Box Canyon

 

Today Barry and Mona took us to Box Canyon.

This is our first stop at the entrance to Box Canyon.

I am getting ready to take some pictures at our first stop.

Boy there are lots of saguaro cactus on the hills here.

We are following Barry and Mona into the canyon.

The trail is starting to get narrower.

Now the trail is getting narrow enough that side by sides can't pass.  When you meet another group they have hand signals worked out that tell you how many are in the group and the last person uses a closed fist to indicate they are the end of that group.  By the time it was explained to me, I had figured it out.

I believe this is the hill behind 5 Points where we stopped to admire the view and have some snacks.  That would be a rugged climb as it seems like everything has needles or thorns of some type.

Barry and Andy are at 5 Point, you can sure see a long ways from there.

Our next stop was a way station for the stagecoaches.

This is the backside of an adobe Way Station that was used when stagecoaches used to run through Box Canyon

Here is Mona and the front of the Way Station.

Andy and Mona went up the slope to an abandoned mine.

They didn't notice these steps that went up to the entrance.

The writing on the rock is right, the trail got rougher after this point.

We were surprised when we saw the cattle.

Vera and I are at the second view point we went to.

The view from there was great.

There was quite a bit of water running down the trail, I don't think is was this smooth when the stagecoaches used it.

We stopped at the River Bottom a biker bar just outside of Florence Arizona to eat.  They had great food and we really enjoyed our meal.  From left to right, Vera and I, Don (Andy's brother), his wife, Andy and Barry.

Of course some time was spent at the fire pit tonight.