Feb. 26, 2006
This day we took about a 150 mile Harley ride with our friends Dan & Sylvia from the “great state of California” and another RV-Cycle rider, Denny.
We drove to the Chiricahua National Monument. Established in 1924, these formations of balanced rocks, spires and pinnacles are similar in size and shape to those of Bryce Canyon in Utah although without as much color - the rocks are mainly grey but often with a covering of green lichen. The one mile circular route winds through some of the most impressive groups which include several examples of balanced rocks - boulders perched precariously on top of much thinner supporting columns.
During the 1860s and 1870s, the Chiricahua Mountains provided a refuge for the Chokoen band of Chiricahua Apache tribe led by the famous chiefs Cochise and Geronimo. Those people called this area the “land of standing up rocks”. On our way we passed a well-preserved fortress from this era, the Cochise Stronghold, in the Dragoon Mountains 40 miles west of the Monument. This will be a location we will go back to next year. (picture below, Dan, Denny, Sylvia, Betty)
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