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| no partners | | | Adventure number 2 of the weekend and my last hike before the big 48 was taking a friend for his first trip into the Superstitions. Drove up Elephant Butte Road and parked under Buzzards Roost. Started down Milk Ranch Creek, making a stop to show my hiking partner Reed's Water, which btw still has a very noisy working windmill lol. Next, headed up Randolph Canyon where we came across 5 people on horseback. They were looking for their cattle so I assumed they were from the Quarter Circle U or JF Ranch but not positive. Chatted for a few and continued on. Took a quick peek at Dripping Spring and stopped for a nice break under the shade at the Randolph/Fraser confluence, which is one of my favorite spots in the wilderness. Still a ton of sand covering the red rocks, but this area has not flashed in awhile and all of the junk trees and logs that had previously flashed in the creek are now gone, so hoping in the future the creek eventually washes the sand away. After our break we started back. It was a little warm on the way out but we had an awesome breeze most of the day which really helped. This area is so green right now. I was expecting crappy overgrown trail conditions, however, the cattle in the area have done a nice job carving out the trail with very little overgrowth. We only lost the trail for a short period and had an easy hike in the creek during that time. I love this area of the wilderness and we had great weather with awesome trail conditions. |
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