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Lousy Canyon Rim Explore, AZ
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| Hiking | 9.30 Miles |
565 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.30 Miles | 5 Hrs 34 Mns | | 1.67 mph |
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| partners | | FOTG and I headed out to Perry Mesa for an early morning hike across the mesa to checkout the two Lousy Canyon ruins on the north side of the canyon rim. We met up at the intersection of Bloody Basin Road and FR14 shortly after sunrise and started the drive across the mesa on the 4WD road that leads to Perry Windmill. A huge herd of Pronghorns (abut 50 in 2 groups) were spooked by our arrival running at high speed across the mesa horizon with the full moon setting behind them. FOTG, who was in the lead, jumped out of his car and managed to get some photos with his cell phone. They were long gone by the time my slow as molasses old Nikon Super Zoom completed booting up.
We were soon hiking across the mesa towards Lousy Canyon with FOTG setting a lively pace and discouraging me from getting side tracked by curiosities along the way. Snooping around we found what appeared to be the remains of some single rooms in addition to the two main ruins as well as petroglyphs, lots of pottery sherds and signs of ancient agave agriculture. FOTG set the same lively pace headed back to our cars which we reached at about 1:00pm. He started the drive home while I hung out brewing a cup of coffee with my trusty Jetboil stove to keep me awake on the drive home. It had been a beautiful, calm, sunny day all morning. But, the forecast 28mph wind came up just as I started to brew my coffee on the back bumper of my car. The wind snatched up a bag of garbage in the back of the car and was quickly blowing its contents across the mesa with me in hot pursuit. But I was soon buttoned up in my car out of the wind and enjoying a fresh hot cup of coffee before starting the drive home. |
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