
Originally Posted by DonnaR57
I'll give y'all another clue: even though it might not look like much in those two photos, this is one heckuva BIG RIVER!
Rick
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Nope! That's strike two!Quote:
Originally Posted by DonnaR57
I'll give y'all another clue: even though it might not look like much in those two photos, this is one heckuva BIG RIVER!
Rick
I think that's a good guess! I'm with Donna!Quote:
Originally Posted by DonnaR57
Utahtea
Is it a section of the Rio Grande ?
Dave.
Before I move onto my own thread of Petroglyphs and Pictograph challenge, I’ll start with a “Where Am I” that was brought on by a memory because of Rick’s story about Canyon de Chelly.
This adventure took place in 1995 before we had a digital camera so these pictures had to be scanned and the quality isn't as good.
First picture was taken from our campsite with our old 24 ft Winnebago Motorhome and the Jeep we rented for that day’s adventure.
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Second picture is of the creek we crossed over 60 times traveling the 13 miles to get to our destination.
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Third picture is as we approach our destination.
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Forth picture is a rock formation at our destination but it was not the main attraction!
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I didn’t want to make it too easy so I can give more clues if needed. Where Am I!
Utahtea
Nope, nope, and nope. Revisit my comment about this one being a BIG River!Quote:
Originally Posted by Utahtea
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Rick
You got it, Dave. I thought for sure everybody would pick up on that BIG RIVER business, but you were the first, so you be the winner!Quote:
Originally Posted by Southwest Dave
Rick
It was a guess but based on a hunch, having travelled along a stretch of it around Big Bend NP last year.
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I was offline for awhile, but the Rio Grande would have been my next guess. I've seen the "Big River", in a few places. The first time was when we crossed from Brownsville TX into Matamoros Mex when I was a kid. My dad commented, "Some big river! It isn't even as big as Thorn Creek!" (a creek in the suburbs of Chicago). The next time was crossing it on I-40, which we did several times, and then when we were in Albuquerque for a couple of days in 2010 (I think), we hiked along it at the Nature State Park. Then of course you drive next to it on I-10 going through El Paso. I wasn't impressed by it there, either -- still looked rather small at that point. Finally, one drives close enough to it on the 25 through NM, which we've now done a couple of times. (Elephant Lake comes to mind, as a dammed up Rio Grande.)
Rivers, of course, have one thing in common: they get dammed to create lakes, or lock and dams make river travel a little more difficult (or easier, depending on the season). This makes them get smaller in places, or larger in others.
Donna
Donna:
The two pictures of the Rio Grande were taken in New Mexico, one near Hatch (of chile pepper fame), and the other where US 60 crosses it north of Socorro. The only thing "big" about it is the name, "Rio Grande" in Spanish meaning "big river." Funny thing is, in Mexico, they don't call it the Rio Grande, they call it the Rio Bravo, which means "furious river." Can't say as I blame them for being mad. The gringos stole all the "dam" water!
Rick
I love that hoodoo--it's like a three-dimensional valentine heart! But I have no idea where it is. Somewhere in southern Utah, but I can't even say that for sure. How about that other clue?Quote:
Originally Posted by Utahtea
Rick
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Quinn
It is in southern Utah. It is remote and I forgot to mention that WAS down a 4x4 trail but maybe you already figured that from the jeep in the creek. It is in a National Park so that narrows it to 5 guesses for the park! I knew of this place for years before we ever went from pictures I had seen....
....so here is your SILVER PLATTER!
Here's a picture of the the arch we went to see.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e50f2606_c.jpg
Can you name the Arch and the National Park it's in?
Utahtea
Needles district of Canyonlands NP ? After guessing this may be the area I followed up with a little research and discovered Angel arch which now receives much fewer visitors due to the access along Salt creek road being closed to motorized vehicles. These days it's over a 17 mile round trip hike from Peekaboo springs. What an amazing adventure you must of had getting out there in the Jeep !!
Dave.
There is a road (a named scenic byway), a town, and an event associated with these three photos. Can anyone name all three? For bonus points: what the heck is that thing in the front yard of that house (in the third picture), and what was it used for?
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https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...s/DSC04361.jpg
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Rick
Yes, Dave you are a winner! It's Angel Arch and Molar Rock. We were camping in the Squaw Flat Campground in the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park in site 11A but we noticed last year when we drove though the campground the sites numbers had not only been changed, so had the campsites.Quote:
Originally Posted by Southwest Dave
This was the first trip we took without our two sons. We had been camping with one or both since 1977 and we thought it would not be as much fun without them....LOL! We weren't gone 10 minutes from home and decided....this is NICE! We can eat when we want and what we want. We don't have to make plans around them. Back in the day you didn't need camping reservations and you could just wing it and that's what we did.
As I mentioned in my first post this was back in 1995 and that year was the first year they were limiting the number of vehicles to 10 per day with a permit to drive in Salt Creek to get to the arch. The day before we went to the Ranger station to see if we could get a permit and when we could, we then went to the nearby Needles Outpost Campground, who back in the day, rented jeeps though Farabee Jeep Rentals (who we had used in Moab before). They had a couple of Jeeps to rent so we were set!
We set out early and like you said it was an amazing adventure that we were so glad we did that year. The next year they closed it to motorized vehicles and there's no way I could have hiked to the arch.
Utahtea
Utahtea:Quote:
Originally Posted by Utahtea
If you had kids in 1977, we're of similar vintage, so I hope you don't mind if I include you in a very general observation. One of the most valuable advantages of having come of age when we did is just as you say: all the many things we got to do that aren't even possible anymore. Yours is one small example. I could make a list of my own, just off the top of my head, that's longer than my leg, and I'm sure that's true for most of us seniors that have led active lives. Are we supposed to be wistful about that, or smug? Me? Mostly I'm just grateful.
It's a rapidly changing world out there, now, more than ever. When this crisis is over, when we have a good vaccine, and when it's safe enough to travel again? We'll all need to get back out there on the road! We'll need to go the places we've been wanting to go, see the things we've been wanting to see,and we need to do all that just as soon as we can. Before it's "not even possible anymore." Know what I mean?
Carpe Via! ;-)
Rick
I figured with the peppers next to the door it had to be New Mexico. I cheated and went looking and was successful. Lo and behold we have spent time in the town way back in 1988 but I'll give others a chance to figure it out before I spill the beans. I can give clues tho! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Quinn
Utahtea
I actually 'rode' into town last year. A little bit quieter now then it was back in the days of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett !! I loved walking around and reading the historical information boards, including the one that described "that thing in the front yard". Known as the Torrean it was used to protect settlers from Apache raids. The lovely historic town of Lincoln is on the aptly named 'Billy the Kid trail' section of US380 and has an 'Old days festival' once a year to include an enactment of a Billy the Kid escape.
A little extra I learnt was the town was originally named La Placita del Rio Bonito (The Place by the Pretty River) by the Spanish settlers who first arrived. A great stretch of highway that runs by Fort Stanton and the Snowy river cave area to Capitan where we visited the resting place of 'Smokey bear'.
Dave.
(Well done Utahtea, it's your win ! )
Smokey the Bear resting place was big on our boys must see list when we were there! My DH liked the Billy the Kid history. I’d love to go back and spend more time there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Southwest Dave
Utahtea
This is so much fun I'm going to do another. This is a road that also has a scenic byway name, there are pictures from two of the towns and a few signs. One town is a little off the main highway just a little. Name the towns & scenic byway.
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And how could you ask for anything better than road signs!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f7143fbd_c.jpg
More clues given on request.
Utahtea
You've gotta love New Mexico for the constant interplay of history and amazing scenery, some of it packed into an amazingly compact area. As an example: what do you suppose the following disparate attractions have in common?
Guadalupe Mountain National Park (which is actually in Texas, but humor me):
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...n_DSC_7191.jpg
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog.../Carlsbad2.jpg
Roswell UFO Museum
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...ds/Roswell.jpg
Lincoln, and Billy the Kid Country
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...s/DSC04359.jpg
Smokey Bear's Final Resting Place
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...SmokeyBear.jpg
The Sierra Blanca Mountains
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...rra-Blanca.jpg
and, last but not least, White Sands National Monument?
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...hite-Sands.jpg
I'll answer that one myself: String all those stops together, and you get Scenic Side Trip #1! Which is 432 miles of seriously fun stuff!
Now I'll take a stab at Utahtea's latest puzzler:
Any chance the Scenic Byway is the Turquoise Trail? And, if so, is one of the towns Madrid? If I'm wrong, give us another clue!
Rick
Quote:
Originally Posted by Utahtea
Rick is correct, this is the Turquoise Trail in New Mexico. The first two pictures are taken in Cerrillos which is a little north of Madrid. First Street in Cerrillos is where the first picture with the mural was taken. First Street has a lot of charter but the two times we've been nothing has been open. The second picture is of the Casa Grande Trading Post which is fun to rummage around in. Just walking around town is very interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Quinn
The second two pictures are of Madrid. DH and I were drawn to Madrid because the movie "Wild Hogs" with was filmed there and we were told that the city wanted them to leave the Maggies Diner set and the town brought it up to code and it's now a Bikers Shop. Madrid has become quite the tourist trap but it's fun to walk around and go thought the shops.
Utahtea
Woo Hoo! I actually got one! I was even going to say Cerrillos, but since I wasn't 100% positive, I figured I should hedge my bets. I shouldn't have been so cautious. The Turquoise Trail was at the heart of my Albuquerque Loop, a.k.a. Scenic Side Trip #21, a really fun day trip that makes a big circle around the Sandias.Quote:
Originally Posted by Utahtea
Here's my picture from Los Cerrillos: the Church of St. Joseph
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and here's the rather striking "only in New Mexico" tree-trunk sculpture that stands outside the church
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The Turquoise Trail got its name from the turquoise mines near Cerrillos. We wanted to see some of that, but like you, we found the shops in the town of Los Cerrillos closed up. Off we went down the road to Madrid, where we found a nice selection.
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Madrid reminds me of a lot of other places. Bisbee and Jerome in Arizona, some of the mountain towns in Colorado. When a mine closes, the population moves on, leaving behind dirt cheap real estate that attracts artists and craftsmen. Madrid completely reinvented itself and you're right, it's a fun place to walk around. (I love that metal mariachi!)
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No trip along the Turquoise Trail (NM 14) would be truly complete without a jog down NM 536 to take in the Tinkertown Museum
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and if you're like me, you have no choice but to keep going on NM 536 until you reach the top of the mountain at Sandia Crest. That's one heck of a view (and one heck of a twisty road!)
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...ndia-Crest.jpg
Rick
This is the courthouse, behind which a lot of unfortunates met up with a bad combination: a long drop, and a short rope
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Local color (modern day version)
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Name that town!
Rick
I was worried that if I posted pictures of the church and the view from Sandia it would be to much of a give away! ;) We didn't stop at Tinkertown Museum but will have to do that next time!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Quinn
Utahtea
Hey Rick.
While I'm thinkin 'bout the name of that town I'm gonna have a whiskey in Big Nose Kates Saloon.
Dave.
I knew it’s not hanging Judge Roy Beams place in Langley, Texas because we’ve been and it’s a far cry from that beautiful brick building so while I haven’t been to the town, I had a good idea where it was. I’m sheltering in place so I don’t need a doctor but I could really use a holiday!Quote:
Originally Posted by Southwest Dave
Utahtea
Dave, now you are just toying with us. I love taking people to this town. If it is raining, so much the better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Southwest Dave
And I see Utahtea is getting in the spirit of the veiled hints as well. That's pretty funny.
Mark
From the sound of things, nobody really needs this last clue, but I'll put it out there anyway, for the benefit of any lurkers who might still be trying to figure out who this Kate person was, and why the size of her nose was so important. (Especially on rainy days.)
A mere 30 seconds of mayhem, almost 140 years ago, and people still talk about it? Thank Hollywood for that.
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Nice Tombstone!
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Rick
Here's the wife cleaning up those mean streets !
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This lurker here doesn’t know this part of the country at all so I’m enjoying all the pictures. Maybe someday to see........ keep it coming!
I love Scenic Byways, especially the roads that have inspired people to give them an interesting name. To formally designate a particular stretch of country road as a National Scenic Byway requires a whale of a lot of effort, a lot of lobbying, and yes, there's also a bit of expense, making up those fancy signs. All of that said, not all Scenic Byways are created equal. Some of them are more like, "Scenic By-waaaays!"
Here's an example: can any of you Road Warriors out there Name that Road?
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...storicRoad.jpg
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...CanyonRoad.jpg
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This one's an old favorite (with the emphasis on old!)
Rick
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Quinn
I have no idea but from the mountain-mission-cactus road sign I’m guessing it’s in New Mexico.
We’ve done our fair share of dirt roads and we haven’t been here.
Utahtea
Edited to add Or Arizona...LOL
OMG...I think I have it! While we haven't been here we have friends that go to the area every January! If I'm right, I'd be superstitious to think I might get lost!
BTW...It's Arizona...my second guess.
Utahtea
Great clue! That's the Apache Trail, through the Superstition Mountains.
Just wanted to say that I've enjoyed these. Wish I could participate a little more, but I'm still working .... from home ... and by the time I see the photos after work, somebody's guessed it (correctly). I would have also guessed somewhere in Arizona, on that last set. I haven't been on the Apache Trail in years, though.
Donna
Great job, everybody, that is indeed the Apache Trail, otherwise known as AZ 88. It's an incredibly scenic road that's famous for being incredibly rugged, particularly the 20 mile stretch east of Tortilla Flat that has never been paved, not since the road was first built, way back in 1905.Quote:
Originally Posted by glc
Last year, there was a wildfire near Apache Lake (one of the three lakes that are accessible off the Apache Trail); the fire badly scarred the mountainside above the road, and during the next heavy rain storm, a landslide cut loose, burying the roadway under untold tons of rock and debris, prompting the Arizona Department of Transportation to close a 14 mile stretch of AZ 88 "indefinitely." That's not to say that it will never reopen, but the repair is going to be expensive, and they have no plans to begin the work until there's enough new vegetation to stabilize the mountainside above the damaged area. You can still access Canyon Lake and Tortilla Flat from Apache Junction, and you can still access Apache Lake and Roosevelt Lake by going the long way around through Globe.
Canyon Lake, the first of the three lakes you come to when driving the Apache Trail
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Hmmm. I'm thinking--probably not!
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Apache Lake in the spring
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Apache Lake and Marina
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Roosevelt Dam, the end of the Apache Trail.
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...oseveltDam.jpg
Roosevelt Lake, the largest lake that's entirely within the borders of Arizona
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...seveltLake.jpg
Tonto National Monument, a cliff dwelling among the saguaros, located near the end of AZ 88
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...tlMonument.jpg
The Apache Trail is an important part of Scenic Side Trip #11; the route map in the RTA map library reflects the current road closure and the required detour.
Who among you can:
A.) Name the colorful canyon in this first picture:
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...iverCanyon.jpg
B.) Identify the highway that squiggles its way to the bottom:
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog.../SaltRiver.jpg
Before crossing the river on this bridge:
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...iverBridge.jpg
Last but not least:
https://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog...nNorthSide.jpg
C.) Name that river! (It's the same river in all four of these photos)
For bonus points: where does the water end up?
Rick
I believe that is the Hite bridge near the Hite Marina at Glen Canyon Recreation Area. That would then be the Colorado River, and the water eventually ends up spitting out into the Gulf of California. All of the pictures I believe are in Utah.
Donna
I've been over the Hite Bridge many times and it's a lot more open and slick rock area and the bridge has an arch to it. I can not figure out where this is. With the color of the river it's in the southwest somewhere. Colorful river could be Colorado or Green.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonnaR57
I'm still thinking!
Utahtea
Keep thinking, because it's not the Colorado, or the Green. (Or the Gila ;-)
Rick