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The Black Canyon area of Arizona is darkly rugged.Several roads
lead into this wilderness area.
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The Black Canyon City KOA Campground is well located to provide comfort as well as good views.
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Williams Circle Pines KOA is great place to park if you are
planning to board the train to the Grand Canyon. Williams is
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Picacho
State Park in Arizona is probably one of the best places to
stop when starting a winter vacation in Arizona. The setting
is high on the side of the hill providing a great view of the
valley below. For those who are visiting the desert for the
first time will find an excellent variety of cacti and other
desert shrubs.
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The
BLM land near Why, Arizona, provides two weeks of free dry camping.
The desert here is very scenic, and safe.
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This
group of pictures are all taken at Why, Arizona. Bordering on
Organ Pipe National Monument a nearby section of the BLM land
has a large number of Organ Pipe cacti mixed with the much taller
saguaro cacti, jumping cholla, and many lesser known varieties.
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Trailer
Park in Wellton shows a pot of gold under the end of the rainbow.
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Poncho
Villa in command of troops from Mexico raided the small town
of Columbus killing several of the inhabitants. It's hard to
picture the violence of that time when you are camped in the
beautiful Poncho Villa State Park with its large trees, and
plants. A couple of miles south you reach the Mexican border.
Park the car and walk across to visit the old town. The pink
building on the main street has an excellent Mexican restaurant.
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Temperatures
dropped almost to zero F on this visit to the Grand Canyon.
The weather cleared and the next day our walk along the rim
of the canyon was spectacular. The upper areas of the plateau
were covered with snow, fresh and clean, and very quiet.
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