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Scouting Roads Near Heber, AZ
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| Scenic Drive | 34.21 Miles |
1,279 AEG |
| | Scenic Drive | 34.21 Miles | 3 Hrs 10 Mns | | 10.80 mph |
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| no partners | | Scouting dirt roads before I do my penultimate segment of Trail #140.
Summary
FR 51 to FR 124: Typical car-drivable dirt road.
FR 125 to Holcomb ruins: Final mile not as bad as I remember, but still not car-drivable.
FR 166B: North of Holcomb, what was FR 125 changes name to FR 166B and gets rougher, with loose rocks up to 12″ and slippery sand. After 1.5 miles, I turned around. FR 166B is a part of Trail #140 I was thinking of biking, but  that: I’ll hike it.
FR 124 to FR 146: Some rocky sections, but rocks pounded solidy into road surface, not loose, so more like cobble stones. Car-drivable. Around Hess Tank, I stopped to check my GPS. There was enough room on my left to pass. I heard a whiny engine coming up fast. I started to move further right, only to slam on my brakes when a Kenny Brack-wannabe decided to pass on the right. Bite me. Did not follow the last five miles to AZ-260.
FR 146 to AZ-260: As befitting it’s higher-level topo map symbol, FR 146 was the best dirt road of all. Easily car-drivable.
FR 124A: No thanx. Bailed by ranch gate after ⅓ mile. (I drive a stock Acura RDX SUV: A jeep would be fine.)
FR 144 to FR 124: A clone of FR 146, but with many RV campers. We pulled off FR 144 next to Pierce Wash, to have a picnic. A herd of wild horses was 50 yds. away. Usually, they shy away if people get any closer. Not these guys! 
Rumble  Video: https://rumble.com/v5dq9t9-wild-horses- ... n-rim.html
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