HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN, Arizona

1978
Vern's family spent a night up here in the cabin shown below. The bunk beds were very rustic and the kids loved it.


Whether you're looking for a place to picnic, hike, camp or spend the night in a rustic cabin, Hualapai Mountain Park offers many varied experiences for the whole family. Encompassing over 2300 acres with elevations ranging from 4984 feet to 8417, park visitors can share a truly unique setting in the cool, clear, green refreshment of the pine country.

Accommodations are available in our rustic cabins that sleep from two to ten persons. All cabins are equipped with beds, tables, cook top stoves, refrigerators, heaters, electricity, bathrooms and showers, hot and cold water and some are available with fireplaces or wood stoves. Each cabin also has a barbecue grill and picnic table outside.

Hualapai Mountain Park
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1978 LAYOUT

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On the trip up the mountain they were surrounded by many cottonwood trees. They noticed a strange growth in the trees.


On the way home they determined that it was
MISTLETOE

Mistletoe "Keystone" to Forest Health: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071224-mistletoe-research.html
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistletoe   OR  http://www.howstuffworks.com/mistletoe.htm