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| no partners | | Man I’ve been bad about posting triplogs. But I’m trying to do better because I love the hell out of everyone else’s triplogs. Plus: triplogs are incredibly useful.
This was our sixth backpack of the semester (we’re teachers) (Lower La Barge Box, La Barge Spring, Upper La Barge/Red Tanks Loop, Horse Camp Seep, Aravaipa, and now this). Happy to give anyone info on those places, but you guys know all about those places. All great.
First time to Woodbury Trailhead. Road’s fairly gnarled-up. We just got a Subaru, and were totally fine in that. Before the Subaru we were driving a Mustang, and I wouldn’t have gone to the Woodbury Trailhead in the Mustang. Anyway. Hit the trail. Cruised up JF (hot, no water, surprisingly tiring/long, nice views, happy to be out there). Made it to Tortilla Pass. Had celebratory clementine oranges (side note: people are tossing mad orange peels in the Rogers Canyon area – this was not us – not fans of the tossed orange peels). Made our way down to Angel Basin. Little bit of flow in the creek at Angel Basin. Plus it is very green there now. Also: most of the trees have just grown new leaves, so they’re all pretty as hell. We stayed at one of the creekside campsite between the ruins and Angel Basin. Great spot. Nice flow in the creek right there. Heard what we thought were goats/sheep braying (?) nearby. Went to look for them. They heard us coming. Stopped braying.
Spent the afternoon/evening up at the ruins. We’d been here once before but were in a hurry, and totally missed the upstairs room. The upstairs is incredible. My wife and I spent a couple hours at the ruins. Warm evening, cool breeze. Found some pottery sherds. Cruised down. Went to Angel Basin for the sunset.
Well: you can’t beat Rogers Canyon. Oh also: there are a million butterflies right now of all different colors. We noted at the campsite that at any moment there was at least one butterfly present. Slept like a champ. Gurgling brook was audible from the tent. Some screeching birdies but that was part of the fun. Morning campfire. Said our goodbyes to the space.
Good lord Rogers Canyon between Rogers Trough trailhead and the ruins is incredible! Shade/water/views pretty much the entire way. Nice breeze. High canyon walls with alcoves/caves to gawk at. Butterflies. Made it to the trailhead. Road-walked to where 172A hits the Woodbury trail. Honestly the road to Rogers Trough is not even that bad – the worst part is before the Woodbury turnoff (in my opinion).
Made it back to Woodbury. Saw a rattlesnake on the drive out.
Watching the trees in Rogers Canyon from the vantage of the ruins was the most peaceful thing ever. I know many of you have had the same experience. Happy to share that with you all. |
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