We found a cozy spot and called it home for the 4 days we were there. On with the show!Įveryone needs a “base camp” from which to launch the exciting adventures that occur throughout a weekend. I found that my 4.0L 6 cylinder was the “small kid on the block” and that in this area, BIG V-8 engines rule! OK…enough of that. Oh yeah….for all of those guys who say “the 4 cylinder engine in my Jeep is plenty good enough”, they should probably skip this page and go on to something that has bigger rocks in it and no power requirements. By the third day, I was feeling a bit more comfortable on these “mineralized ball-bearings” (as Joe calls them). Joe’s CJ-7 appears in a few as he provided the guided tour for the first couple of days and was therefore the default picture subject at the same time.
Here are a few photos that I snapped while there. I quickly found that my trusty Garmin III+ GPS was more valuable here than most any other off-road trip I have used it on. Following your own tracks is difficult since the next vehicle to come along obliterates them (this assumes you can even pick them out of the cinders). I quickly found that after going up and over several of the cinder hills and in and out of a few craters, it was very easy to get turned around. Our good friends Joe and Joyce introduced us to the area and were absolutely great hosts. My wife and I spent the Memorial Day weekend there and we really enjoyed it. That’s right….you can drive your motorcycle, Jeep, quad, or whatever else you think can make it anywhere you wish (well, OK….how about staying out of the middle of someone’s camp). Turn right and you are at the beginning of some 50 square miles of off-roading area that has NO trail restrictions. Drive through the monument and go about another mile after leaving the eastern boundary (clearly marked). If not, head up to the monument and tell the toll collector at the pay station that you are heading through to the cinders to go Jeepin’! They won’t charge you the customary $3 per person monument fee. If you have, then you know just what I am talking about. Some of you from Arizona have probably visited the Sunset Crater National Monument, which too resides in this area. This area contains the remains of a violent volcanic eruption that happened just 1000 years ago (give or take a couple of Memorial Day weekends).
The cinders movie#
As every reviewer has commented, Colleen Moore was a joy to watch and makes it worth seeing this movie more than once.About 20 minutes NE out of Flagstaff, AZ, just off of Highway 189, lies an area that mother nature made just for us outdoor folks. Once a little boy iceman cometh, Ella's life seems a perfect Hollywood ending. But, she gives it all up to marry her Prince Charming, the erstwhile Waite Lifter (actually George Waite, the son of a wealthy businessman). Arriving in Hollywood, Ella does not have the reception she expected, but perseveres and through some clever studio gate crashing (and the amusing help from Harry Langdon), Ella lands a long term movie contract.
Much to the chagrin of her step-relatives, Ella wins the contest because the judges were sure Hollywood needed an actress who could cross her eyes while looking at a fly on her nose. That and the bit Ella does with her eyes were amazing and funny. As she's leaving her house, a title card informs us that "When Ella got into her good clothes, six moths laughed until they died." The session with the photographer does not go well for Ella (but it does for audience!)- thanks to a pesky fly.
The cinders professional#
Among the funniest scenes in the movie are when Ella goes to a professional photographer to get the photo needed for the contest. Ella's chance to escape comes when the Gem Studio is promoting a movie contest ball. Ella's one pal is the iceman, Waite Lifter. Ella is the household drudge for her nasty step-sisters (Lotta and Prissy Pill) and step-mother. This Cinderella story stars the wonderful Colleen Moore as the much put upon Ella Cinders.
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