Sugarloaf Mountain.

Hardly a day goes by that we do not come across the former home of the native people that inhabited this area.  Yesterday was no different.  Kadizzle took off with The Commander on the back of the motorcycle.  After a long ride across the flat country, the cycle climbed up onto Sugarloaf Mountain.  First, we stopped to investigate a ruin Kadizzle had found a few days ago.  In the process, The Commander spotted what appeared to be a wall on the top of Sugerloaf Mountain.  On the cycle ride in Kadizzle speculated a ruin should be there.  The site was a superb lookout position.  A bit of an argument ensued as to who was the discoverer.  Kadizzle had the insight, but The Commander actually made the find.

The decision was made to make an assault on the peak, but first the crew decided to go to the end of the road.  As we had lunch on the end of the  road, The Commander insisted the crew hike to another suspect site.  The site, from a distance, appeared to have a man made wall.  Kadizzle was skeptical because it was right beside a mining road, and Kadizzle thought it might be part of the road.  When we got to the presumed site, it turned out to be neither.  Apparently, miners quarried stone along the whole mountain road.  The stone was nicely stacked in a way that would resemble an Indian ruin from a distance.  To rest, the miners must have just sat on a chair and soaked in the view.  Kadizzle took his turn sitting in the old card table chair beside the road.  The chair was in delicate shape, and when Kadizzle told The Commander to sit down for a picture, she tumbled over backwards.

Next the Kadizzlites made the hike to the top of Sugarloaf.   The top did have a ruin that was thoroughly picked over.  Not a shred of pottery could be found.  To the north was an excellent view of the gap that led to Sycamore Canyon.  Sycamore Canyon had to be a very important travel route in ancient times.  Who ever sat up on Sugarloaf mountain had a commanding view of the gap.   So many of the sites we have explored in Arizona seem to indicate there were lookouts posted to guard the community, and no doubt this was one.