Southwest Arizona
January 17-22, 2022
On this adventure, we had nine 4×4 vehicles: 3 Jeep Gladiators, 1 classic Jeep Commanche pickup, 2 Jeep Wrangler JKUs, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, a Jeep Wrangler TJ and a Jeep Wrangler TJ Unlimited. We explored the extreme southwest section of Arizona, near the Mexican border, running the El Camino del Diablo (“the devil’s highway”) trail, and the KOFA Pioneer trail. We visited active and abandon mine sites, old ranches, oases of water in the desert, and saw incredible plant life and some desert bighorn sheep. One of the highlights was a tour into a mine which had luminescent minerals in the walls, which glowed in the dark. We camped out under the stars and had some epic, gourmet-style camp meals!
Next is a summary of each day of the adventure from participant David Knutson. More photos from the adventure follow.