Hualapai Mountains Trip

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An old hopper near the Boriana Mine.

Chuck (Ursidae), Al and Jack ascend the Hualapai Mountains near Boriana Mine.

Boriana mine, where once Tungsten was mined.

Boriana Mine from above.

This was our camp at Wild Cow Springs Campground Friday night.

When I got up I discovered that a raccoon had climbed in the back of Brian's (Goodtimes')Jeep and ate several of my bagels! Little bandit! I sent his prints to the FBI, and he's a repeat offender.

Saturday morning Chris (BajaTaco) lead us down to the sleepy town of Pine Lake to meet up with some Kingman locals, who lead us on some trails.

Here's Joan leading us down Weaver Creek Trail in her tricked out Jeep.

The group winds it's way up and down the Hualapai Mountains on Weaver Creek Trail.

Chuck (Ursidae) and Mike and Amy (BajaXplorer) on Weaver Creek Trail.

Joan tackles the first optional obstacle on Moss Creek Trail.

Joan tackles the first optional obstacle on Moss Creek Trail.

Joan tackles the first optional obstacle on Moss Creek Trail. What can I say? She loves to rockcrawl!

Sign for the Gold King Mansion in Moss Creek.

The Gold King Mansion in Moss Creek. The mansion is all poured concrete, an unsual building style for Arizona when it was built.

Beautiful plaster moulding inside the Gold King Mansion. I was pleasantly surprised to find at leat part of it intact. Most of the buildings features have been vandalized or looted.

Looking down on the mansion and the group from the mine workings.

Part of the mechanism for pulling the ore out of the mine.

Ancient hands . . . This imprint in one of the concrete equipment bases spoke to me across 75 years of deserted time.

This rabbitbush helped to highlight the beginnings of color change in the trees along this wash. Yellow was an abundant hue for much of the day.

A mica mine.

Joan leading us up the sandy bottom of Moss Creek.

Moss Creek. One of these days I would love to explore Moss Creek on foot when there's water in it.

The eve of Fall.

The leaves they are a changin'.

Al's tire went flat, so he had to air it back up.

An old corral now overrun with Rabbitbush.

An old corral now overrun with Rabbitbush.

The wash that runs through Wild Cow Springs Campground.

This tree in the bottom of the wash has gotten carved out by floods.

Back at camp after my evening stroll.

I had time Sunday morning for another stroll along the wash.

Early morning and the leaves.

Seeing the trees for the forest.

A recent flood really cleaned the wash out.

The interesting interplay between north slope and south slope as we drove a ridgeline on the way home.

The flowers were in full bloom where we stopped to air up before hitting the highway and the long trip home.

Chris, Sharon, Randy, Brett, Brian and I all stopped at Burro Creek for lunch before going our separate ways.

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