Western Backroads

Welcome to Virgil and Marcia's blog. We take many weekend trips to places in Arizona and the Southwest. This is a place where family and friends can read about where we've been and what we've seen. Enjoy!

Sunday, June 17, 2007

4x4 Meetup - Lava Cave & Cinder Hills OHV

See all of my pictures and some from the other members HERE.

Friday night we hitched up the camper after work and headed north. This weekend was a planned meetup group event to go to the lava river cave and Cinders OHV area near Flagstaff. By the time we made it up to Flagstaff, it was already dark out. We managed to get ahold Marcia's parents who arrived at our pre-planned meeting spot about 10 minutes after we got there. We found a spot to setup the campers and called it a night.

Saturday morning we kicked back and waited for the rest of the group to arrive. By 9am, the crew rolled in and after a little organization, we headed towards the lava cave west of the San Francisco Peaks.

Here is a picture of Marcia standing next to her Jeep.


To get from the camping area to the lava river cave, we took the Schultz Pass road on the north side of Flagstaff as a shortcut. Here's a photo of all the vehicles as we stopped for a break along the way.


Once we got down into the lava cave, it was really cold and dark.


We took the same route back to the campsite at the Cinders and spend the rest of Saturday and Sunday morning 4-wheelin' there.












Another groups posting with photos of the Cinder Hills OHV area.