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| no partners | | So it begins; the in earnest walkabout in the southern pinalenos. Drove the gas line service road, then a secondary road heavily washed out which resulted in some Jeep tire lifting and a brief warning light I had never seen before. Got to the end and a fence. Crawled under, dragged my pack and finished setting up then set out.
Perfect wash. Gravelly with polite rock ridges that made for good footing. I found and took an old washed out road past a tank with windmill; no water. Lots of old livestock poop, horse moreso than cow, but no animals seen. Soon the wash splintered into some small rough ravines in a large bowl. I headed up to a perfect campsite at the end of a rock formation in the middle of the bowl, with great views surrounded by rocky hills. I was stealth camping with the bivy and before moonrise had good star viewing.
Morning, and I left camp with a daypack and made a traverse high along rock tops of the bowl. Incredible views, great hiking, cactii spread apart and very little catclaw. Beautiful with that isolated feeling although not far from major highways. I saw a large solitary cottonwood and made my way to that, spotted some equipment and made my way over to that. A small tank held a little water, precious here. It seems the modern headframe probably sent buckets of concrete down for the construction of a dam for the tank. There were some faint road signs here, but it had been a while.
Picked up my camp and made my way back to the Jeep. One area down, and more to go. |
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