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Parker Pass, AZ
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Parker PassPhoenix, AZ
Parker Pass
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking5.10 Miles 702 AEG
Hiking5.10 Miles   2 Hrs   29 Mns   2.23 mph
702 ft AEG      12 Mns Break
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Boy, is it great to be back in Arizona :y:


Got back home to Apache Junction Tuesday around Noon and decided that I Needed to get out in the Superstitions hiking again. It's been two months since I was last hiking in Arizona so I'm a bit overdue. Still got tons of work ahead of me so I just selected First Water TH to Parker Pass to get re-acquainted.

I was the only vehicle at the TH at 0600 so I hit the trails as the sun was trying to burn holes in the low hanging clouds. Lots of humidity hanging in the air but with the lower temps it felt kinda good. After I had gone a mile I spotted a Tarantula about to enter it's hole, must have been a "hard day's night" out there :) A short distance from there, I was alerted to the presence of a Diamondback :o Holy Crap, he must have had a bad night cause he was really pissed, never heard a rattler make so much noise... must have been the dry leaves by it's rattle that made so much noise.

Got to the Pass and took a short break to wipe off the sweaty brow, take a couple of shots of Weavers Needle with low hanging clouds behind it and make my turn around. No rattler or Tarantula on the return trip :D Only two other vehicles at the TH when I returned... #lovinthesolitude

dry First Water Creek - Upper Turnoff Dry Dry
Even the pools are dry.
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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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