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| partners | | | Having a couple of days off, it was time to clear the spider webs off the AZ Trail for the through hikers. Mark dropped me off at Washington Park with plans to meet at Geronimo TH to spend the night. After 2 days of heavy rain, the trail was not as mucky as I had thought it would be. There are some nice, ongoing improvements to the trail. I had to use my AZ Trail app a couple of times to make sure I stayed on the right trail. Weather was beautiful, water was flowing at Chase Creek where I took a little break. Mark met up with me about 3 miles before getting to Geronimo TH. Ran into one section hiker heading north, he had started at Sunflower and Flagstaff was his final destination. He had told Mark about a sweet camp spot above Weber Creek, so we set up camp there for the night. I call it hybrid backpacking...carried my gear, but had the luxury of a real pillow, chair, and tablet for reading, thanks to Mark. The temps dropped quickly, so we were in our tents by 6, plenty of time to read. Heard some owls at night, elk, coyotes in the morning. Had a quick breakfast then headed out for the last 8 mi to Pine TH. Mark packed up the truck and drove around to Pine TH and hiked east til he met me. There was water in the metal tub at Pine Spring, no water at Red Rock Spring, but there is a nice camping area west of the intersection. Three thru hikers blew by us, they were on a mission to get to town. We took our time, enjoyed the final hours of our trip before having to head back to the valley. |
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