Painted Rock Petroglyph Campground - Gila Bend, AZ

The Painted Rock Petroglyph Campground is a beautiful place for one night. At only $8 per night it's a bargain, and thousands of petroglyphs within a very short walking distance.

Vulture Peak - Wickenburg, AZ

The Vulture Mountains are a 29-mile long, arid, low-elevation mountain range located in northwest Maricopa County. It is in the north perimeter region of the Sonoran Desert. This is my new REI Passage 1 tent.

 

Montezuma Castle - Camp Verde, AZ

Montezuma Castle National Monument protects a set of well-preserved dwellings located in Camp Verde, Arizona, which were built and used by the Sinagua people, a pre-Columbian culture closely related to the Hohokam and other indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States, between approximately 1100 and 1425 AD.

Powell Springs Campground - Prescott National Forest

This is a very nice free campground with 11 campsites. This historic campground was built by the CCC. 

Bouse Community Park - Bouse, AZ

The Bouse Community Park is a nice little place to camp. The unincorporated community of Bouse was founded in 1908 as a mining camp. It is located on highway 72 in west-central Arizona, 29 miles from the Arizona and California border.

Desert Horned Lizard - Joshua Tree National Park

The Flat-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) has the most limited distribution of any horned lizard species in the U.S. It is found in the Colorado Desert in California, Arizona and Mexico. Its California range is mostly contained in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys in CDFW's Inland Deserts Region, with some habitat in Eastern San Diego County.

Alamo Canyon Campground - Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

The primitive Alamo Canyon Campground is a beautiful place to camp. There are only 4 established sites here.

Saddle Mountain Dispersed Camping BLM - Tonopah, AZ

 This is a great area for camping and hiking.

Vulture Peak - Wickenburg, AZ

 This is my MSR Hubba NX 1 tent. I wore out the zipper and threw this expensive tent in the garbage.

Vulture Peak - Wickenburg, AZ

My first hike up to the 3,660 foot summit of Vulture Peak. It is about 3.8 miles round-trip from the trailhead with 1,302 feet of elevation gain. 

Vulture Peak - Wickenburg, AZ

I had finally arrived in Arizona, with my Honda Civic. This is a very beautiful place to camp at the Vulture Mountains Recreation Area. This is my Marmot Limestone 4-Person tent. I love the room in this tent.