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| Hiking | 6.70 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.70 Miles | 6 Hrs | | 1.12 mph |
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| no partners | | Took the kids for a memorial weekend trip to Vegas (Wet&Wild and Luxor Hotel followed the hike), met up with some Vegas friends (Jeremy, Amy, Maria), Saturday 5/24/14, at Arizona Hot Springs parking lot.
My second time on this trail and it needed a bit planning since we had our 6 kids taggin along - ages 14 down to 6!! We knew we needed an early start because of the heat, so we attempted to start at 8am, but didn't get onto the trail till 8:30ish. THANK GOODNESS it was heavily overcast - made the hike/heat very reasonable.
We met at the parking lot and SAR volunteers were out in full force checking peoples' shoes, handing out maps of the trail, as well as free practical advice. They were expecting large crowds with it being Memorial Day.
Since I was the only one who had previously done the hike, I thought it best to climb UP the difficult canyon section (Class III) rather than down with the kids. For the safety of the kids, I'm definitely glad we did the loop this counter-clockways direction (that is, hiking White Rock Canyon first, and coming out of Hot Spring Canyon).
There was quite a lot of concern among the kids about the "brain eating bug" in the hot spring water. It caused a bit of angst among the kids and of course deep concern with the parents!!
The highlight of the day was watching 5 1/2 year old "Deme" (Demetrea) climb up the ladder, then later climb up the cliff face...REALLY awesome to see such a little kid do that amazing stuff and love the outdoors at such a young age. Jeremy and Amy are wonderful parents!!
After the hike, we headed to Amy and Jeremy's place in Henderson for a BBQ with the kids.
Overall it was a very fun day with a GREAT group of people. This is definitely a hike worth doing if you're headed to Vegas. Plan for the heat!! |
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