hello VaBearCub and welcome to the forum ,Phoenix?? boy do i miss that place now its like 6 degrees outside lol lol i was born and raised in Phoenix and have tubed down the salt river many many times it was a great place growing up .you can just about go in any direction into the desert and run into an abandon mine shaft , ghost town , stage stop or an old Spanish mission . there are old railroad lines , stops , federal union soldier forts here and there and the Salt river has many tributaries that wash tons of sediments from the gold country . glad to have you here and plese keep us updated on your endevors .
Dan