We are at the top , or the pass area of Dragon Mountain, I was told that we would be about 5000 ft up here, well it looks like we are that high from the floor, but its only about a 1000 ft up from there. It sure is a beautiful veiw from here but the dirt roads getting here are very dusty.

Well look who's here! Ziggy and Toybox, (look in my links section for their homepage). They are on the other side of the pass going back down, we are leaving camp going on yet another shelf road experiance. We are being guided by Orin, a Benson resident very familiar with this area, The old mining roads in Az. are a great way to explore and get in some good 4x4ing, we are trying to see as many as possible before they are closed. Looking about 11 oclock at the base of the mountains in the distance, you can make out Tombstne AZ. The haze is from the fires in Mexico, smoke has drifted this far up north, usually this would be a clear beautiful picture.

We are taking as short break after climbing another mining road only to find it closed near the top. It seems someone has opened the mine or is in the process of opening it again, but they closed the road to 4 wheeling. The little CJ-5 on top belongs to Orin the Benson resident, he's the one with the cowboy hat on.

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