Dixileta Trail - MSPN Photoset • Crzy4AZ • 2015-01-24 • HikeArizona.COM

Dixileta Trail - MSPN, AZ

	2015-01-24
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Dixileta Trail - MSPN

Phoenix, AZ

Dixileta Trail - MSPN

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	4.90 Miles	269 AEG

Hiking	4.90 Miles	2 Hrs 24 Mns	2.43 mph
	269 ft AEG	23 Mns Break

Linked

linked

Black Hill Trail - MSPN

Monument Trail MSPN

Whiskey Bottle Trail - MSPN

136th Street Express Trail - MSPN

Partners

partners

	Baby4AZ	GI Jones
	LilGuy4AZ

Started the day off with educational and fun MSC steward retreat sitting between @Sun_Ray and @neilends - - and I gave a short presentation on use of Instagram for digital stewardship.

Then I knew I only had 1.8 miles left to hit the 133 mile mark for ATC challenge (all trails club) for hiking every trail in the McDowell preserve. So I told Brad we should do it as a family hike and have some sort of celebration afterwards.

Black Hill :next:

Monument

136th Street Express :next:

Dixileta

Whiskey Bottle :next:

parking lot.

So he and the kids plotted a very sweet surprise (although I did sneak a peek since they were working at the kitchen table LOL) that included a "finish line" of gold paper tied between the two kids' waists. And Caroline made four posters that they held up for me as I busted through the finish line paper. They were cheering and playing kazoo/harmonica type noise makers. So stinkin' sweet. I will never forget that moment!!! And it was at trail marker WB4 forever etched in my brain's hiking file cabinet.

I know it's not physically hard to hike every trail in the McDowells compared to Supes or Grand Canyon....but I think @Sun_Ray will agree with me that it's harder than you think to plan out all these segments without repeating a bunch. And doing all the teeny-tiny linking pieces too. Need patience more than anything. Few tough ones (Thompson Peak and Tom's Thumb from south) but mostly the McDowells are very accessible to people of varying knee/neck/back abilities.

So after hiking in the McDowells for 10 years - - I've done every dad-gum single one of them! :y:

And to celebrate with the kids and Brad was something super special. Went to Pinnacle Peak Patio (it's the last year of its existence on that property) for drinks, dinner, dancing to celebrate afterwards.

Black Hill Tank

Dry

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