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Travel and Accommodations: this is a two-day event where attendees have the option of coming for one or the other or both.
- Motels are scarce in the immediate vicinity, with the closest ones being in Black Canyon City to the south or Cordes Lakes to the north.
- Dispersed camping is also available all over the top of Perry Mesa, so people who want to attend both days are encouraged to camp. High clearance and/or 4WD are necessary to reach all of the locations for the planned visit, so it will be crucial to plan for carpooling once the list of attendees is finalized.
- Travel to the Perry Mesa vicinity from Phoenix takes about 45 minutes, and from Tucson about 2.5 hours.
Sites and Locales: this is a two-day trip where attendees have the option of joining us for one or both of the days.
- Day One (Saturday) will take place in Agua Fria National Monument atop Perry Mesa. We will all meet at 9:00 that morning at the junction of Bloody Basin Road and Highway 17 where there is an enormous parking area to chat with each other and plan for things like carpooling before we depart. This will be the easiest day in terms of hiking, no more than a few miles total.
- Day Two (Sunday) will take place atop Perry Mesa on the Tonto National Forest portion, with researcher and AAHS trip director R.E. Burrillo leading folks on a tour of two major population centers. We will all meet at 9:00 that morning at the junction of Copper Creek and Bloody Basin Roads atop the mesa to chat with each other and learn a bit about the places we’ll be visiting, and plan for things like carpooling before we depart. This will be the toughest day in terms of hiking, probably totaling around eight miles, although it will consist entirely of walking around two major archaeological sites so folks can move at their own pace and skip over any areas they don’t want to attempt.
Trip attendance is limited to a maximum of 20 people including two trip leaders, and attendance is restricted to AAHS members and their guests only. To register, use the registration button at the top of the page or email R.E. Burrillo at Ralph.Burrillo@aahs1916.org. We will create a waitlist if necessary.