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Northern Loop from Dreamy Draw, AZ
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| Hiking | 6.04 Miles |
1,007 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.04 Miles | 2 Hrs 49 Mns | | 2.43 mph |
| 1,007 ft AEG | 20 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Tracy invited me for a hike up in my area so we met at Dreamy Draw and geared up. I decided to hike out the opposite way I normally go, but that didn't work out too well. They seemed to have changed it up a bit as we ended up getting too close to the freeway. We back-hiked a bit and then up to what I thought was the trail... well not quite. We basically moved from trail to trail and up over the mountains on not well used trails.
I am very out of shape and it showed; very disappointed in myself. We continued on up and over and then down to the east side. We finally reached some well used trail as we hiked toward Happy Hour Ridge area on the 100. It was briskly windy until we hit the east side below Happy Hour Ridge. We crossed around it and up a little hill with very nice trail and over to the north side where we took a break.
We continued our route back heading west toward the trail we would use to crossover the mountains. I decided I wanted another break so we sat down. There was lots of plane activity including what looked like a near miss of two passenger planes. There was a lot of Holy S coming out of my mouth as we were scared about what we thought we might witness. Fortunately, no collission but that's the closest I've ever seen two large passenger planes fly, one heading northeast and the other southwest  .
We finished the hike over the range and down the other side. It still amazes me how poor of shape that part of the trail is in going down the hill. I assume the bikes go a different direction? And from here, it was all down hill. We started seeing some more wildflowers including some poppies and lupine. The whole hike had lots of Scorpionweed and Brittlebush blooming, so that was nice to enjoy. They must have changed the trail a bit or removed that wooden fence and maybe that was what threw me off at the beginning when I missed my turn.
At the trailhead I visited with some Amish from Michigan since I am familiar with their other brethren (hutterites) in Montana. FYI The Hutterian Brethren, or Hutterites, are the final religious group bearing any similarity to the Amish or Mennonites. They share a similar origin with Amish and Mennonite people due to the fact that they are an Anabaptist church.
We headed for Manuels (31st St and Shea) and tried the Margarita Valentine's flight. We don't recommend it. Otherwise, food and service was good as usual.
Oh, it was fun reading our watches from time to time to check bpm and mileage. 5.84 mi, 9:27AM-12:16PM, avg 143 bpm/ 169bpm max burning 1272 calories. 78% Zone 5 max, 17% Zone 4 anaerobic, 613ml sweat loss. Temp 68, sunny, although clouds off to the west, 19% humidity, 8.7mph wind from the east. |
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lots of blooming brittlebush and scorpionweed! Isolated poppies and lupine. |
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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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), the wind died down once we made our way back to the western side of the loop. And fortunately, it was mostly downhill as we made our way back to the parking lot. 
: 3.01 mi, 3:28-4:33PM, avg 136 bpm - max 164 bpm (52% max, 42% anaerobic). They have a new stat... this should be interesting for me as I sweat a lot (I think becuz of med combo), 228 ml; I know TMI. Temp 66.1, 33% humidity, wind 1.9 mph WNW
