4/25/2017
After an overnight at the Deming NM Wal-Mart to stock up on food and supplies, we're on our way to Portal AZ. The forecast was for high wind warnings with possible road closures so we were up at the crack of dawn to get to the canyon before the wind got severe. With the one hour time change we arrived at the Cave Creek Canyon Visitors Information Center at 7:30 am and had to wait for our friend, Laura, to open the center.
We jumped right in and started training for our new workcamping job for the coming month. As the day wore on the wind kept building and we started hearing reports that I-10 was closed due to dangerous wind and dust storms limiting visibility. There was also a downed tree on one of the canyon roads, stranding some birders for a time until locals jumped into action to partially clear a path down the mountain.
Over the next month there'll be more interesting pictures and stories from Cave Creek Canyon.
Here's some pictures of the drive to and into Cave Creek Canyon...
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| Heading south into the hart of the Chihauhuan desert. |
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| The Chiricahua Mountains appear on the horizon. |
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| After turning onto Portal road, a pass through the mountains appears. |
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| The Cave Creek Canyon Visitor Information Center. |
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