YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
Ace.....I actually thought the same while I was there. I was thankful.....
ITTOG.....indeed it was deep and for sure it's incredible. You can just imagine the number of years that this tribe lived here without the threat of near extinction by the depth of that hole. It's a forever sign of the tragedy that took place in these mountains.....
I've mentioned several times that the area that's named Council Rocks is rather small in area, but that didn't mean that our time here was brief. The dogs and I took the time to inhale the mountain air and to admire the landscape that we were then exploring in. I thought of the behavior of the guys in the jacked up Jeeps and how upsetting that was to me. And I couldnt help see some correlation between that encounter and what the Apaches must have endured, of course my encounter so very minor compared to their ordeal. I left feeling greatful that I get to spend so much of time alone in the mountains with my two best friends.....I really did.....I suspect that the Apaches felt the same.....
On the way back to our campsite I found myself admiring all of the smaller mountain peaks that the sandy road meandered its way through.....
And as we drove along that sandy road I witnessed something that I'd never seen before. At face value I guess it was nothing, but I saw a deer take advantage of a barbed wire fence that had the lower strand removed and replaced with wire that had no barbs. Every deer I've ever seen jumps the barbed wire fence but now it appears that they understand the good work of man.....
We weren't quite ready to call it a day so we decided to challenge ourselves and bushwack up one of those small mountain peaks along that sandy road.....
The real challenge here were the cactus that grew along the south facing slope that we climbed.....
There was one cactus plant in particular that gave the dogs a hard time.....and that south facing slope was covered in it.....
Eventually we made it to the summit of the tiny mountain and we really didn't spend a considerable amount of time up there.....no food or drink.....
It felt good to have a small challenge in our day.....and to see more of the Dragoon Mountains from that tiny mountain summit.....
We downclimbed back through that nasty cactus and we were finally ready to call it a day.....a very good day.....
ITTOG.....indeed it was deep and for sure it's incredible. You can just imagine the number of years that this tribe lived here without the threat of near extinction by the depth of that hole. It's a forever sign of the tragedy that took place in these mountains.....
I've mentioned several times that the area that's named Council Rocks is rather small in area, but that didn't mean that our time here was brief. The dogs and I took the time to inhale the mountain air and to admire the landscape that we were then exploring in. I thought of the behavior of the guys in the jacked up Jeeps and how upsetting that was to me. And I couldnt help see some correlation between that encounter and what the Apaches must have endured, of course my encounter so very minor compared to their ordeal. I left feeling greatful that I get to spend so much of time alone in the mountains with my two best friends.....I really did.....I suspect that the Apaches felt the same.....
On the way back to our campsite I found myself admiring all of the smaller mountain peaks that the sandy road meandered its way through.....
And as we drove along that sandy road I witnessed something that I'd never seen before. At face value I guess it was nothing, but I saw a deer take advantage of a barbed wire fence that had the lower strand removed and replaced with wire that had no barbs. Every deer I've ever seen jumps the barbed wire fence but now it appears that they understand the good work of man.....
We weren't quite ready to call it a day so we decided to challenge ourselves and bushwack up one of those small mountain peaks along that sandy road.....
The real challenge here were the cactus that grew along the south facing slope that we climbed.....
There was one cactus plant in particular that gave the dogs a hard time.....and that south facing slope was covered in it.....
Eventually we made it to the summit of the tiny mountain and we really didn't spend a considerable amount of time up there.....no food or drink.....
It felt good to have a small challenge in our day.....and to see more of the Dragoon Mountains from that tiny mountain summit.....
We downclimbed back through that nasty cactus and we were finally ready to call it a day.....a very good day.....
