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| Hiking | 7.20 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 7.20 Miles | 3 Hrs 48 Mns | | 1.98 mph |
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| partners | | Absolutely awesome weather for a hike close to home. While the temps were perfect, initially it was so cloudy and hazy I didn't figured it was worth hauling around my 'good' camera. So I took my old Canon PowerShot SX260 instead, expecting to take few photos.
We followed the faint equestrian trail horse north from the trailhead. Although a 'trail' Tracey wasn't too enthused about it due to the lack of use, which meant the fox-tails were downright nasty! Oh yeah, she wasn't a fan of the numerous steep descents and ascents through a seemingly unending series of drainages, featuring loose rock and/or pea-gravel.
Once we made the left turn and traversed the north slope of Peak 2348 both the terrain and the fox-tails would ease up steadily all the way to the main wash. We followed the wash until locating a few suitable rocks to stop and have a quick lunch. After the lunch we followed the wash only as far as the first corner, which we ignored, continuing straight ahead on a path which brought us to Willow Springs Basin Tank. We were blown away by the amount of water in the tank... we had never seen so much. Most trips I'd been able to walk right through the basin without having to avoid ANY water.
From the tank we pretty much wandered a bit before following a trail (not sure which) for a while until crossing a narrow drainage with a series of pour-offs. The trail went uphill which we didn't want to do so we took a chance dropping down the pour-offs, taking a short-cut down to the FR 12 wash. I was a bit worried near the end of the short-cut because it became a game track through dense fox-tails, but Tracey didn't say a word, just sat down in the sandy wash and cleaned the 'tails out of her shoes/socks
The rest of the trip we wandered a bit again, albeit avoiding any further fox-tails. Ultimately I took far more photos than expected and was pleasantly surprised by the results. |
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