[Az-Geocaching] Driving on the backroads

[AJ George]

Patrick, thank you for the info on Castle Hot Springs Rd. I am looking
forward to caching out that way!


Can anyone comment on Table Mesa RD to Seven Springs Rd and down to Cave
Creek Rd?


On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 4:25 AM, Patrick Brown <panda77 at wickenburg.net>wrote:

>  the Castle Hot Springs road from the lake to Morris town is fine via 2W
> Drive , some of the off roads are not as friendly. I am in Wickenburg and a
> lot of the caches you can get to via 2w drive out here, Altho some are not
> as easy just watch as you go.
>
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> On 3/29/2013 9:29 PM, AJ George wrote:
>
> My caching vehicle is a stock 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab, 2WD 17" rims.
> My driving on the local dirt & gravel roads in this area is fairly limited.
> I have been able to get to the fire tower at T824 Horsethief Lookout cache
> via Crown King Rd. I also did a little driving on W Table Mesa Rd, west of
> I-17. I was able to make it to the arm of Lake Pleasant just below "Wild
> Burro" cache at Cow Creek Rd. There was an elevation change in the road I
> knew I could not go up at that point.
>
> There are some other backroads I would like to take. But I am unsure if
> the truck and my lack of experience driving on these backroads can make the
> trip. I don't want to plan a full day outing only to have to turn back at
> some point.
>
>  One of the trips is caching along Castle Hot Springs Road. I basically
> envision starting off near Lake Pleasant and then heading north and looping
> around coming out near 74 & 60.
>
>  Another is taking Table Mesa Rd from I-17 and going east to T824 Table
> Mesa cache. Then continuing on to Seven Springs Rd and Cave Creek Rd.
>
>  For those of you that have traveled those roads, are there any big dips,
> drops, washouts, etc that would keep me from completing these? Other than
> the obvious "don't do it after it has rained" and "take a lot of water", do
> y'all have any suggestions or comments?
>
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