Friday 12-31-2010 Globe Area Ghost Town

[Tools R Us]

We went to Richmond Basin off of the Apache Trail. area that warrants more exploration.

 

[Tools R Us]

Started snowing pretty good, making the shelf road more fun on the way down.

 

[Tools R Us]

Rob driving off into the sunset.

 

[Jewy Louis]

Great pictures, looks like a blast.

 

[ChaseTruck]

Well, at least they tell you right up front:

 

[ChaseTruck]

That one is from the Nugget Mine spur...

 

[ChaseTruck]

Here's a few from the Richmond Basin trip...

 

[ChaseTruck]

... from the trail up to Richmond Basin

P.S. It didn't look like much of a 'basin'. Looked like plain mountain stuff to us flatlanders...

 

[ChaseTruck]

As seen from the passenger side of the blue '40

...the last one was where mapping data suggested a continuation on a loop, but trail usage had decreased drastically. Together with the increasing snowfall, we declared curiosity to be satisfied.

 

[BrotherRob]

Cacti in the snow

 

[BrotherRob]

It's a winter wonderland
At the top

 

[BrotherRob]

This is known as GTFO weather
The Lexus blends right in

 

[BrotherRob]

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