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| Hiking | 7.40 Miles |
1,292 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.40 Miles | 3 Hrs 20 Mns | | 2.47 mph |
| 1,292 ft AEG | 20 Mns Break | 10 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | | I noticed that HikeAZ gives me no credit for hiking any of the six trails around Seven Springs although we have hiked most of them for years and years, just never posted them. I guess they're not mindreaders. Since we’ve been somewhat shut out of the AZ Trail, which we were approaching in a day tripping, piecemeal fashion, by Mother Nature, wild fires, closures and deadfalls, we opted to rehike the trails up around Seven Springs. We’ve done most of these with the exception of the Quien Sabe trail which is a bit too much like the AZ Trail to be hiked by seniors. So today, we rehiked the old Bronco Trail out to Cottonwood and back. We got about .5” of rain yesterday which was needed except when your boots are full of mud and you’re slipping and sliding along slogging uphill carrying mud, you don’t think about the beneficial aspects of rain. The vistas from the trail are all wonderful and the weather was perfect (37 degrees to start, about 57 to finish). Someone said that a pound of mud on your boots was equal to five pounds on your back, but why someone would be carrying five pounds of mud on their back escapes me. While three cars were parked at the TH, we saw no other hikers today. All photos taken by Phil for reasons explained on our 12/18 post of Skunk Tank. |
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Autumn Foliage Observation None
Nothing on trail but Seven Springs road just below TH had very pretty cottonwoods. |
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Wildflowers Observation None
none, but the grasses were pretty |
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