stormnmormn
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Family Trip to Titan Missile Site, Saint David and Thatcher AZ
So today, the family and I took a little road trip around Southern Arizona.
We ended up driving past an area that I knew housed a Titan Missile during the 60s all the way thru the early 80s I believe. The background in this pic has a portion of the missile silo and living quarters exposed. I guess when the sites were decommissioned, the points of entry were filled with concrete and then the area was further buried with gravel. After that, a sand and gravel company bought the location and excavated it all and sold it. Go figure huh? And that leaves the large metal dome for the living quarters and a few concrete columns for communications stuff and the main entrance.
We then made our way down to Saint David, Arizona to see grandpa. By the way, there is a lot of good 4 wheeling in the Dragoon Mountain Range to the east of Saint David. Check out China Peak if youre over that way or Cochise Stronghold.
From Saint David, we continued east to Willcox, then north on the 191 to Thatcher. We enjoyed a great lunch at Casa Manana and were pleased to get our moneys worth!
We stopped at the Mormon temple there and started our trip back.
Overall, it was a great little trip. We mainly wanted to see how our two boys did in the truck for an extended period of time. Fortunately the A/C conversion worked really well and was blowing 40 degree air into the cab for us.
So today, the family and I took a little road trip around Southern Arizona.
We ended up driving past an area that I knew housed a Titan Missile during the 60s all the way thru the early 80s I believe. The background in this pic has a portion of the missile silo and living quarters exposed. I guess when the sites were decommissioned, the points of entry were filled with concrete and then the area was further buried with gravel. After that, a sand and gravel company bought the location and excavated it all and sold it. Go figure huh? And that leaves the large metal dome for the living quarters and a few concrete columns for communications stuff and the main entrance.
We then made our way down to Saint David, Arizona to see grandpa. By the way, there is a lot of good 4 wheeling in the Dragoon Mountain Range to the east of Saint David. Check out China Peak if youre over that way or Cochise Stronghold.
From Saint David, we continued east to Willcox, then north on the 191 to Thatcher. We enjoyed a great lunch at Casa Manana and were pleased to get our moneys worth!
We stopped at the Mormon temple there and started our trip back.
Overall, it was a great little trip. We mainly wanted to see how our two boys did in the truck for an extended period of time. Fortunately the A/C conversion worked really well and was blowing 40 degree air into the cab for us.
