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This Shows a Typical Trip to the Navajo & Zuni Reservations

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Photos of a Typical Trip to the Navajo & Zuni Reservations

The Ugly Otter (and his Beautiful Wife) make a trip similar to this about every two months or so.  The purpose, of couse, is to purchase the jewelry, rugs, and other things featured on our web site.  We look forward to these trips, as we get to greet old friends, suppliers, and when lucky we also meet some of the makers of the fine items featured on this web site.  These trips are exhausting - not only for the many miles driven, but the burden of selecting quality jewelry at reasonable prices for our many good customers.  We have to "be on our toes" and avoid counterfeit imported stuff, while making sure our purchases are truly Native American made, and made using genuine stones where applicable.  After obtaining this jewelry, our next step is sorting and pricing the things purchased.  Then, we must deliver the goods to our Elko, Nevada office which is another 1700 mile round trip "drive in the country".   No complaints!  We love traveling thru our beautiful country and meeting wonderful people!  Sure, we enjoy doing this.  We are both retired (retarded, some say) and what else would we be doing if not this?  No, we don't show photos taken on the Reservations, except on the highways.  They are "touchy" about photographing their homes!   

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Leaving Tucson, land of palm trees and warmth,  heading north, early in the morning, full of vim, vigor, and vitality.  

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Mile 10, we pass the Catalina Mountains on our right.

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Mile 15, the Tortolita Mountains on the far left.

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Mile 40, we pass the mighty San Pedro River, which sometimes has water.

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Mile 50, we are traveling down the San Pedro valley, land of giant Saguaros.

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A nice Saguaro, along the San Pedro river valley.  Some may live for more than 150 years and can grow up to 60' tall.  This one is about 50' tall.  They can live up to 7 years without a drop of water.

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Mile 60, we cross the Gila River, which always has water in this area.  The "streak" in the background is workings from a copper mine.  

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Mile 61, the town of Winkleman, AZ, home of Copper smelters.  Here, they process raw copper ore into copper plates for several surrounding mines.

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Mile 65, traveling north, up the Gila River Valley.

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Mile 70, giant Saguaros dot the hill sides.

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Mile 90, a mountain pass overlooking the San Carlos Apache Reservation in the distance.

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Mile 120, traveling thru the San Carlos Apache Reservation.

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Mile 160, descending down into the Salt River Canyon.  Here, our GPS shows us entering the main canyon, with the blue line being the Salt River at the bottom.

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Mile 165, near the bottom of the canyon, showing the Salt River.  The right, or south side, is the San Carlos Apache Reservation, the left, or north side, is the White Mountain Apache Reservation.

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Mile 165, a view of the switchback road we just came down into the canyon.

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Mile 168, a view of the Salt River from near the top of the canyon.

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Mile 175, going thru the White Mountain Apache Reservation.

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Mile 215, between Snowflake and Holbrook, AZ.  Time for a nap for Beautiful Wife.  Not really a lot of beautiful scenery.  However, this is fine ranch land, home of giant cattle ranches, some comprised of many thousands of acres.

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Mile 230, a rather ominous sign in Holbrook, AZ, wouldn't you say?

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Mile 300, on the Navajo Reservation, leaving Arizona and entering New Mexico.

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Mile 360, entering the Zuni Reservation in New Mexico.

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Mile 365, traveling thru the Zuni Reservation in New Mexico.

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Mile 440, dirt road between the Zuni Reservation, and Pie Town, NM, where we get to the next paved road.  This is remote ranch country, a long ways from anywhere.

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Mile 450, the Post Office in Pie Town, NM.  The only "business" we saw open.

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Mile 485, traveling thru the Plains of San Agustin, which is a very large ancient lake bed, home of the "National Radio Astronomy Observatory Very Large Array Telescope" and numerous antelope!

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Mile 500, a sign (vandalized) noting the sheep and cattle driveway established in 1885 for ranchers to drive their livestock to the town of Magdalena.  This driveway was from 5 to 10 miles wide, and went from Springerville, AZ, to Magdalena, NM,  where there was a railroad.

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Mile 524, Socorro, NM.

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Mile 607, Entering Elephant Butte, NM, where we purchase items for our web site.

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Mile 610, a curious name for the town, "Truth or Consequences, NM", which most people shorten to just "T or C".  We are fortunate to find several items for our web site.

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Mile 645, we cross the mighty Rio Grande.  Yes, this is the same river separating U.S. and Mexico.  Here, you can see tire tracks where people are using it as a road.  Also, here, it is U.S. territory (State of New Mexico) on both side of the river.  It's early morning, see our vehicle shadow? 

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Mile 770, the ghost town of Stein's, NM.  just off I-10, and a few miles from the Arizona State line.

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Mile 773, back in Arizona!

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Mile 820, looking toward the historic site of Fort Bowie and the Chiricahua Mountains in the background.

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Mile 850, passing thru the "Texas Canyon" on I-10.

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Mile 905, back in Tucson, home of over a million souls,  tired, hungry, ready to be home.  The point of beginning, with the Catalina Mountains in the background!

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UGLY OTTER TRADING POST
1188 Court St, #50
Elko, NV 89801

Phone 775 753 5396

FAX 775 753 4093

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