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| Hiking | 8.74 Miles |
1,202 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.74 Miles | 5 Hrs 5 Mns | | 1.80 mph |
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| no partners | | Had a vague plan to walk around SE of the Horseshoe Dam. I first looked from the (well) below the dam crossing road and no surprise it was plenty wet. And on a 37deg morning I was not gonna wade it so I went up to the spillway for a dry crossing with no particular destination in mind.
Walking the road south toward the ranch the hill to the left started to look a little interesting so I headed that way, up a couple ridges, ending up back overlooking the lake. Along the way I noticed a rock alignment, looked down and saw some pottery pieces, and simultaneously 5 or 6 javelina ran by me. This was all the excitement for the day and it happened in a span of about 10 seconds.
Walking the long ridge SE of the dam had fine views in all directions but no more cultural signs. A steep drop to the east brought me near enough to a big ruin I looked at briefly a few years ago that I thought I'd go there again. No change: its messy, dug up and overgrown, but I was in the neighborhood.
Walked the road out past the ranch. I was passed by 4 guys on fat-tired mountain bikes. In a brief exchange one mentioned they'd done 30mi. Driving in that morning I'd noticed 5 other bikepackers laboring up the dirt road so it seems this area is on the biker's map. I'm guessing they combine the Horseshoe crossing with Sheep Bridge. |
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