Dispersed Camping near Solomon, AZ

Martha and I left Hot Well Dunes this morning at 9:15.  

By 10:30 AM we were at a dispersed camping area managed by the BLM.  Located off of Haekel Road and just south of US Highway 70, to the east of the small town of Solomon.

Only a pickup truck pulling a small utility trailer in the area.  We picked a spot at least a quarter mile away from him.

We'd left because we thought the schweinehunde from the previous post would be increasing in numbers and sought to avoid their annoying company back at Hot Well Dunes.  

The new campsite is wide open terrains with a pretty good view:

Mount Graham

After lunch, I rode out on Yagi to explore the area.  I went to the end of Hackel Road, along which all the obvious camp spots are located.  

Found a cool looking dam.  It's the San Simon Barrier Structure Dam.  It shows on Google as Sam Simon but I think that's an error.  After all, it's the San Simon River that's dammed by it.

Just past the dam is the Southern Pacific Rail Line which transits the San Simon Valley.  I ran out of road at this point so I returned to the dam which I found quite interesting.

I think it looked pretty cool:

The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing in the gazebo under bright sunshine and temperatures in the mid-60s with a slight breeze.

So far, I'm liking this place.  No OHV a-holes, no schweinehunde, and great weather 

Altitude: 3104 ft