Beyond Where Pavement Ends

ARIZONA BEYOND HIGHWAYS Where Pavements End

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS is published monthly by the Arizona Highway Department. Address: ARIZONA HIGHWAYS, 2039 W. Lewis Ave., Phoenix, Arizona 85009. $5.00 per year in U.S. and possessions; $6.00 elsewhere; 60 cents each. Second Class Postage paid at Phoenix, Arizona, under Act of March 3, 1879. Copyrighted© 1969, by the Arizona Highway Department. Printed in Arizona, U.S.A.

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Pavements, those expertly tailored arteries of travel which take us easily and comfortably through this land of varied scenic attractions and surprises wrapped up in a colorful package entitled "Arizona," serve us well and faithfully. We find their services rewarding and one of pleasure as so many visitors have found. In what is considered one of America's important travel states, if you do not have good roads you are out of business fast. Arizona has!

Now a pavement, as we understand the word (and in this understanding we have the concurrence of Mr. Webster), is a "paved surface for travel with an artificial covering." Herein, it is our pleasure to lead you off some of those places where the "artificial covering" of some of our roads ends, and take you, for lack of a better description, into "the back country."

Our amiable guide, as you will see, is expert not only with a camera but with a typewriter. His name is Darwin Van Campen, a name not unfamiliar to readers of this magazine.

He takes us with him to some of the back country places which he has enjoyed to visit not only as a photographer but as an adventurous soul looking for something new and exciting to see. It should be understood, as he says, his "back country" just skims the surface. Leave the pavement almost any place you go in this state and go looking for back country for yourself, following the whims of some little dirt road going this way and that. You might be surprised with what you will come up with. R.C.

COLOR CLASSICS FROM ARIZONA HIGHWAYS THIS ISSUE

35mm. slides in 2" mounts, 1 to 15 slides, 40¢ each; 16 to 49 slides, 35¢ each; 50 or more, 3 for $1.00. Catalog of previous slides issued available on request. Address: ARIZONA HIGHWAYS, 2039 West Lewis Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85009.

CRK-69 Fishing Retreat, cov. 1; R-61 Road to Honeymoon Recreation Area, cov. 2; L-252 Spring Day-Upper Roosevelt Lake, cov. 3; WH-115 Summer Day, cov. 4; MV-54 Lonely Winter Road, p. 3; V-166 Pond at Moenavi, p. 6; CC-60 Afternoon at the Dunes, p. 6; RI-64 Grand Falls, p. 7; WS-48 On the Road to Rock Point, p. 7; SF-34 Road Through the Snow Country, p. 10; V-167 Journey Along Moencopi Wash, p. 13; CC-61 Masterpiece of Sandstone, p. 14-15; WH-116 Lazy Afternoon, p. 16; SF-35 Summertime and the Living is Easy, p. 16; V-168 View From the Mogollon Rim, p. 17; R-62 Reservation Road near Moencopi, p. 18; R-63 Road to Blue River, p. 18; R-64 On the Way to Red Mountain, p. 18; WH-117 Portrait of Summer, p. 19; WH-118 Call of the Out-of-Doors, p. 19; C-44 Coal Canyon, p. 20-21; OC-108 The Placid Waters of Oak Creek, p. 22; CRK-70 The Color Path of Black Rock Creek, p. 23; RI-65 Canyon Home of the Salt River, p. 23; SM-23 Picture Window, p. 24; RI-66 Rock Formations, p. 25; WH-119 Summer Scene, p. 25; L-253 Saguaro Parade Along Roosevelt Lake, p. 26-27; L-254 Along the Shores of Lake Mead, p. 28; V-169 Rolling Foothills, p. 28; AC-25 Ranch on the Lower Aravaipa, p. 31; AC-26 Along Ajo Mountain, p. 31; C-45 Canyon Home of Eagle Creek, p. 34; L-255 On the Road to Bartlett Lake, p. 35; DS-217 Lonely Desert Road, p. 35; DS-218 The Lush and Verdant Desert, p. 38.

"FISHING RETREAT NEAR COLD SPRINGS" BY DARWIN VAN CAMPEN. Photo taken at the top of the waterfall just below Cold Springs along a short dirt road which turns off the Houston Mesa Road a short distance east of where it crosses the East Verde River. The Houston Mesa Road leaves Arizona 87 between Payson and Pine. This delightful area is just a few hours' drive from Phoenix and is a popular summer vacation goal for desert dwellers seeking respite from summer's desert heat. 4x5 Linhof camera; Ektachrome; f.14 at 1/100th sec.; 90mm Angulon lens; August; bright sunlight; Weston Meter 300; ASA rating 64.

"ROAD TO HONEYMOON RECREATION AREA OFF U.S. 666" BY DARWIN VAN CAMPEN. Taken along the road to Honeymoon Recreation Area about ten miles west of U.S. 666, the highway known as "The Coronado Trail" joining Springerville and Clifton in what many consider to be one of the state's most beautiful mountain drives. 4x5 Linhof camera; Ektachrome; f.32 at 1/25th sec.; 150mm Symmar lens; September; bright sunlight; Weston meter 400; ASA rating 64.