Day 1
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• Guests would leave Fort Tuthill around noon on Monday, May 22nd and travel, on pavement, approximately 75 miles to that night’s dispersed campsite.
• Along the route we will drive down HWY 89A through Oak Creek Canyon and into Sedona. If the group would like to stop and look around this could be accommodated.
• We then continue to the Ghost town of Jerome where we should definitely stop and have a wander around the shops and historical buildings (this is a tourist stop and has living residents...along with some ghosts).
• From there it’s a short mountain road drive to the camp...

Day 2
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• We would get on the road around 0900 an drive the 27 miles of pavement to Prescott (the original capital of Arizona).

• In town the convoy will turn onto the Senator HWY (the main route between Prescott and Phoenix in the late 1800s-the early 1900s).

• After about 7 miles, we leave the pavement for the next day and a half. The Senator HWY starts out as a improved graded dirt road and within 7 more mile turns to a more challenging “primitive” road.

• There will be several creek crossings along the way which guests will experience how to utilize some shovel work or rock placement to navigate across.

• The next couple of miles are bumpy and will require a steady throttle foot to smooth things out. Depending on the snow melt in May on the north-facing roads, we will either continue along this road or an alternative route is available should we decide to bypass this section.

• After traveling only 10 miles (2 hours) on the dirt, we come to Palace Station for our lunch stop.

• After lunch we will continue on for about 3 hours (13 miles) to where we’ll camp for the night. Along the way we will encounter some cool challenges (there is a spot where a fallen tree partially blocks the trail and we’ll winch it out of the way).

• Also, more opportunity for some easy “marshalling” and driving technique conversations. Plus, there are a ton of scenic view stops for pics.

Day 3
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• We’ll have a leisurely start to day three. Once everyone has had breakfast and have their rigs in order, the convoy will get only a mile down the road before it’s first obstacle…the waterfall. This will be a place where we can put to use the marshalling and “picking a line” skills we learned yesterday.
• After we’ve all climbed the falls, we’ll continue to work our way down the trail until we find our way into Crown King (8 miles and about 2 hours). At this point we can hit the general store, grab some food at the saloon, or just wander around. This point also bring us to the end of the “hard” stuff.
• Once we leave Crown King it’s about 27 miles of improved dirt road to get us back to I-17. Along the way we stop at a bat cave (short hike), scenic overlooks, the villages of Cleator (Yacht Club), and Bumble Bee (Stage Coach Stop).
• Once we get close to the Interstate we’ll stop and have a safety check of all the Revels.
• For those headed towards Phoenix, I give a strong suggestion to stop about 10 miles away for the best pie in the world!