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| | Hiking | 8.65 Miles | 6 Hrs 30 Mns | | 1.41 mph |
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| no partners | | I wanted to go back and walk around the Oatman area. As I started to get near on the freeway (I-8) it suddenly occurred to me I could take an early exit and approach from the north. It'd be less driving, more walking, but address a long-standing question I've had whether S.Oatman Road actually is passable.
Anyway I took that early exit to make the trip more interesting.
Turned out the dirt road petered out a few hundred yards after branching south from Rocky Point Rd. So I started walking there, 2 miles short of my planned starting point. I walked mainly in the dry Gila River bed until crossing a well maintained ranch road which is gated off further down. S. Oatman Rd is not a public through road.
Still it was interesting walking and I made it to the expected ancient stuff I'd mainly seen before. But the most interesting things was the eggs! On the way back, walking in the river bed I passed 3 or 4 areas where large broken egg shells were strewn about. I noticed 6 to 10 in each group spread over 10-20 yards. At least twice the size of chicken eggs. I hadn't seen anything like this before and was stumped.
That HAZ polymath @LosDosSloFolks bets these are gopher snake egg shells and it is plausible. I've never seen a gopher snake in many walks along the Gila but there must be plenty of "gophers" (or equivalent) judging by the copious burrows and tunnels I stepped through in the river bed. Whatever hatched out of those eggs, there are a bunch of them. |
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