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| no partners | | This first of a hopeful two 2014 extended "6nt/7day" (Wed-6/11 to Tues-6/17) vehicle camping/hiking/R&R Summer visit to my favorite Coconino NF- Mogollon Rim area campsite (at 7435 feet elevation with week lows 41F and shaded highs only to 78F) with beautiful, sunny early Summer mornings, no rain, with three days of strong winds, and with more large wildlife sightings this visit including my first ever "Arizona Black Bear"  on my lucky Friday the 13th day hike with pics, made for a very rewarding, enjoyable, and relaxing visit 
As much as this entire Mogollon Rim- Cabin Loop hiking area is in need of rain, I was pleasantly surprised to see how green this entire area still seems to be.. it endures well and should continue too until our Arizona Monsoon season arrives.. hopefully in ~two weeks.
This visit I actually did more day hiking and tooling around the immediate area than I had originally planned, but that's good because I needed the exercise. For my seven days this visit, two of which are always dedicated to driving up/back-camp setup/camp tear down-unloading/loading, I did four enjoyable, mostly "off-trail" hikes which also gave me an opportunity to be more familiar with my new Garmin Oregon600 GPSr and my new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX50 pocket camera:
Thurs-6/12: Merritt Draw Loop - Mogollon Rim
Fri-6/13: Merritt Draw Lower Loop - Mogollon Rim
Sun-6/15 (Father's Day): Barbershop Cyn Upper - Merritt Draw Upper Loop
Mon-6/16: McFarland Spring via 4WD - Mogollon Rim
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