Chiricahua National Park

We spent most of the day today in beautiful Chiricahua National Park in the Bonita Canyon area. The 8-mile paved scenic drive and 17-miles of day-use hiking trails provide opportunities to discover the beauty, natural sounds, and inhabitants of this 11,985 acre site. The first settlers to live in Bonita Canyon were Ja Hu Stafford and his wife Pauline. They originally built a one-room, log cabin in 1880, which grew with his family. You can still see the cabin today. Faraway Ranch was the home of Swedish immigrants, Neil and Emma Erickson, who settled in Bonita Canyon in the late 1880s.Their home evolved from a simple homestead to a thriving guest ranch that was in operation from 1917 - 1972. Members of the family lived on the ranch until 1975. Shortly thereafter, it was sold to the National Park Service. In addition to walking on some of the trails and taking many pictures (many, many pictures!), we were able to tour the ranch house. When it was sold, the personal belongings of the family were left in it, so it remains intact still today.
The views from the hiking trails were breath taking. I will upload pics tomorrow.

OK, if you checked back, the pics didn't get uploaded - sorry - here they are!!