May 30th Arizona with The Parents II

Hi all, having some problems again, maybe because of the storms coming in...Don't know but let's see if the pictures come in.

Well, it worked, of course I did not realize I used the medium sized picture for this first one. Anyway, This picture is showing the copper fields across the way from the ruins. You can see how it is a bright orange color, which indicates copper tailings.




OK back to the correct size, here is another picture of the ruins, closer up and you can see how the rooms are laid out.







Here is a view of the rooms when we were at the top, plus the views beyond.







Here we are at the top. Now handicapped people - especially those that can not climb or walk on latters would not be able to get to the top. But you can get everywhere else. Also, some people have trouble looking over the sides as they are afraid of heights but the views are great so it is worth the climb.




View of the Ruins from above and the Green Fields below. This is where they farmed the land, trying to be as close to the creek/river as possible.



It looks as though I can not post any more pictures to this post so I will have to do a few at a time.

May 30th Arizona with The Parents

May 30th Arizona with The Parents - Tuzigoot and Jerome, Arizona

Hi All, Back again with some more pictures of ancient ruins and ghost towns. On May 29th, we made it a liazy day, just sitting at the pool and having a cook-out, so no pictures. But on May 30th, we started out again, to check out the Ruins at Tuzigoot and the Historical Ghost/Mining Town of Jerome. What follows are pictures during this day. Thanks for looking and see you at the next post.

This is the sign at the beginning of the trail. It is truly amazing - National Parks and Monuments that are paved so that all can see them, and these great signs that you can read and they do not need upkeep.

Here is a view from below of the Ruins at Tuzigoot. It is very impressive both far away and up-close.

Like I stated earlier, you can see the path. On one side is the ruins and on the other side is the Reclamation Site - where copper tailings had been put on the soil and now, they are cleaning it up by putting clean earth on top. The company (this land is not part of the National Monument) is doing this out of the goodness of their hearts, probably so that they do not get dinged by the government (and the EPA.) The earth will hopefully return to grassland/shrubs and other vegetation.