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West Turkey Creek-Chiricahua, AZ
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| partners | | I had been down to the area several times this summer to see the aftermath of some flood events, but had not camped yet. I received a PM from John that he and Kelly wanted to do some camping and hiking in southern Arizona and wanted ideas. I suggested West Turkey Creek because the stream was flowing strong and a network of trails radiates out to the upper reaches of the range. They liked the idea and invited me to join them, so heck yeah, got to camp in one of my favorite places for two nights and not be alone for a change! 
Saturday after setting up camp we did a hike up to Mormon Spring and the old sawmill site. Missed it on the way up and hiked aways further up the canyon, where we encountered some serious trail rehab work. I was too tired to go much further, so while John and Kelly continued on up canyon for awhile, I backtracked to look for the sawmill site, which I found and waited there for them to return.  I don't do much hiking anymore, so that was it for me this trip. The rest of my time was spent hanging around camp. 
John and Kelly were going to do a big loop hike Sunday and wondered if I would get bored while they were gone. Not a chance...just being out there is good enough for me! There were a number of other campers Saturday, but they all left Sunday, so we had the campground to ourselves Sunday night. The last campers to leave had a problem though, a dead battery on their SUV. The way they were positioned in the park spot, I was unable to drive close enough to use the jumper cables to help them. So they tried to push the vehicle back out to the road, but the slope was too much, so I looked around for a way to drive down into the camping area and get close enough to get the job done. It took awhile, but I was finally to get close enough that we could use the cables. Success! It took a bit of effort to get my RAV back up on the campground road, as I was spinning in the wet dirt on the embankment, but after a couple tries I got it done.  Of course the FS crew showed up for their daily visit to check on things while I was down in the tent area, but they were glad I was able to help the folks out and spent some time raking away my tire tracks and placing a few more large rocks on the embankment where I had driven down. All part of the fun of camping. 
After another great night of sleeping, I packed up my stuff in the morning and enjoyed a few cups of coffee, while John and Kelly headed off to do another hike before heading home. Thanks for the invite to join in on this adventure!
I kind of liked the pulsing culvert. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
another great summer display fading away |
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