ryangibson:
Hello and welcome!
Yeah it sucks about the Bradshaw's and the loss in Crown King.
Unfortunately, I live in North Phoenix (I17 & Deer Valley). If
your up to a day run let me know.
Also, feel free to post some photos of your Tacoma and if you have
any questions I am here to help.
Regards,
Ryan
Then you are not far from me (Union Hills & 7th Street). I have a million photos of my truck. Most of them are from the CK area. I have been going there for 11 years. RIght out on Lane Mtn, so when I first heard about the fire I knew it would be a disaster. The dead wood and ground cover was real thick. I bet it went up in seconds.
I used to have a resident population of deer (about six), a mountain lion, lots of rabbits, snakes (black rattlers included) and one time a bear wandered right into my camp site. Now I wonder what happened to all of them.
Funny thing, I had fires there for those 11 years....some so big I used to tell people "you could see them from space," and I never once had a problem or close call with them getting out of hand.
During the monsoon season I hang out in a couple of Bradshaw spots trying to take some cool pictures of thunderhead build-ups. Sometimes I get too close and have to try and outrun a pending microburst Fun :-)
I'll see about posting some pics. My truck isn't really lifted (well, the rear is about 1.5" over stock and the front maybe half that), but it has been a good ride, never letting me down once. (Well, once, but that was the original crappy GM "green eye" battery. As a result I got to spend the night in a room at the CK Saloon. I later learned that in frontier days the upstairs rooms at the saloon were rented by the hour for.....well, I bet you can figure that one out....!!!)