Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Two Guns, Arizona--A Ghost Town

Sunday afternoon we stopped at Meteor Crater RV Park. It is near Meteor Crater National Landmark. We decided to go geocaching. Bob found the description of a cache located at
a ghost town near our campground. The ghost town was a booming place in the 1920s and continued to be so until Route 66 was replaced by I-40. We were able to drive down an old section of Route 66 to get to Two Guns. Its original name was Diablo Canyon.
This must have been an interesting place to visit in its heyday. There were many buildings which were all in disrepair.We explored as many of them as we could while searching for the cache.
Bob tried to figure out how the round building had been used.Chris and DeAnna were not to be outdone, so they joined Grandpa.During our hunt for the cache, we had to cross the old bridge.
Chris had to time for his favorite activity--throwing rocks.The cache was located behind the last buildings in the area.
We enjoyed our hike around the ghost town and returned to the rv to find out more about the original town. Here are some links for you to check:
www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/twoguns/html
and
www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/6993

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