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.
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This must have been an interesting place to visit in its heyday. There were many buildings which were all in disrepair.
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We explored as many of them as we could while searching for the cache.
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Bob tried to figure out how the round building had been used.
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Chris and DeAnna were not to be outdone, so they joined Grandpa.
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During our hunt for the cache, we had to cross the old bridge.
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Chris had to time for his favorite activity--throwing rocks.
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The cache was located behind the last buildings in the area.
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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/htmland
www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/6993
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