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[CougarCouple]

Hello Wildlife2019
This might offer some interesting reading. We're just down the road from here, and it is with out a doubt a special place with lots of history not to mention beautiful vistas.

Russ

http://www.totalesca...e.html#Mitchell

https://gizzardstone...oles-hole-wall/

https://www.alltrail...the-mojave-road

http://npmaps.com/mojave/


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Edited by CougarCouple, 15 January 2019 - 02:53 AM.

[Machinebuilder]

I'm planning to be there, but I'm coming from the east.

 

tentatively I am stopping at:

Somewhere in AR or OK

Palo Duro SP in TX

Salinas Pueblo Missions, NM

Chaco Canyon, NM

Mogollon Rim AZ

parts of Escalante, UT

 Unsure of more places, I am going to take 3-4 weeks and do a lot of wandering.

 

I am interested in staying at the FWC booth, but I will have my 2 dogs with me (well behaved GSP's).

 

How early do I need to purchase the weekend pass with camping? Fortunately I missed the mud fest at Expo East in the fall because I procrastinated.

[craig333]

My dog will be with me. Three weeks, I'll be lucky to get one week. 

[Machinebuilder]

My dog will be with me. Three weeks, I'll be lucky to get one week. 

I barely took vacation last year, and didn't travel other than for work. I warned them months ago that I want to take May off.

[craig333]

We'll see. Having an issue with eventbrite at the moment.

[patrkbukly]

We'll see. Having an issue with eventbrite at the moment.

Yes got my tickets this morning but it was off and on for a few hours.

[OutToLunch]

If you want more dispersed camping, there are a host of great places along Wood Mountain Road (FSR 231) which is to the west of the park.  You can take 532 to the park where Expo is held.  (Last year, i was walking my dogs off 231 and drove out 532 passing through the Expo checkpoint at highway 89 and the long line of campers waiting to get in.)  

 

If you want to avoid the parking and don't mind walking, there are two trails into Fort Tuthill Park (site of Expo) from the western border (FSR  9113B and 9014L, first is a power line and the second is the old rail bed that cuts by the archery range and the Air Force rec camp).  

[Horseshoe]

I second 231 west of the event as that area has become my go-to for an easy escape from the valley heat in the summer. If you do it right there is amazing camping at the end of 527 (I think) right on the edge of the rim overlooking Sedona. Spooked up a black bear out there in October.

[craig333]

If I opted to tow the Jeep I'd think about camping elsewhere. Probably not going to do that. I can handle crowds as long as I don't make a habit of it. Long walks from the camper to the event are good for the dog anyway.

[larryqp]

Hey Machinebuilder coming from the east

 

 

 

You may want to checkout,

Acoma Sky City, which is a Native America pueblo, you take a tour bus to the top of the Mesa and you can hike the nature trail back to the Museum. It is about 20 miles east of Grants, NM.

El Morro National Monument, which is about an hour south of Grants, NM, great camping and hiking. It has Anasazzi Ruins, that are accessible via a short but steep hike to the top of the rim and the trail then circles around to the base of  a huge cliff face where 

"Ancestral Puebloans, Spanish and American travelers carved over 2,000 signatures, dates, messages, and petroglyphs."

Of course its a Federal area, so the Govt Shutdown would effect it, if still happening.

 

It you time it right you could do both in the same day and then camp at El Morro. If you only have time for one do El Morro.

 

Of course if you are an Eagles fan, then a 10 minute stop in Winslow, AZ to stand on the corner is worth it. Stretch your legs, grab a cup of Joe and see the building size mural of a woman in a flat bed Ford, while the song plays.

Travel safe