Another Old Mine

 While we were in Wickenburg we took one ride out into the desert.  It was a nice road and a beautiful day.  We went as far as this old mine.  There is another mine along this road but we opted to turn around at this point.  We never ride too many miles in one trip or at least we try not to because the farther you go the farther you have to come back.  There are several other roads/trails you can take by leaving right from the campground.  Wickenburg is a great town to visit but there is a lot of traffic that comes through there because two main highways come together right at the start of downtown.  

We left Wickenburg and got through Phoenix early on a Sunday morning so the six lanes of freeway traffic was fairly light.  We drove up to our summer destination in the White Mountains.  The road we took was good but you still go up and down some pretty good hills with some 6 percent grades.  This road gets heavy traffic on the weekends.   Many folks from the Phoenix area come up to the mountains in the summer to escape the heat.  So far we have to agree the mountains are much cooler.  While Yuma is hitting the 100 degree mark we have enjoyed 70's and low 80's.  

Wickenburg Museum

 

 While we were in Wickenburg we visited the museum in town.  We have been before and they always have a nice collection of art.  They were featuring women artists that specialized in western themes.  Most of the art was for sale.  We liked the picture I have here but a little too spendy for us.  The sculpture on display was a Remington.   They have a few other Remingtons but most of what was on display was the featured womens art.  The basement has the museum artifacts.  They have recreated a few of the town's buildings and stuffed them with antiques.

Wickenburg is a fun little western town to visit.  There is a guided tour you can take if you want to pay.   We saw some folks in golf cars being ridden around town taking the tour.  They would stop at one of the old buildings downtown and someone in old time costume would give a little spiel about the history of the building and the people that were noteworthy.  If your in need of a saddle or cowboy hat, etc.  You can find it here.

Baby Quail

 You might have to click on the pictures to see the babies.  Our RV site in Wickenburg was up against the backside of the park.  There was a mulberry tree with ripe fruit right next to us and it attracted all kinds of birds including these quail.  If you look at the little ones closely you can see the start of their little crowns of feathers on top of their heads.  The babies were fun to watch.  Mom would get a nice berry and one of the babies would come and snatch it from her.  What really amazed us was that when they were startled and started to run for cover they could actually fly.  You wouldn't think they have enough feathers to make flight possible. 

We enjoyed our time in Wickenburg.  We took one ATV ride which was nice.   We walked up town on the nice walkway they have put in to get across the Hassayampa River.  The river is dry most of the year but it does run underground.  What is hilarious is your looking down from the walkway on the bridge at the dry riverbed below and they have "no fishing from bridge" signs.