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| Hiking | 3.97 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 3.97 Miles | 4 Hrs 5 Mns | | 1.10 mph |
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| no partners | | Tom and I worked together in the '80s where we were key members of our company's softball and basketball teams in the Cheshire CT city leagues. (By key I mean we helped avoid forfeits.) We get together for a beer now and then and when I asked if he wanted to come along to look for petroglyphs he was in.
I planned a route that I thought would be fun, including waypoints of worthwhile spots. As expected we had good weather and encountered ancient pottery and petroglyphs. A surprise to me though was finding quite a few pieces of shell amongst the pottery, remnants of ancient trade and jewelry. I credit Tom for investigating that since I hadn't noticed it in two previous trips there.
Also noteworthy was encountering two other parties walking along the same edge as us. That almost never happens. One was a veteran petroglyph hunting couple from Prescott Valley with a friend from Wyoming. The other pair of guys told us they were out looking for water - meaning they wanted to see if the recent flooding might show up in the "always dry" Lower Gila. We all were disappointed though that we couldn't see any water. But I'd say the area was greener and grassier than I've ever seen it. These guys were able to answer my question about whether you could drive Oatman Road out to the north: Nope, the recent ranch residents lock the gates.
Running into 5 people out there is unusual and 5 people older than us seemed statistically unlikely - until you think about what kind of people habituate an obscure spot like that on a Tuesday... |
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