Aravaipa Canyon

Address:
End of Aravaipa Road, Winkelman, AZ

Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness is a 19,410 acres wilderness area located in the U.S. State of Arizona. It forms the northwest border of the Galiuro Mountain range. The wilderness is administered by the BLM and is located northeast of Mammoth, Arizona in Graham and Pinal counties, about 120 miles southeast of Phoenix. The wilderness includes the 11-mile long Aravaipa Canyon, the surrounding tablelands and nine side canyons. The Nature Conservancy's Aravaipa Canyon Preserve protects 7,000 acres of private land and is contiguous with the BLM wilderness area. Pedestrian access to the preserve is allowed only with prior authorization from Preserve staff.
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Aravaipa Canyon Videos

Hiking the Gila Box River Trail, Graham County, Arizona

Hiking the river trail in the Gila Box, or at least I thought I was. It quickly became obvious there was no trail, just a lot of brush and deep, strong, water. Not at all like Aravaipa Canyon! The Gila Box is just east of Safford, AZ, in Graham County. The Gila River runs from eastern Arizona, all the way across the state to the Colorado River -- or would if Phoenix did not suck it dry.

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... Rural Stride, Josh Kirsch

Hummingbird Point - Gila River - Arizona

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Trek with me along the Gila River in Arizona to a place called Hummingbird Point where the ancients left behind their symbols.

Pinal County, Arizona

Pinal County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of 2000 its population was 179,727. As of 2007, its population was estimated to be 299,246. The county seat is Florence. Pinal County contains parts of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Gila River Indian Community.

Growth from the Phoenix metropolitan area to the south has begun to spread into the northern parts of Pinal County. The cities of Maricopa and Casa Grande as well as many unincorporated areas have shown accelerated growth patterns; suburban development is likely to continue southward through the county.

National protected areas
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
- Coronado National Forest (part)
- Hohokam Pima National Monument
- Ironwood Forest National Monument (part)
- Sonoran Desert National Monument (part)
- Tonto National Forest (part)

Cities
- Apache Junction (part of Apache Junction is in Maricopa County)
- Casa Grande
- Coolidge
- Eloy
- Maricopa

Towns
- Florence
- Hayden (part of Hayden is in Gila County)
- Kearny
- Mammoth
- Queen Creek (part of Queen Creek is in Maricopa County)
- Superior
- Winkelman (part of Winkelman is in Gila County)

Putnam Wash near Dudleyville Arizona 1/16/2019

Slot canyon between Dudleyville and Mammoth Arizona.

The Life and Times of Dorothy Kilbourn Wood

Dorothy K. Wood 1916 - 2014

Dorothy Kilbourn Wood. 97, died on January 17, 2014 at home in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Dorothy was born in Utica, New York on December 2, 1916, to Lysle D. and Hilda Glassford Kilbourn.

Dorothy had a life long love of horses and the American West. She read the Wild West Weekly and wrote to her pen pal, Louise Dye. After graduating from high school, in 1935, Dorothy, her mother, and younger sister, Eleanor, were traveling to California to visit family. Dorothy had been invited to stay with her pen pal, Louise. That visit changed Dorothy's life. She met Bert H. Wood and his family, on their ranch in the Aravaipa Canyon, near Winkleman, Arizona. Dorothy and Bert corresponded for the next couple of years. She returned to Arizona and they married on April 5, 1938.

Bert and Dorothy worked on the family ranch. They lived at Oak Springs. Their oldest son, Clifford was born in 1941. Dorothy loved to reminisce about this time in her life and had many fond memories.

They moved to Tucson and began breeding and raising race horses, including Joe Reed II. Their son, Roger was born in 1945. Their daughter, Kathleen was born in 1955. While living in Tucson, Dorothy was active in the Cowbelles and started the Arizona State Chapter of the Homemakers Association. Bert and Dorothy also worked for Audie Murphy on the TM Ranch, in Vail, Arizona.

Following Bert, in his life long dream of owning his own cattle ranch, the family moved to Camp Verde, Arizona in 1961. Dorothy immediately became involved in the community. She worked for the pharmacy for 11 years. Volunteering was one of her passions. She felt that volunteers were the backbone of the community. Dorothy volunteered at the Camp Verde Chamber of Commerce and the Camp Verde Historical Society until she retired at the age of 95. She was a charter member of the Camp Verde Library Endowment. Dorothy was very excited about her dream of a new Camp Verde Library being fulfilled with the demolition of the old Camp Verde Jail. Her spirit will be at the ground breaking for the new building. Dorothy was a member of the Camp Verde Saddlebags Precision Riding Team. The Saddlebags appeared in the Glenn Ford/Henry Fonda film, The Rounders. Dorothy loved hiking with her friends, going on treks, travel, and adventure. She loved challenges and was always looking for something new to learn. Even after she retired from ranch work, she continued to cook for fall roundups at other local ranches.

Dorothy lived in the home that she shared with Bert, until March 2013. Moving from her home and friends was difficult for her. She moved to Prescott Valley, Arizona to live with her daughter and son in law, Arron. Dorothy spent her days with Arron and true to her spirit of adventure, she loved being his navigator when they were hauling cars and making loads in the dump trailer. Her handle was the Highway Hellion. Dorothy enjoyed going to car shows and meeting new people. Arron's friends were always surprised about how much she knew about cars.

Her parents, her husband, Bert, of 63 years, and their son, Roger 'Buzz' Wood of Camp Verde, Arizona, preceded Dorothy in death. Dorothy is survived by her sister, Eleanor Murphy of New York, her brother, Larry Kilbourn of Connecticut, her son Clifford Wood and his wife, Judy, her granddaughter Jennifer Hoffman, her husband, Sean, their sons, Owen and Noah, grandson Jeff Wood, his wife Amanda, their sons, Justin and Calvin, all of Tucson, Arizona, her grand daughter, Nadine Sizmur and her husband, Tim, of Jimboomba, Queensland, her daughter Kathleen Cormier and her husband, Arron, of Prescott Valley, Arizona, and her adopted granddaughter, Hayleigh Schroeder.

Tara Solomon Arizona FroShow Nov 2013

Slap/grounder to SS

Wenden flood Saturday.3GP

The waters of the Centennial wash receded by Saturday. The La Paz County Health Department Epidemiologist and the Medical Reserve Coordinator view the damage.

Dudleyville Arizona Water Crossing - Matt

Matt going through the little water crossing by Dudleyville Arizona going from Freeman road down the Camino Rio and onto San Pedro Road in Dudleyville.

San Simon Arizona Cliff Jumping

Had a fun camping trip up in san simon AZ measured the highest cliff at 35ft I was the only one to jump off, because of the small hole and big gap, but the water was about 6 1/2 foot deep all around and in some places 7ft # cliffjump # Arizona

Jeju Way in Santa Rosa on the wall of the Russian River Brewing Company. RRBC

We had a cow named Mishaka and we found a story about St. Mishaka found below. In this time we had holstein cows in Grayton CA. Milked her every moring. Real life poppies are a Santa Rosa gardener's favorite. The best yard displays can be found throughout the Bennett Valley neighborhoods of Santa Rosa. The flowers in gardens bloom until early fall but are most plentiful and beautiful between April 1st and May 10th - depending on how early spring comes to the area. Poppy wildflowers can also be seen along the hiking and biking trails, around the lakes in the sunnier areas, at the nearby Howarth Park. There are several neighborhood access points just west of Summerfield road; the main access to the park on Summerfield Road is just south of Montgomery Drive.

Denkoroku
The Denkoroku records the moment when the Way was transmitted from teacher to disciple for each of the fifty two patriarchs. In each story, there is a narrative of the moment the student received the Way, short biographical information and a set of verses summarizing that particular Patriarch's teaching.

Saint Mishaka, The Sixth Ancestor
One day, Daitaka said, 'The Buddha said, 'When one pursues the supernormal powers of a rishi or devotes himself to the study of the Lesser Vehicle, he becomes like someone entangled in, and dragged along by, a rope.' Know for yourself that, when you leave such rivulets behind, you immediately arrive at the GREAT OCEAN; by all means, confirm the UNBORN for yourself.' Mishaka, as a result, had a great awakening to his TRUE SELF. The Denkoroku: The Record of the Transmission of Light.

Mishaka's name means 'He Who Knows Pain.' He was the leader of thousands of rishi or Indian holy men who spent move of their time working on and cultivating their psychic power. They lived away from other men as hermits. He had a profound understanding of Zen Buddhism and was known to say to his discples, Nothing fetters you so what need is there to be released?

Even though there may be an every-day purity,

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Saint Fudamitta
The practice, understanding and transmission of Zen has been compared to holding a point in stillness by many of the Ancestors. silt-clear as a river's water in autum,

How can it possibly compare with a luminous spring night,

The moon softened by haze?

Many are the houses where people yearn thus

For a spotlessly clean life

But, however much they sweet this way and that,

Their hearts are still not emptied and clear.

Keizan Zenji summarizes the teaching of Mishaka

Read more at Suite101: Saint Mishaka: Sixth Zen Buddhist Awakening

FUNKY PANDA: THE MOVIE - Part 5 - Lake Havasu, AZ to Santa Rosa, CA, via Palm Springs

A film made from footage I took during Funky Panda's 2011 Mid-West Tour of the USA. This part of the film documents the journey between London Bridge, AZ, via Grundel's in Palm Springs and along Route 1 to our dear and kind friends, Gene, Kelly and Meghan, in Santa Rosa, CA.