Makes sense as a collection method. Thanks!!

@te-wa
What is "Haz tracks"??

Just be careful not to find yourself in a wash or, God forbid, a slot canyon during monsoon season, or the next time anyone sees you, you might be in the Gulf.
But seriously, be careful. Should be okay up to San Jacinto day, generally.

Wow, Chumley, those are looking like the Bellagio Hotel of water tanks compared to some of the back-alley-No-Tel Motels you had in the other pix.

Oh, and yeah, he was a weird French poet dude -- but I think he and the other folks in his general set might've understood the drive to go out to the edges of places, if you know what I mean.

Tanks? You wanna talk about Tanks? Son - there is a drought out there and there ain't no extra water. Many tanks are depressions ranchers have excavated to hold water for their cattle. Ranchers haul water in trucks and fill tanks for their cattle. Ranchers make their living from cattle drinking fro...

To answer one of your original questions, here are some examples of what tanks look like: http://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=488589 http://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=498213 http://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=454922 http://hikearizona.com/photo.php?ZIP=435824 THANK YOU, Chumley -- I appreciat...

Depending on trail angels seems really dicey. What do people do who hike Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon?? Do they carry 77 miles worth of water with them rather than trust to the kindness of strangers, or what? What if you can't cache??

How do you know where they are? Aren't ranchers pissed off if you drink out of their cattle tanks?? Also, looking at this report http://www.fredgaudetphotography.com/aztrail/watercurrent.pdf, it looks as if there's basically not much water at all from mile 614 in passage 34 all the way up through Tu...

Okay, so what is the deal with the tanks? Like, assume I am an idiot who knows nothing. What does this mean? If there are tanks along the trail, are they enclosed, as in a water tower or something? Aren't they private property? Does anyone have a picture?

Thanks for your patience.