First Water Lower Creek Shuttle Photoset • AZLumberjack • 2013-12-28 • HikeArizona.COM

First Water Lower Creek Shuttle, AZ

	2013-12-28
	15 by AZLumberjack

First Water Lower Creek Shuttle

Phoenix, AZ

First Water Lower Creek Shuttle

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	6.35 Miles	300 AEG

Hiking	6.35 Miles	4 Hrs 30 Mns	1.41 mph
	300 ft AEG

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This hike hit me in a flash last night so I didn't have time to set up a shuttle and made it just a down & back type. Got a bright and early start and it was a bit chilly at 0700 so glad I had a light jacket on for the first part of the trip.

Left from the Horse Trailer parking lot on First Water Road, only a couple of vehicles in the big lot at this hour but had the trails all to myself. There were some high clouds so I was hoping for some good sunrise photos but although there was good color, there wasn't much detail, oh well that's the way it goes.

Once in the Hackberry Spring area I came across several teens and an adult that had spent the night and were warming up by a campfire, said they had a great night. I continued on through the camping areas then down to the creek where the water was flowing at a low rate, but it still sounds good as you're walking through the rocks.

Still some autumn color along the creek but it won't last much longer as the light breeze was taking the leaves off the trees and blowing them around. Found lots of large pools filled to capacity and flowing as I made my way down the creek, had to jump across on the boulders but never got my feet wet

Wanted to make it to Canyon Lake then turn around but at the 3-1/2 mile mark I heard a lot really a lot of gunfire from somewhere up ahead. Someone was shooting the heck out of a semi-auto and wasting ammo like it was a war zone :scared:

so I thought this was a good time to turn around and make my return trip. Once back in the Hackberry Spring area it was like someone opened the doors and let everyone in all at once, the place was crowded and they were still coming.

Had a good time today in spite of the shooters and the crowds, the flash floods of Sept knocked down a lot of the brush and made for a good trail without getting tangled up in the catsclaw. Gotta try this one again but with a shuttle and hopefully not shooters

Autumn Foliage Observation Isolated

	First Water Creek	Pools to trickle	Pools to trickle
	Water's flowing along portions of the creek making for pleasant sounds along the way.

Hackberry Spring

Quart per minute

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On every trip into the Superstitions, I find another Gold Mine. Today the mine was filled with Memories. I can not wait for the next trip.

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