Re: NNG - Verde Valley (Scenery , Locos )

Thanks for posting, Dave -

As usual, your photos make me wish I had been there.

Does the VVRy run all year, or at least on weekends in the 'off' season?

I stopped by last June on route to visit my sister in Prescott, and it just seemed too hot to ride that day - over 100 at 10:30 am. How's the weather in February or March? And what about early October, on my way home from Chama? I presume the cottonwoods will be turning gold by then ...

Thanks in advance for your always appreciated sound advice.

- Russ

p.s. Next time you're in the area, be sure to visit the museum and fascinating ruins at the Tuzigoot Indian National Monument at Nohitsnorunsno, Ariz., just a few miles east of the VVRy depot. Of course being ¹/₂₅₆ Tuzigoot myself*, I am bit prejudiced in its favor.

pps. According to information posted in the depot / gift shop, the VVRy uses diseasels to avoid scaring the many eagles which nest in the canyon off their roosts. IMHO, if I were an eagle I would much prefer the haunting wail of a steam whistle to the obnoxious BLAAAT - BLAAAT of an air horn ...

* My Great⁵ Grandmother was a Tuzigoot princess; my Great⁵ Grandfather, Capt. Johann Jacob Roemer von Starkenburg, was one of the scientists attached to Powell's Grand Canyon exploration team.



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 06/25/2009 01:06AM by Russo Loco.