Day 5

From our camp you will just be able to make out the fire Lookout. That’s were we are heading today. From about 4200 ft. elevation at camp up the Atascosa mountains where we will reach the old fire lookout at 6,235 ft. elevation. The lookout is no longer in use, but makes a great place to have lunch while looking at the 360-degree views of the valleys below and the mountains beyond. The lookout is also famous because of Edward Abbey. Abby is one of the most influential writers of nature and the environment, especially in the Southwest. In the late 60's and the early 70's Abbey was a seasonal fire lookout at the Atascosa Fire lookout. After his death in 1989 a friend of his, David Petersen, got permission to go through his countless journals and select entries from his life to be compiled in a book called Confessions of a Barbarian. In this book there are entries from the time he spent at the Atascosa lookout and several pages are pinned to the inside walls of the lookout. After our time on time of the mountain, we head back down to camp for another well-deserved campfire dinner and desert.

Day 6

Up'n'at em, coffee, breakfast, let's get saddled and go. We'll load your gear to take back to civilization.

Today’s full day ride is the last leg of our journey. We will be making almost a complete circle from where we started. Traveling past Thumb Butte and down Bellota Canyon we may see wild javelina, white tail deer, and countless variety of birds. At the end of the afternoon the rest of the crew will pick us up at Wise Mesa. Once the horses are loaded, our fun does not end there, we will drive to the little artist town of Tubac where we’ll unwind at the local hangout Tubac Jacks Saloon. It’s time raise our glasses in celebration of the end of a great trip and salute all our new friends.

It’s hard to say good-bye, but we hope to see you again!.