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| no partners | | Woke just before 3am on Thanksgiving Day. On the road at 3:30am and arrived at Turkey Creek at 6:30am, just before sunrise. Took about 1/2 hour to navigate the narrow winding road down Turkey Creek in my 4x4 Tahoe. I wish I could have made the Tahoe a bit thinner for this trip, as I picked up plenty of new pin-striping.
Arrived at the trailhead near the mouth of the canyon and started my hike about 7:10am. I planned this trip as a photo-taking adventure and so my progress was slow, as I stopped several times along the way for tri-pod set-ups at various locations.
Going was mostly easy until reaching the huge boulder jam near the twin spires. I stowed my camera gear and prepared for a little bit of boulder scrambling. The canyon seemed to get less interesting past the boulder jam. The canyon walls opened up and the creekbed was dry.
I continued on about 1/2 mile hoping for more, but then decided to turn around. On my return I avoided the boulder jam by hiking up a hilly slope between the spires. This gave me a birds eye view over the tree line of the canyon. I hiked down the other side of the slope and found myself back on the canyon floor.
Unlike last year, the stand of maples had barely started to turn colors. Only a few red and yellow leaves which made it hard to find. I had missed them on my way into the canyon and almost missed them on the way out. I guess I was looking for this bright mass of red and yellow leaves like last November. The sycamores and cottonwood, on the other hand, were a mixed bag of at peak or post-peak.
I continued out towards the mouth of the canyon and back to my vehicle. I was on the road at 1:30pm and made my way back to Mesa. Arrived at my house at 5:45pm, closing out a busy day of 8 hours driving and 6 hours hiking. Best part may have been the smoked turkey that Anna had been preparing since noon. My folks came over and we enjoyed a spectacular Thanksgiving Day dinner for the four of us. |
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| This is my gym. I have to travel down a bumpy road to get there. There are no treadmillls, no machines, and no personal trainers. I walk..I run..I breathe the fresh air. I can go any time I want, as much as I want and there is no membership fee. |
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