DESTINATION Tom Moody Loop Trail 1 Photoset
2023-06-29 | |
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| Hiking | 4.15 Miles |
436 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.15 Miles | 1 Hour 43 Mns | | 2.68 mph |
| 436 ft AEG | 10 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | For the afternoon I thot we should do this fairly easy and somewhat scenic hike on part of it. Note to Google Assistant, Picture Canyon Trailhead, not Picture Canyon... not sure where Kelly and I would have ended up, ha! It seems they may have added some interpretive signs above the pond, altho maybe I just didn't notice them before. It was pretty smelly but I don't think it was necessarily the pond but from the water treatment plant. We followed the drainage that's full of cattails and grasses. It had some water in it but not much.
I took Kelly over to the two points of interest, the remnants of the railroad bridge and the waterfall. I thot the waterfall would have more water but it didn't; it's still interesting and there was lots of AZ Grape growing on the opposite side. We walked along the edge and then came back to where the trail should have been but apparently they've changed it and moved it to the upper layer. We backtracked to where we went over to the railroad POI and then continued on our way.
From here there really isn't much to see until you come to the Rio de Flag where the bridge crosses the drainage. Here we got to see a few Orange Skimmers but they were pretty fast so I was only able to get one picture. We pulled out the map from the TH as there is a trail that goes off to the west which I've never taken. We decided to maybe take it from the other side and keep moving to the east. There were several caged trees and in the cages were buckets so it will be interesting to see how the trees develop over time. We stopped to check out the glyphs. I like that they have signage so that you can look for the particular art.
The next couple miles are not very scenic as you walk through the forest and on some of that lava rock laden sand. It was a little warm over here as we continued in a counterclockwise direction. They've done some more trail adjustment on this side as well. You pass by that plant where the terrain is a little different and before you know it, you're back to the trailhead. We did see one hiker on this side of the hike; otherwise that was it.
WATCH 1:44-3:26PM, 3.92 miles, 6917-7173 elevation. 114 avg bpm/145 max burning 553 calories. Starting temp 75.8 sunny and 13% humidity. Happy Birthday Wayne and cousin Kirk. |
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For me, sometimes it's just as much about the journey as the destination.
Oh, and once in awhile, don't forget to look back at the trail you've traveled. |
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