Day 25 We left Tucson and drove east on I-10. Not far out of Tucson, we saw some Union Pacific diesel locomotives on a side track near the highway. As we drove past them we saw more than 50 locomotives. All of them looked well used. It must have been a UP bone yard:
We drove about 35 miles south of I-10 to visit Chiricahua National Monument. There was no traffic on the road to the Park:
Chiricahua National Monument is a relatively small region of the Chiricahua Mountains that has been set aside and protected to preserve the unique rock formations and the surrounding habitats. There is a nice Visitor Center and one road that leads up the mountain to allow access to the pillars and pinnacles. There are numerous hiking trails to many other areas of the park.
The pillar formations were created by a combination of up-lift, cracking, and erosion.
The shape of the rocks and the early morning sun create interesting shadows. But maybe this image is an alien scanning the region:
to be continued......