A Southeast AZ Road Trip Adventure! | Apple Annie's, Chiricahua Nat'l Monument, & Pioneer Cemetery

Seeking out a safe but doable day trip to get out of the house, we headed out to southeast Arizona to pick vegetables at a farm, have a picnic atop a mountain, and see the grave of one of the Earp's. Join us on our adventure! We've got some special guests today!

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We're back at Apple Annie's Produce & Pumpkins! Can you blame us? We love this place! However, despite going in the Autumn to pick our annual pumpkins, we've never gone during the summer when they have loads of fresh vegetables that you can pick straight from their farm. While there we saw plenty of okra, peppers, bell peppers, tomatoes, artichokes, summer squash, cucumbers and green beans. Tons of fun for the family to pick dinner straight from the plant and get some fresh air.

⚪ Apple Annie's Produce & Pumpkins - https://tinyurl.com/y525hp2o
⚪ Directions to Apple Annie's Produce & Pumpkins - https://goo.gl/maps/XQHdRdchMQJmdGyG6


After our farm visit, we were definitely starting to get hungry. Time for a picnic! Since we drove out all that way, what better way than to picnic on top of a mountain and Massai Point looking down at all the rhyolite formations in Chiricahua National Monument! It was a fantastic day with cool temperatures and soft breezes of fresh air (notice a theme here?). Our spread was a bit excessive but the meal and company were fantastic. Entrance into the park is still free so you can't go wrong.

⚪ Chiricahua National Monument - https://www.nps.gov/chir/index.htm
⚪ Directions to Chiricahua National Monument - https://goo.gl/maps/tN9UwGNRxfzZsjUDA


Before heading back to Phoenix, we decided since we were in the area to check out an old pioneer cemetery we've never visited before. You know us and our fascination with old pioneer relics. The Old Willcox Cemetery is located close to I-10 down a rather sandy dirt road. A high clearance vehicle might be preferred to get back there, but I imagine any car should be able to make the drive with some care. This old place feels out in the middle of nowhere and adds to the imagery of the Old West. Many old wooden grave markers are strewn about and located in the back of the cemetery is the grave of one of the Earp brothers! Warren Earp, the youngest brother, is said to have even partaken in the Earp's Vendetta Ride.

⚪ Directions to Old Willcox Cemetery - https://goo.gl/maps/PQR1pAXbN76zkXFMA


All in all, it was a great day and a great chance to get out and do some things both new and old outdoors in our wonderful state.


00:00 Intro
00:47 Apple Annie's Produce & Pumpkin Farm
09:19 Chicicahua National Monument Picnic
13:29 Willcox Pioneer Cemetery

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