Jerome Jalopy Hunting

Without a doubt, Jerome is one of the more interesting places to wander in Arizona. It is very rich with Arizona mine history, it is fun to navigate around the corners of buildings on its narrow winding roads, the locals are really fun to talk to, and it hosts some of the states best restaurants. I'll find excuses just to cut through Jerome when traversing the state.

Being built on the side of a mountain, the real estate in the town is very tight. Typically the only unused land are the very steep ravines in between the outcropping of homes and businesses built on the less steep areas. Peering up into these ravines and washes, you see that they are actually used land, used to store old barrels, washer machines, ovens and trucks. Lots and lots of trucks.

In between Beale Street and Douglass/State Park Road is a stretch with all sorts of our past in metal form. Leaf springs sticking out of the wash, old tires that nature converted to convenient wild flower planters, rusted frames with prickly pear sprouting from them, car cabs with decades of wash sand layered in them.

Route 89A from Cottonwood, just as you start to see houses perched over the edge, you'll see a few crumpled remains of old truck cabs, beds, and barrels scattered around in a wash. Layers of sand and rock resting around the old heavy patina parts.

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