Route 66 winds through
the Black Mountains.
I love the rugged landscape...
Millions of years of erosion
produced the erratic
mountainsides.
The road hugs the
mountainside.
Eric stops the car and says, "This is where Fish Bowl Spring is." A man named Shaffer noticed water seeping down the cliff walls while working on a WPA project during the Depression of the 1930s. He shaped a basin at the spring's base to collect the water.
mountainside in sandals
to look at a spring.
Eric leads the way...
It's a long way down.
The rough-hewn staircase
to the spring is behind
our car.
According to Explore Kingman, stairs were cut into the side of the mountain to make the Fish Bowl available to visitors when this road was built.
I want my trekking poles for this steep hike.
Sometimes visitors see Goldfish
left by the locals in this
small pool.
Not today...
Eric takes a selfie.
A shot with the road below.
Eric starts off to give
me something soft
to land on, if I fall.
I need the trekking poles on the steep downhill return trip.
I'm glad that we stopped at this unique attraction. Don't get discouraged when you get to the tiny turnoff. Just look for the stairs.
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