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| no partners | | THE GOOD
There was MUCH more water here than I was expecting, which was a nice surprise. Plenty was coming out of Peter's Canyon, so all the little waterfalls were flowing.
THE BAD
Aside from the slick rock area, the canyon itself was nearly choked with vegetation, most of it nasty. The trail on the left that bypasses the huge boulders at the entrance is pretty dense and overgrown, but not too deadly. However, the use trail on the left inside the canyon is a catclaw carnival. I hardly recognize the place from my first visit 6 years ago. Then, you could appreciate the geology here, but now everything is covered with skin shredding plants. I was kind of expecting this, so I brought clippers - not that I blazed a trail, just used them to get through impassable spots. I had the foresight to wear long pants, but I got scratched right through them. This stuff was tough enough to keep untying my shoes and they were DOUBLE TIED! My backpack got snagged and it took everything I had to break free... or so I thought. I walked about 100 feet before I noticed a long nylon string which seemed to be attached to my back and something now out of my sight. I snapped it off and when I caught up to my son, I asked if there was a string hanging off my pack. There was a long pause before he said, "I've never seen anything like this." I asked what he meant and he just said, "You'll find out." As long as nothing was crawling on me, I wasn't going to take off my pack, so we kept going. When we got to the car, I saw that one of the webbing straps had completely unraveled and was nothing but fringe, ripped to shreds by some bloodthirsty biological nightmare. I guess it could have been worse... could have been my skin. If you go there, wear jeans... or, possibly kevlar.
THE UGLY
When we left, the big parking lot was 110% full and I had a hard time getting out of my spot. Tortilla Flat looked like Disneyland and cars were still pouring in with nowhere to park. I think the entire state of Iowa was there. It's that time again! |
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I'm at home in the wilderness... it's civilization I have problems with! ](https://hikearizona.com/dex2/images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall") |
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