Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike! What day is it Mike?! It’s Hump day! 🐪 Riding a camel isn’t as difficult as they say—once you get over the first hump, the rest is pretty easy. Well, we know some folks who might disagree. In 1857, Lt. Edward F. Beale was instructed by the federal government to build a wagon road from Fort Defiance, AZ to the Colorado River. While on the journey, he would test the use of camels as pack animals in the desert Southwest. The Americans soon found that riding and packing camels was nothing like utilizing horses and mules. Camel handlers accompanying the expedition taught the Americans the ropes and helped them see the value of the camels. The expedition found that the camels “were capable of packing one thousand pounds apiece and of traveling with their load from thirty to forty miles per day all the while finding their own feed over an almost barren country.” As they made their way to Fort Defiance, the unique expedition made a stop at what would become ...