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As one travels to southwestern Yavapai County, the landscape drops off from mountains and plateau into deep desert, complete with Saguaros and Joshua Trees (and warm winter days). As you look out from the high country, this desert stretches to the horizon like a great gray-green sea, with islands of isolated and rugged mountains looming above. We’ll spend a day exploring this fascinating desert landscape, including a little-known oasis of permanent water at Hidden Tank. We’ll visit the site of the old Congress Mine and Cemetery and the Nella Meda Mine, in recent years much restored under the name Robson’s Mining World, along with a huge collection of vintage mining equipment. Some light hiking (up to a mile) included. Along the way we’ll make a brief stop at the trailhead to the Prescott Hotshots Memorial. Activity Rating: 2.
Tuition includes transportation, box lunch entrance fees and field instruction. Departs 8AM from Prescott campus.
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