Turquoise hunts ends at Chloride Arizona

We began our adventure at the end of Mineral Park road. We found a big Copper mine with No Trespassing signs. Across the road were several old abandoned mines. We forgot our flashlight so game over for exploring one.

                               Val found some very small pieces of Turquoise in a rock laden wash.

                                          So we were off to Chloride searching for Turquoise.

 We got side tracked and our interests leaned towards exploring this unique town and the surrounding area.

                                 Let the WEIRDNESS begin. We could see this was going to be stellar.

Julia bought lunch here. Old fashioned hamburgers with the buns toaster. Hand cut fries and home made slaw . In one corner was a small bar. They have live entertainment every night.

Old western Murals on the walls. Speaking of murals there is or was an artist (Roy Purcell) who painted Murals on the canyon walls above the town about 1 1/2 miles.

 

Here we begin the hike up to the Mural paintings. It was all up hill. We pushed Julia too hard and she got a bit nauseated. With some effort I made it to the Paintings and took some pictures.

 It was dark by the time we got back to the car. The sunset was gorgeous. This is a must come back and explore more of this town. We will do it when Enid, Blaine and Dawn are here.