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| Hiking | 2.83 Miles |
385 AEG |
| | Hiking | 2.83 Miles | 1 Hour 3 Mns | | 2.83 mph |
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| no partners | | Last week, Greg sent me a picture of huckleberry ice cream scoops we could get at a store in Cave Creek. Obviously I replied, without hesitation. I decided to do a hike before I came. He asked up here?, I said, no, at Lookout. He kind of shamed me so I decided I'd do a quick hike up at the North Phoenix Sonoran Preserve.
There is 25MPH construction on the Sonoran Parkway due to a large housing complex going in  on the south side of the road, so it takes a little longer to come and go. The TH lot was mostly empty as a chirping cactus wren greeted me. On the way in I noticed Mother Nature was up painting. My first pics were of the desert sky. I wasn't sure how I would do on this hike as I'm still practicing. It turns out I had a good day as I was able to get up Apache Vista in good order. Along the way I noticed a lot of the normal desert spring flora, though most was in its waning stage. The flora that most surprised me was the thinness of the Desert Trumpets which were numerous on the north side.
At the summit some butterflies joined me for a short while before I headed back down and around to the TH. For the most part, it looks pretty dry out here but, nonetheless, I love our desert for its sparks of flora growth here and there. I saw four lizards, a few quail, a hummer, a squirrel, a helicopter, two bike riders and 3 hikers.
And now to head up to Greg's (LosDosSloFolks) where we went and had lunch at Janey's and then huck ice cream at City Creamery. They didn't have the plain huck ice cream. However, I did enjoy the huckleberry honey lavendar ice cream AND they had a quart of the regular huck ice cream in their freezer. They get their berries from Montana. It was nice to visit with Greg and once he gets his back and knee back in order, hopefully it will still be cool enough to get in some little hiking.
WATCH: 2.81 mi, 11:25AM 1:03:23, 134 avg bpm/165 max burning 436 calories, 47% Zone 5 max, 45% Zone 4 anaerobic, 396 ml sweat loss. TEMP 75.1 sunny, slight breeze from the south 8.1mph SSE, 17% humidity. |
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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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, along with a high calorie day a couple days ago.
at Quik Trip as I forgot to pack a beer.
. On the Esplanade Trail, before arriving to where that saguaro normally stood I took a closer picture of the ground cover I couldn't ID last Sunday that I think is Woolly Plantain. I also grabbed some photos of some other flora including Owl Clover, Desert Hyacinth, Christmas Cholla and a few other different kinds of Cholla. 
. The temp seemed humid at first but there was a nice breeze most of the time. The overcast skies also helped. Getting closer to the TH there were lots more hikers and I did see a couple rabbits. Earlier I had seen a couple lizards and heard a couple cactus wrens. I saw a quail up in a tree doing his mating call.
