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With the openings slated for this weekend, I am sure some of you are itchin' to get the trail legs hummin'.
What's your plans for the weekend?
How many fires can we expect to watch on Sunday afternoon's news? Hopefully none.

GTG

jeremy77777 wrote:I just hiked Horton yesterday. It is as beautiful as ever. I have missed it so.

Thanks Jeremy! That pretty much settles where I'll be next Wednesday.

I hiked the Woodchute Trail today. Awesome morning.

Hey Hooli, Do you hike in from the hatchery or Tonto Campground or from the top of the rim? My favorite is going in from the hatchery. I think I could hike the 3.5 miles with my eyes closed I have done it so many times. It is one of my top 3 "AZ paradise spots" as I have come to classify them. My favorite time to get pictures from there is during winter with all the snow on the ground. It is breathtaking!

Haven't done Horton Creek before so just gonna follow the TrailDex directions to the TH.

evenstarx3 wrote:

jeremy77777 wrote:I just hiked Horton yesterday. It is as beautiful as ever. I have missed it so.

Thanks Jeremy! That pretty much settles where I'll be next Wednesday.

CJG - Did you go and how was it?

Tomorrow I'm heading down south for a few days backpacking in the Chiricahuas. I'll have a trail description and photos to share when I get back.

Lizard

teva wrote: CJG - Did you go and how was it?

Didn't go yesterday; got an e-mail from Annie (Patches) that she was on the way back to the Land of AZ from visiting her kids in Iowa and knew she'd like to do Horton. She's home now and we're gonna do it Saturday; then planning on Fossil Springs next week.

Wow. Sounds like you're in for some real fun. You're going to a few of my favorite places. Anyone going will love it!

Lizard wrote:Tomorrow I'm heading down south for a few days backpacking in the Chiricahuas. I'll have a trail description and photos to share when I get back.

Lizard

Cool!

I enjoyed reading "Club Cabin", over and over cause I'll never get out that far.

We did Horton Creek Trail today; very nice and man, does that spring gush :!: They've clearly had a lot of rain in that area 'cause the trail was very muddy in spots. Wonder how much of a gusher that spring was a couple of months ago.
Will e-mail a few photos to Frugal :P Joe later for adding to the TrailDex for this hike.

Frugal?

Gee thanks (scratching my head... didn't Hooli get TWO free shirts?)

BTW... According to Olesma the gusher is not a "spring"

teva wrote:Frugal?

Liter/litter...."I was saving space" Frugal Joe

And yeah, I got two free HAZ tees and I have HAZ decals on the golf cart, the Jeep and the motorhome; sorry, the Bimmer doesn't do decals or bumper stickers :!:

And you were a big hit at the Chili Shindig with all the Tees that GTG passed out (I didn't take one 'cause I didn't wanna be too greedy :roll: ) and that's where I picked up the third HAZ decal that now resides on the motorhome.
There's no way anybody, least of all me, consders you cheap!
You just don't like to waste space on HAZ

Lizard wrote:Tomorrow I'm heading down south for a few days backpacking in the Chiricahuas. I'll have a trail description and photos to share when I get back.

Lizard

He ain't whistlin' dixie either. It's a doosey!

I might actually go down there after seeing this one :P

Should be up soon!

Bravo, Lizard! This is a great photo, it looks like a shot from the Blair Witch Project!!

OK, hiked Horton Creek trail yesterday; really nice hike and lush creekside. Mostly cloudy with no rain but must have rained recently 'cause some sections of muddy trail. Hiking in, stopped off and tried out the new Pur Hiker water filter thinking, "This creeks so clear and swift running there's probably no need to filter it." Later, saw a big dog peeing in the creek just below the spring (or non-spring) and changed my mind :!:

Horton usually gushes like that all the time. There is also another little spring just to the east across the big log and on the north cliff. It sure is beautiful round those parts.

I wonder if there is any water in First Water trail, I am outahere this wk. to do some hiking at Lake Tahoe-never seen it+ friends have a house on the south shore,so I'll be in REAL AIR!! Wow!! The first place I'll go,when I get back will be West Fork!

I took my daughters up to the rim to go fishing yesterday. They both caught their limit and when we headed home we had lots of time so we took 300 back to 87. About 15 miles or so east of 87 we decided to stop and picnic. As we were getting out of the car we turned and much to our delight there was a bear chowing on the raspberries no more than 20 feet from us. He stood upright and as we rustled threw the car for our camera he became bored with us and went back to eating his lunch. We got some awesome pictures before he decided to take off. It was sooooo exciting.

Cindy Coons wrote:I took my daughters up to the rim to go fishing yesterday. They both caught their limit and when we headed home we had lots of time so we took 300 back to 87. About 15 miles or so east of 87 we decided to stop and picnic. As we were getting out of the car we turned and much to our delight there was a bear chowing on the raspberries no more than 20 feet from us. He stood upright and as we rustled threw the car for our camera he became bored with us and went back to eating his lunch. We got some awesome pictures before he decided to take off. It was sooooo exciting.

Cindy, you're going to post those pictures right?

I didn't take pictures with a digital camera just a regular 35 mm. Is there anyway through the magic of computers I can post these when I get then back? Maybe scan them or something?