Our final hike for our three weeks in the Whipple Wilderness was to a mine we found on our maps. The Turk Mine is along the western edge. An old mining road leads to it, which we followed. About a mile and a half later we were at the mine.
After poking around there for awhile we decided to continue further into the wilderness. We followed another old mining road for awhile, until it ended for no particular reason, and then continued north.
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| Weird rock formation. Looks like a spine. |
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| The road to nowhere is above Vicky's shoulder |
We traveled until we had seen enough, and then returned using a different route, making our trail a flattened figure 8. The three hikes we took from this camping spot, and the hike we took from the road to the Lucky Day mine are shown in the following map.
In the interior of the wilderness we saw a lot of evidence of lawbreaking. Many people had traveled into the wash in their dune buggies, and all of them knew that was illegal. As one of the Rangers had told us, people just drive over the signs and break them off. Once more I have to say: some people!
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| We searched the area for the rest of the sign so we could erect it, but to no avail. |
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