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| | Hiking | 11.20 Miles | 3 Hrs 40 Mns | | 3.05 mph |
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| no partners | | Continued on with hiking sections of the Maricopa Trail, picking up where I left off. I started at Freestone Park this time and headed southeast, taking the rather long spur from the loop that reaches all the way down to Santan Regional Park. I got to Pecos Road and headed back. The canal along here is much nicer than I expected. Lots of residential areas that it goes thru, but also some open fields here and there.
The canal is paved through most of this section, but it's also wide enough for most of it that you can hike off of the pavement or sidewalk and in the dirt. There is also some landscaping on the canal for a couple miles, which makes for some nice shade and nicer feel. For quite a bit of this section, it appears that the Maricopa Trail is designated as being on either side of the canal. In the northern sections here, that isn't the case. Some of the non-designated sides of the canal will eventually have a locked gate, barbed wire, etc. I stayed on the west side of the canal since for whatever reason, there seemed to be less traffic on that side.
This section goes right by my new beer bottle shop. I forgot to pack my bigger backpack, or I might have stopped in on my way back for a couple 4-packs. Once I got to Pecos Road, the designated trail heads directly east, and for as far as I could see, is basically on the sidewalk along Pecos Road. Looks like I'll have to bite the bullet on that one to complete the trail fully.
Finished by 10am, keeping up a decent pace. Freestone Park wasn't very full of people, likely because it's a weekday |
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