Friday, March 2, 2018

Trundling West and North

We camped, after viewing the video and waiving all rights to claims of injury or indiscretion, on the Barry M Goldwater Range (BMGR) East. Scatterings of druzy quartz add to the thrills of hiking.




This hilltop redoubt had us wondering whether it was part of the early Homeland Security efforts.





2 comments:

  1. How does one go about getting permission? And did the A-10 Warthogs visit?

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  2. Al, by now you've discovered permits are available from the Cabeza Prieta Visitors Center. I hate to admit it, it's SO unpatriotic, but I wouldn't know an A-10 if I saw one. And to top it off, I don't think I've ever voted in a Presidential election. Ever since I read about our involvement in the ousting of Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in 1954 I've felt nothing but disdain for politics...and military aircraft.
    See: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/28/world/cia-plotted-killing-of-58-in-guatemala.html. A-10s, now long-since obsolete, production stopped in '84, cost (a mere) 18.1M ea.

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