{"id":1805,"date":"2010-04-28T15:31:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2025-06-20T16:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T16:31:50","slug":"gila-bend-to-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/28\/gila-bend-to-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"Gila Bend to Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>April 25, 2010 &#8211; Day 2, Gila Bend, Arizona to Globe, Arizona<br \/>\nVia: I8 to 60 (Apache Trail)<br \/>\nMiles: 242<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s miles per gallon (statue miles per US gallon) was 42.5. Today&#8217;s was a rather low 34 due to the numerous hills and a dirt road. We have made it 553 miles so far.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Eric adding one container of fuel to the tank before leaving the Space Age motel:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_0240-Small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0240-Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Painted Rocks Ancient Indian Site (just outside Gila Bend, Arizona):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_0278-Small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0278-Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dog Run Saloon &#8212; note the no firearms allowed sign on Eric&#8217;s left! (Apache Junction, Arizona):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_0309-Small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0309-Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are bug killers: <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_0313-Small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0313-Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Goldfield Ghost town (just outside Apache Junction, Arizona):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_0330-Small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0330-Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Apache Trail Drive through the Tonto National Forest, Arizona (including 22 miles of treacherous dirt road):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_0392-Small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0392-Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_0427-Small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0427-Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_0462-Small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0462-Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roosevelt Dam (inside Tanto National Forest, Arizona):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_0472-Small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0472-Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Noftsger Hill Inn Bed and Breakfast (in Globe, Arizona):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_0564-Small.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0564-Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>This is Part 3 of the Passage Across America series. Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/26\/san-diego-to-gila-bend\/\">Part 2 here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/29\/globe-to-albuquerque\/\">Part 4 here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 25, 2010 &#8211; Day 2, Gila Bend, Arizona to Globe, Arizona Via: I8 to 60 (Apache Trail) Miles: 242 Yesterday&#8217;s miles per gallon (statue miles per US gallon) was 42.5. Today&#8217;s was a rather low 34 due to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/28\/gila-bend-to-globe\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[404,2,398],"tags":[222,216,211,223,217,221,215,88,220,214,218,219],"class_list":["post-1805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-northamerica","category-tourist-activities","tag-arizona","tag-dog-run-saloon","tag-gila-bend","tag-globe","tag-goldfield-ghost-town","tag-noftsger-hill-inn-bed-and-breakfast","tag-painted-rocks-ancient-indian-site","tag-passage-across-america-on-one-load-of-fuel","tag-roosevelt-dam","tag-space-age-motel","tag-the-apache-trail-drive","tag-tonto-national-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1805"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13240,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805\/revisions\/13240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}