Today, since we are in the holding area waiting for our parts to come in, I did about a 150 mile round trip up to the Casa Grande Area, well Coolidge, Arizona actually, with a stop along the way at Picacho State Park to pick up a De Anza Trail Stamp.
Picacho Peak was a lovely site, it is actually a climbable peak, I was told- Yikes!
I was able to get 3 stamps that were listed, plus a nice hiking staff medallion.
From there, up the road a piece to the Casa Grande Ruins National Park- not much to see there, but the did have a nice film that explained the deal with the park and the why of it. Got 4 stamps there, after a bit of effort, and also a pin and a hiking staff medallion also.
I also got credit for a visit to the Hohokam Pima National Park, Since the Pimas won't let anyone access the park. So now I am up to 173 parks.
Blogged further about the visit over at the National Parks page:
http://jimbobsnationalparks.blogspot.com/
Tomorrow, think I will run over to Organ Pipe Cactus park, which is a bit of a hike, but I need to knock it off the list- I'll be setting a new one way record to visit a park, I think its like 154 miles over there, but it's pretty scenery, so it's a good thing.
Tonight, we are packing dinner in over to Jerry and Judy's and Ed and Jan will be there also-
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