We are new to geocaching, but in the short time we have owned a a handheld GPS we have discovered a couple of things, it is really good exercise, and a good way to explore new areas both at home and when we are travelling.
For the past three years we have been spending a few weeks near Ajo AZ, . We camp at a site on Darby Wells Rd about five miles south of Ajo.
We have noticed a historical monument just off the Ajo Highway, because the monument isn’t accessible from the highway we have never stopped to see what it was for.
Until today while searching for a cache we discovered that the monument marked the place where the Clarkston Cemetery was and named the people who had been buried and then had their bones moved to the Ajo Cemetery.
Clarkston was a town of 1500 people, that was incorporated in 1915 and was destroyed by fire in 1935.
Another cache took us into Ajo, past the old Hospital to the very top of the town, we saw views of Ajo that were new to us and realized how much more there is to this little town.
I think the orangey colored buildings are being built for the Border Patrol officers.
The old open pit copper mine is huge. It closed in 1985.
The good news is the Dairy Queen was open today.
Another cache we found today was well hidden,
Jean
geocaching is the best way to explore those great little spots that you wouldn't have otherwise seen!
ReplyDeleteWe got a Delorme P40 GPS 3 years ago but it still remains unused. We just couldn't seen to get a handle on how to use it. We have even lost the instruction manual now:((
ReplyDeleteHave never tried it, sounds like fun. But want do you catch?
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