Anyone interested in a scenic run on the 16th? I was thinking up near wickenburg?

okay

sure man

in.

sorry Im out (not how Alan is out) I have X-mas party every Sat and Sun for Dec.

nate wrote:sorry Im out (not how Alan is out) I have X-mas party every Sat and Sun for Dec.

dude, you are so wrong for that... do you really want to start this again, right before we celebrate the birth of baby Jesus and everything? :)=)

I'm playing music that weekend at CCV, then flying to CA Sunday night and consulting the following week (no, Nate, not San Francisco...), so I'm out too (I've got to stop outing myself this way...)

Jesus loves even the people who are out like you. Happy Birth Day Jesus.

Have fun in San Fran. LOL

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Doubt Ill be able too...
Ill be shooting at the AsSalt tour on the 15th and its an all day shoot, So Sunday will be my recovery day.

Tentative plan:

Out to Wickenburg
On to Constellation Rd
Wickenburg Mountian Trail to Copperopolis
Out through Castle Creek Trail to Lake Pleasant

Expect rutted trails, driving in washes, and checking out a few mines.
A good day of driving, ghost towns, graves, and windmills.

Well as discussed last night with the AsSalt tour no more, Looks like Ill be tagging along for some fun :)

skatchkins wrote:Tentative plan:

Out to Wickenburg
On to Constellation Rd
Wickenburg Mountian Trail to Copperopolis
Out through Castle Creek Trail to Lake Pleasant

Expect rutted trails, driving in washes, and checking out a few mines.
A good day of driving, ghost towns, graves, and windmills.

cool...

Skatch,
any possibly of a google earth on this?
curious to see if any Geo Cache's in the area

Actually if you do google earth and just do a search for copperopolis, arizona you will find our destination. Entering from the West on Constellation, and exiting Castle Creek.
I almost looked for some caches too :))

Heres a little history about Copperoplis and the surrounding areas

The records of the United States Post Office and those of the Arizona Mining Museum indicate that the towns of Kirby/Briggs and Copperopolis were settled in the middle and toward the end of the 1870's. The mail came to Kirby/Briggs by way of the Arizona Stage Coach on it's weekly round-trip return from the Castle Hot Springs Resort. There was never a Post Office in Copperopolis nor did the Stage Coach go there. Kirby/Briggs was the end of the line and the Stage turned around and headed back down the mountain the way it came. The people from Copperopolis went to Kirby/Briggs to get their mail. That is, when the Post Office was open there. The first Post Office first opened in 1883 in what was then called Kirby. It remained open for just over a year when it was closed. Later, in 1890 it was re-opened for another couple of years. This time the same town was known as Briggs. When the Post Office closed permanently the mail was brought from Wickenburg either by the Stage Coach or by Teamster's wagons used to haul ore out and goods in to these communities.

The mines at both Kirby/Briggs and Copperopolis were a low grade copper ore and neither town was able to sustain a long history of occupation. Copperopolis had a population of 500 in its peak.

Copperopolis once had a very sophisticated system for delivering water to the homes and businesses at the town. Many places were supplied with water through a system of cisterns and underground pipes which originated at a higher point toward the West of Town. There was a series of windmills to pump the water from the ground into these cisterns. Piping flows from the bottom of the cisterns downward toward the town.

neat story hope to see some of these old buildings & places. also looks like theres a lot of caches in the area as well, anyone object to looking for a cache or two?

Not at all

So who all plans to go on this little outting?
And where & when should we all meet?

Meet at Chris's house. Leaving at 7:30am

Whoa, there's lots of caches out there. You pick what you want Scoob, too many decisions. Snoopy, Castle Creek, and Bradshaw looked good? I'm Ron Burgandy?

7:30!!!!