This was a nice hike to escape the heat the rest of AZ was experiencing. Even in Flagstaff the day before it was in the 90s. Up at the 9000� level, however, it was much cooler. The cloud cover that came over that day also helped keep the temps down a little. I decided to take a double jogger stroller for this one, so as to avoid having both my wife and I each carry one of our kids. Once you get up to the Waterline Trail, which is basically a service road, the hike is very easy. Getting up to there from Lockett Meadow, however, was very challenging. The trail is much wider than most trails, but it is steep and rocky enough to make pushing a stroller uphill with two 30+ lb kids a lot of work. It was only 1.5 miles up there, but it took over an hour to do it. Once we got to the Waterline trail, we walked another very easy mile, and then headed back. The views on the Waterline trail are still very nice, although not as nice as if you head up to the Inner Basin. It turned out to be a good workout for me, a nice escape from the heat, and a nice way to keep the kids in touch with the outdoors.