Another Blue Highway - US-93

Another Blue Highway - US-93

The route begins (or ends, depending on which way you’re heading) in Wickenburg, Arizona. The road between Wickenburg and Kingman, Arizona is all desert-scape. Joshua trees and saguaro cacti are the major characters of note along the way. In fact, a section of the highway here is called the Joshua Forest Parkway.

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Pie Town and the Slow Road to Albuquerque

Pie Town and the Slow Road to Albuquerque

We crossed the state line into New Mexico and I remembered reading somewhere about Pie Town. Named for a 1920’s bakery that specialized in dried-apple pies, this tiny town of 186 lies on the Continental Divide and evidently pie shops were a notable reason for visiting. Today, the Pie-O-Neer offers the only pie in Pie Town. We were all geared up for a sweet treat of pie a la mode so, of course, we stopped.

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Blanche’s First Camp-Out… Apache Lake

Blanche’s First Camp-Out… Apache Lake

David had consulted Compendium and chosen Burnt Corral Campground on Apache Lake which sounded like an ideal spot to spend our first camping days. We passed numerous campsites along Roosevelt Lake and wondered if we should just grab one, but decided to continue on. The turnoff for Apache Lake Trail (AZ-88) led us past Roosevelt Dam where the pavement abruptly ended and turned to gravel. The six-mile, tooth-jarring ride to the campground was worth every bump and jounce. The campsites stretched from the lake’s edge up cactus-studded hills.

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