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Perry Mesa Wander, AZ
mini location map2013-07-04
14 by photographer avatarHansenaz
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Perry Mesa Wander, AZ 
Perry Mesa Wander, AZ
 
Hiking5.54 Miles 771 AEG
Hiking5.54 Miles   3 Hrs   26 Mns   1.88 mph
771 ft AEG      29 Mns Break
 
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Starting from the New Windmill I zig-zagged through the tall grass (and army of grasshoppers) from rockpile to rockpile. My thinking was that best place to find rock art was on a rock.

I did find two minor "free range" petroglyphs, and near the top of the hill I found a concentration of pottery sherds and flaked quartz (but no obvious ruin walls) - an ancient hang-out I guess. I continued down the other side to one of the Baby Canyon ruins I've visited a couple times before. Found a few new petroglyphs.

Took a more direct route back and ran across a small ruin: this one obvious as the ruin had created a raised mound and had some recognizable walls - very little pottery though. Go figure.

91° at the start, 98° at the end...consistent with my experience that PM is ~8° cooler than Phoenix. A nice breeze made it OK.
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[ checklist ]  Windmill
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[ checklist ]  Baby Canyon
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