About thirty minutes into my ride today out South Vulture Mine Rd. (all uphill, but how good it felt!) I pulled into Vulture Peak Road and stopped to take a break. I was hoping someone might come along to take a pic of me next to the Giant for perspective, but no such luck. I had the road to myself -- how sweet that can be.
The Great Vulture Mine (and the roads named for the mine) was discovered in the late 19th century by German immigrant Henry Wickenburg . Legend has it that old Henry saw a flock of vultures circling the tallest peak for miles. It's an omen, Herr Wickenburg must have thought, and he named the area in honor of the birds that led him to the gold veins he later exploited.
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