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Well, now that the election is over my blog will be getting back to normal…so, here’s another scout outing post:
Last month I took the scouts on a nice little hike near Payson. We camped in a beautiful location near a creek and the next morning we hiked up to an uncompleted railroad tunnel near the top of the Mogollon Rim.
Tonto Forest published this about the tunnel:
In the early 1880's, the Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad made plans to cash in on the need for transportation of ore from Globe to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad in Flagstaff. The scheme called for a tunnel to be excavated through the Mogollon Rim. The plan was discarded after they twice ran short of funds. Now all that can be seen of the tunnel is a hole in the rock.
The boys had fun, the tunnel itself wasn’t all that great, but it was neat to arrive someplace at the end of the hike.
We had hamburgers with all the fixin’s—including French Fries made from real potatoes. All in all, it was a great trip.
Scott
Last month I took the scouts on a nice little hike near Payson. We camped in a beautiful location near a creek and the next morning we hiked up to an uncompleted railroad tunnel near the top of the Mogollon Rim.
Tonto Forest published this about the tunnel:
In the early 1880's, the Arizona Mineral Belt Railroad made plans to cash in on the need for transportation of ore from Globe to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad in Flagstaff. The scheme called for a tunnel to be excavated through the Mogollon Rim. The plan was discarded after they twice ran short of funds. Now all that can be seen of the tunnel is a hole in the rock.
The boys had fun, the tunnel itself wasn’t all that great, but it was neat to arrive someplace at the end of the hike.
We had hamburgers with all the fixin’s—including French Fries made from real potatoes. All in all, it was a great trip.
Scott
Ride up:
Here one of the guys is cutting the potato's into fries:
Frying them up:
A little slower, but much better than fast food.
A rock structure adjacent to the tunnel:
One Crazy group:
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