Around this time the Toy got it first flat tire. Somehow he found the only screw on the trail in the middle of nowhere! Not having the tool to lower his spare, we got creative and got the tire out and changed the flat.
Had time to snap a few shots of the area.






Traveling down a ridge just before our next problem.






About this time the Toy tore a side wall...second flat in less than a mile! The 15 inch spare from a Trooper would not fit on the front...but it did on the rear. Musical tires! While they were changing the tire a few of us continued down the hill too see if the Gila River was crossable for the short way out. The brush was pretty thick.




Mother nature had done a job on the river crossing making it impassable...the crossing had turned into a house size washout/sinkhole! So the only way out was back the way we came. More bad news...30 yards after changing the flat the Toy tore a side wall...flat number 3! We ended up having to move the Toy off the trail and leaving it to be retrieved on a following day. Now the son was starting to run out! We loaded up and started heading back the way we came deciding to skip the Coke Ovens and save a little time. Heading out the shadows were getting very long.