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Arizona: Traveling US-191 from Chelly, AZ to Bluff, Utah

May 19, 2007.

Several private RV-Parks were available in Bluff, where we spent the night. We chose Cottonwood Campground. The others were just as nice. Also one mile west of town is Sand Island Dept. of the Interior Campground with no utilites. It was OK as well.

As we drove north on US-191 out of Chelly, AZ Navajo farms and ranches dot the landscape. This is arid land. I don't see how these people exist. There is always some interesting geological feature like this to see.

This has a lot of volcanic ash in it. Still you can see layers upon layers of sedimentary rock.

That pointed rock is why this Arizona town is named "Rock Point". Many towns in this region are named for geological features.

Wouldn't this handsome structure of sandstone be unique in your pasture?

Hoodoos are rock formations that take on bizarre shapes such as these. This picture was taken in extreme northeastern Arizona.

About 2-miles west of Bluff, Utah US-191 meets US-163 it was at this junction that we came across this HUGE "Wide Load" negotiating the right angle turn. Talk about big, this thing was big. It not only had a big diesel semi in front there was one in back pushing as well.

In this picture you can see both the pulling truck as well as the pushing truck. Note that the man is still at the rear steering wheel after negotiating that turn.

They were stopping in the pull out at this intersection for the weekend. It is Saturday and road construction in Arizona is prohibiting them from continuing into Arizona until sometime Monday.

This load is 1/2 of the barrel for a rock crusher destined for a copper mine in Arizona. The men said this 1/2 of the barrel weighed 175,000 pounds. The total weight of the rig was 350,000 pounds.

This is how the truck in back is connected. The driver of this truck helps push up hills and helps with breaking as well.

This picture might give you a better understanding of the size of this monster.

Folks that truck is a long way from where this barrel starts. Additionally, that is a lot of rubber on the road.

Just this part appears to be longer than a normal 18-wheel truck & trailer rig.

It just so happened that another "oversize-load" was having to wait for the Arizona road construction as well.

This piece of specialized machinery appears to be a ditch digging machine used to lay those huge pipes that transport oil and natural gas across the country.

Until next time remember how good life is.

Mike & Joyce Hendrix