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| Hiking | 7.76 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 7.76 Miles | 5 Hrs 15 Mns | | 1.48 mph |
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| no partners | | After parking at the main First Water Trailhead, I started on the Dutchman's Trail and soon turned off the trail, heading north along First Water Creek. The creek was flowing nicely, and the sounds of water and singing birds were wonderful. Went past First Water Ranch and turned east on an unmarked, well-worn horse trail that goes on up to Garden Valley.
I've walked around here many times and found a lot of interesting things - pieces of pottery, mortars, bedrock metates, cupules, and small caves. And I'm always amazed at the enormous chollas.
Today I was hoping to find some petroglyphs. I've never hiked up Hackberry Mesa, which borders Garden Valley to the north. The large basalt rocks on top seemed like good candidates. I hiked up and checked hundreds of rocks on high points of the eastern half, but I didn't find a single one.
Went back down the mesa to the valley and noticed a couple of painted potsherds, which are always nice to see and photograph. I spooked a jackrabbit, and it took off across the green grass-covered desert floor. Stopped to visit some mortars and bedrock metates that I had seen before, and then I headed back.
It's always a great day in the Superstitions. |
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Poppies, Desert Hyacinth, Fiddleneck, Scorpion Weed, Anemone, Lupine, Penstemon |
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