CW Californians in Arizona

[Tsalagidave]

Was just browsing and found some nice pictures from a few years back and wanted to share them. We were doing Co. I of the 1st California Infantry (ca. 1863-4) up in the mountains outside Flagstaff Arizona. It is always great camping primitive in such a beautiful area. The only thing I regretted is that the nearest artesian well was about a kilometer away and all we had available to cache our water in was a collection of plastic jugs. Aside from that, it was a great event.

I had a pair of moccasins that I used as camp shoes and we did the entire event on period rations and live rounds. A pet hate of mine is how stupidly a lot of reenactors treat their guns because all they do is blank fire. The live fire guys always treat their gun with the respect it deserves and that has a lot to do with why I prefer their company.

Anyhow, I hope you like the pics.

-Dave

[Tsalagidave]

Here are a few more...

[Tsalagidave]

The view was amazing.

[Pay Dirt Norvelle]

Nice pictures.  I think I have seen them somewhere else and just can't remember right now.

[pony express]

Nice photos! Looks like another place I'd like to see someday, never been in Az before, closest was New Mexico and Colorado.

When I mentioned your water jug problem to my wife, when I showed he the pics, she told me how they did it in the Philippines when she was growing up there. They used lengths of bamboo, as much as 4 or 5 feet long, by breaking out the dividers, to bring water from the nearest public well. They sometimes also made smaller water bottles of sections of bamboo.