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Location: Prescott, Arizona
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Trailriding today and found a surprise
We have a trail out of the back of the neighborhood about 10 miles long that connects to Perkinsville Road which runs from Jerome (behind the fire station) and through Perkinsville, and on to Chino Valley. It's the old train route Jerome used during it's mining heyday.
When we got to Perkinsville we were greeted with a road block. Turned out they were running an off road rally today from Chino to Jerome and using Perkinsville Rd. So we were given 2 choices, turn around and go back home the way we came or sit and watch. We chose the latter ![]() Pretty wild, these guys were flying in everything from pickups to little awd foreign cars. You could stand right on the edge of the road if you dared. Might wind up on the 6 o'clock news though ![]() Good thing we packed a lunch, but I was still bummed we didn't make our planned trip which was Perkinsville and then north all the way to Williams using dirt roads, and eat lunch at the lakes off of Dog Town. Anyway, thought you all might enjoy some pics. These guys were going by so fast, I had a hard time getting them into the frame before I could push the button. ![]() ![]() ![]() After they raced from Chino to Jerome, they went back the other way. Here is a V8 truck that went by heading away from Jerome at about 100 mph,,,no kidding :shock: If this guy doesn't make the turn where I'm standing I'm fubar :shock: ![]() Here are a couple of shots of us parked next to the road where we come into Perkinsville Rd. Decided to get comfy and sit a while ![]() ![]() ![]() I decided to cross the road and hike up the mountain a bit on the other side for some shots. You can see the blazer backed in towards the main road with my wife and son sitting in the back, tailgating at it's finest :P We were pretty darn close to the action ![]() ![]() ![]() We had enough dust in our face for one day so after the road was cleared we went to Jerome from there (about 6 more miles of dirt) and took 89A back home. Spent 3 hours cleaning the darn thing back up :roll: ![]() Didn't get to where we wanted, and felt like we spent all day not getting anywhere. Does that make sense ![]() ![]() |
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
Thanks for the pics! I lived in north Pheonix back in 67-68. I was ten. We would go to Jerome, Prescott, and Williams on weekend trips. Wasn't Jerome a "ghost town/tourist place"? I remember there being a creek north of there(i think) where we would go tubing. But, that was a long time ago. Thanks for the great pictures of the high desert, i have fond memories of God's country. Oh, really nice Blazer too!!!
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
Ya Jerome stopped mining in the 1920's I believe, and it's now a tourist town, and they say the old hosipital (now a motel) as well as some of the burger joints (aka Haunted Hamburger) are all haunted.
They are now decorating for Holloween. Pretty cool this time of year to go up in the evenings and walk the town. But of course as you might know, there are alot of old ghost towns and haunted buildings all around Arizona. Prescott has quite a few. Just about every booming mining town that came and went around here had killings at some point. South East Arizona was a real hot spot, you've heard the stories I'm sure. Beautiful back country up here, I can drive around the trails for hours with no where to go ![]() |
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
just so you know those little foreign cars are Subaru's
nice pics, blazer looks good |
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
Very cool.
We used to do brake testing on Mingus Mountain. We'd start at the top and run down the back side (took about 4 minutes) - cruise back up to the top - and then run down the front side (took about 11 minutes). We'd do some pedal effectiveness stops once we got to Jerome and then again at the very bottom. Good times! K
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
nice rig fire and pretty cool to have a road race behind your back yard lol haha
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
what happened to the pics?
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
i.ve taken the back road from prescot to gerome in a 37' motorhome...
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
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![]() I wouldn't mind it as long as they stayed on their side of the road. But that's not always the case. |
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
Would love to see the pictures. Could even email me if you can't get them back on Photobucket.
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Re: Trailriding today and found a surprise
I'll mess around with photobucket again, if I can remember the order I posted them I'll redo that post.
If I'm not successfull I can email you no problem ![]() |
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