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| | Hiking | 9.61 Miles | 5 Hrs 2 Mns | | 2.01 mph |
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| partners | | Back out to Miles TH, this time for a hike and hopes of finding a cave that I'd heard was in the area.
The hike starts out with a walk through some tall dry grasses through the meadow adjacent to the old barn before passing through a gate and wandering off into the woods on the Bull Basin Trail. After passing the rocked over resting place of the cowboy, we hit the junction with the decommissioned Rock Creek trail. The trail itself is in amazing shape and is well marked with cairns, the occasional flagging tape...and lots and lots of bear scat (along with other wildlife scat/spoor). I suspect we have the wildlife traffic to thank for the condition of the trail, which is predominantly brush free with the occasional small (and reasonably avoidable catclaw).
The hike is a pleasant walk along side the dry creekbed with the occasional log to hop over with plenty of leaves crunching underfoot. Our stops included a visit to the dry waterfall (will need to come back after a rain to see it flowing - based on the water staining, I imagine it would be quite beautiful), and the Y-Bar B corral and trough. Since the trail seemed to be in such good shape, we decided to continue onward and were surprised to find some water in the drainage (not moving, with a heavy film on top and plenty of bee and butterfly activity all around). The trail makes a turn and climbs (likely to avoid a dryfall) when a drainage comes in from the right (looking up canyon). The climb upwards affords beautiful views of the sawtooth ridge before the trail drops back down into the drainage. We continued on until the trail was set to start its climb to its terminus at FR650 where we heard plenty of OHV activity.
After a brief stop for a snack, we headed back the way we came without passing any other hikers (though our vehicle had been joined by another while we were out). Alas, the cave remains elusive - scrambled up to where I had coordinates, but failed to find anything other than a whole bunch of loose footing and rock that was really not suitable for climbing on safely. I foresee another visit to the area in my future  and no, this isn't a trick to keep getting rides out to Miles TH 
Another fantastic day out in a beautiful area of the Superstitions that has been spared from fires. The company was good too  |
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
one lonely bunch of pennycress noted amongst the rocks and fallen leaves. |
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Happier when hiking....I may not move fast (and I'm often distracted by wildflowers), but I'll get there eventually  |
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and no, this isn't a trick to keep getting rides out to Miles TH 
