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Apr 15 2023
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52 female
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Brown's Mountain Summit via Upper RanchPhoenix, AZ
Brown's Mountain Summit via Upper Ranch
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Apr 15 2023
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking3.84 Miles 620 AEG
Hiking3.84 Miles   1 Hour   27 Mns   2.78 mph
620 ft AEG      4 Mns Break
 
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Upper Ranch Trail - MSPN
Wrangler Trail - MSPN
Brown's Mountain Trail - MSPN
Brown's Summit Spur Trail - MSPN
Brown's Ranch Road Trail - MSPN
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Amazingly quiet for a Saturday in super bloom wildflower season. If you get to summit via Upper Ranch and Wrangler - that’s the quiet way. No poppies. Lots of brittle bush. Smattering of lupine and globemallow and fairy sister. Rare pink blooms on hedgehog cactus. Jogged a little on the way back to car. Wore a new hat that is a little bit old lady but keeps sun off and frankly I am a little bit of an old lady 😂. Turned 50 last week. Happy to have neck, back, knees in good shape and after changing my eating habits I’m back to my high school weight - so can’t complain. Grateful for a spring morning of solitude. Back to Mom shuttle duties soon.
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Brittle bush follow the yellow bush trail everywhere , smattering of variety of flowers also, no poppies
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Mar 20 2023
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52 female
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSPPhoenix, AZ
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
Phoenix, AZ
 Hiking avatar Mar 20 2023
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
 Hiking3.30 Miles 1,008 AEG
 Hiking3.30 Miles      58 Mns   3.41 mph
1,008 ft AEG
 
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This is the fastest I have ever gone from TH to junction with EE and then back. I keep track of my time to EE anytime I am feeling competitive/exercise-ish. Today WITH STOPPING to take tons of pics - I got to sign at 34:34. Pretty good for me. So basically I jogged almost the whole way down. Not because of wanting to get away from crowds or for exercise -- because I didn't account for the absolutely NUTTY traffic on Alma School/128th even FFS /Happy Valley / Pima. Good grief every time I go out there some other road is additively adversely affected by shredding of the roads. I thought Pima was getting better (it is) but there is a huge hold up from Ranch Gate Rd turn and Happy Valley now that wasn't there just two weeks ago. You're totally trapped now in all directions coming and going to the Thumb. Anyway I had to get to school to pick up the kids by 2:20 and realized I was going to have to text my oldest to walk home or jog down the trail to get there with fingers crossed. It wasn't pretty - but I made it. And then was like holy moley I did the whole thing in under an hour. THE FLOWERS ARE THE BEST I'VE SEEN MAYBE EVER EVER LIKE EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HIKING THE THUMB 2005ish. Go fight the crowds - - fight the traffic - - it's worth it right now. It really is amazing the number of poppies on every single slope. Lupine pretty good too.
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get out there even if you have to deal with crowds and miserable construction traffic. Flowers are insane. Poppies everywhere. Like super dense poppies. Smattering of lupine and minor purple ones.
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Mar 14 2023
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Latigo Trail - MSPNPhoenix, AZ
Latigo Trail - MSPN
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Mar 14 2023
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking1.24 Miles 132 AEG
Hiking1.24 Miles      31 Mns   2.48 mph
132 ft AEG      1 Min Break
 
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Jane Rau Interpretive Trail - MSPN
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This was 4th hike in as many days on spring break with George. I worked the morning so was best I could do for something short and before rain came. We did an old loop that they loved as toddlers. Jane Rau loop to Latigo Trail then cross the road up to Sunset Spur trail and then down the hill to the parking lot. George remembers little bits of those baby hikes and definitely remembered the Sonoran Sunday teaching once at the Amphitheater where the game and fish person was bitten by the snake she was holding. Flowers were sparse this day. Clouds were cool.
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Mar 13 2023
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Camino Campana TrailPhoenix, AZ
Camino Campana Trail
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Mar 13 2023
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking1.00 Miles 66 AEG
Hiking1.00 Miles      30 Mns   2.07 mph
66 ft AEG      1 Min Break
 
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This is 3rd hike in three days on spring break with George. This is a trail I’ve never done before today. The plaques and markers are the best of the four mini trails in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve (Bajada at Gateway, Kovach at LDW, Jane Rau at BR). The saguaro timeline is worth your time to visit. The Selfie Station is so perfect. More in depth the station plaques and StoneMan Road is surface scratch of that story. There is a photo on the wall at this Trailhead that includes me, Caroline (@Baby4AZ) and George from when I was in charge of Sonoran Sundays for families for the Conservancy. Cool to show George the pic and the Steward who was there couldn’t quite understand that it was me in the pic and I am an old Class 46 steward —— but that’s ok because he gave George a Fraesfield sticker. And he made sure we had a plan for our hike. I love seeing Tom’s Thumb from Whiskey Bottle trail and now with this nature trail - the expansive ridgeline is even more beautiful. Flowers minimal today. The saguaro metal timeline is worth the visit if you are nearby. George is working on his hiking merit badge for Scouts and he needs a few hikes under two miles - so we checked all the boxes today. I reminded him that I have the All Trails Club spreadsheet for the Preserve when he’s ready to conquer it.
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Fiddle neck, lupine small amounts
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Mar 12 2023
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52 female
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Saddlehorn Trail - MSPNPhoenix, AZ
Saddlehorn Trail - MSPN
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Mar 12 2023
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking4.37 Miles 360 AEG
Hiking4.37 Miles   1 Hour   37 Mns   2.85 mph
360 ft AEG      5 Mns Break
 
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2nd wildflower hike with George on spring break weekend. Rattlesnake sun bathing by balanced rock. Pools of standing water on Powerline trail and mud …. Don’t see that often.
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Slopes of poppies along Granite mountain loop and Saddlehorn . Chuparosa lots. Scattered lupine and others.
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Mar 11 2023
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Sidewinder Trail - Sonoran Perserve NPhoenix, AZ
Sidewinder Trail - Sonoran Perserve N
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Mar 11 2023
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking4.00 Miles 488 AEG
Hiking4.00 Miles   1 Hour   33 Mns   2.64 mph
488 ft AEG      2 Mns Break
 
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Ridgeback Trail - Sonoran Preserve N
Apache Wash Trail - Sonoran Preserve N
Apache Vista Trail - Sonoran Preserve N
Ocotillo Trail - Sonoran Preserve North
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Son George (12 yrs old now!) and I went on wildflower chase today on the trails at Apache Wash TH. I had used the HAZ wildflower feature to narrow down my options - and the report was definitely accurate! You can’t really tell from the parking lot but it’s a complete carpet of flowers in all directions. Almost equal purple to yellow which you don’t see all the time. So many different types of yellow - but man if you are achy for some poppies - the place is flush with them on so many slopes. Was little crowded but really desolate compared to McDowells. Huge storm came in just after we got to the car. George is in Boy Scouts and he helped two lost people - so sweet. we never get to hike just the two of us - was so nice. He was wearing new small Camelback he got for his birthday and some cool shades I bought at the Masters last year. I asked him to guess the ACCUMULATED elevation gain before I checked it - and he was so close - he said 400. He is a stats guy with hikes and backpacking. He knows all his past speeds and miles etc - he said in a group trip you’re only as fast as your weakest link. Yep George yep. Good life lessons in Scouts.
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All y’all flowers out there like wow. Purple gaining on yellow for dominance. Poppies are as described in previous accounts this week - explosive , full hill blankets of poppies. Brittle bush not doing much. Extremely green overal.
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Feb 27 2023
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Western Loop Trail - FHPPhoenix, AZ
Western Loop Trail - FHP
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Feb 27 2023
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking3.10 Miles 514 AEG
Hiking3.10 Miles   1 Hour   16 Mns   2.45 mph
514 ft AEG
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1st trip
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Promenade Trail - FHP
Andrews - Kinsey Trail FHP
Peak 3098 Spur Trail - FHP
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Did weird route today after dropping kids school. Left my water in my car and didn't realize it until I got to Andrews-Kinsey. Dagnabbit. Took Promenade to Western loop - then went to border with MSP at Andrews-Kinsey sign - turned around - then took Western loop up to Peak 3098 - down the way I came BUT ... took the Mountain Bike route of Western loop (I don't see it as a linked trail option but it's 0.5) back to parking lot. Had never taken the bike way down. Cold but not bad with nice sun. Smidge of flowers: occasional poppy patch, rare lupine, couple large shrubs of chuparosa. Pretty much no one on trails until close to 9am. Insane construction. Been watching it evolve for years. More and more depressing. I remember doing a super :y: super super cool loop (was Feb 2015: https://hikearizona.com/x.php?I=4&ZTN=19553&UID=37215) before construction going Sunrise145th parking lot up to Sunrise - across Andrews Kinsey - and then down somehow into canyon and through neighborhood out to pavement and back to my car. So glad I did it while I could. The land is totally rebuilt in there now - like insane terracing lifting homes up out of canyon - walls of walls - very Fountain Hills vibe the terracing.
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poppies few, lupine rare, chuparosa in large clusters on Mtn.bike trail western loop
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Feb 25 2023
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 Scottsdale, AZ
The Lookout from Tom's Thumb NorthPhoenix, AZ
The Lookout from Tom's Thumb North
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Feb 25 2023
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking5.21 Miles 1,454 AEG
Hiking5.21 Miles   1 Hour   59 Mns   2.65 mph
1,454 ft AEG      1 Min Break
 
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Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
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Cloudy not too crowded. Almost zilch wildflowers but very green. Didn’t gun it today - just nice leisure pace. The construction in the bajada area on 128th and Ranch Gate road is wow now. Happy Valley road is a hot mess - going via Dynamite smart. And absolutely do not traverse Pima Road unless you like idling in your vehicle. Take Scottsdale Rod in any way you can.
Going Hayden doesn’t help you get stuck on Happy Valley and it’s closed with concrete wall at junction with Pima (west bound Happy Valey).
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Feb 18 2023
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Sunrise Peak from 128th StreetPhoenix, AZ
Sunrise Peak from 128th Street
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Feb 18 2023
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking5.89 Miles 1,380 AEG
Hiking5.89 Miles   2 Hrs   20 Mns   2.58 mph
1,380 ft AEG      3 Mns Break
 
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Ringtail Trail - MSP
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Beautiful day to be outside ! Green but not many flowers yet.
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Rare patches of poppies
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Mar 21 2022
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSPPhoenix, AZ
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
Phoenix, AZ
 Hiking avatar Mar 21 2022
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
 Hiking3.30 Miles 1,011 AEG
 Hiking3.30 Miles   1 Hour   17 Mns   2.61 mph
1,011 ft AEG      1 Min Break
 
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Exercise hike today. Trying to catch poppies open. Too early in the day though. Crowds usual for spring. Pick up after your dog education going on at TH.
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Lupine, poppies, globemallow , brittle bush
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Sep 19 2021
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSPPhoenix, AZ
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
Phoenix, AZ
 Hiking avatar Sep 19 2021
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
 Hiking3.28 Miles 1,005 AEG
 Hiking3.28 Miles   1 Hour   13 Mns   2.77 mph
1,005 ft AEG      2 Mns Break
 
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I guess summer is over when there are 11 cars ahead of you waiting for gate to open at 5:41am on a Sunday. Made better time today than usual but not best. Nice that kids are old enough to leave them in bed while I’m gone. (And not old enough that leaving them alone invites trouble 😂😂😂). Caroline is 12 and George is 10.

One stretch of trail has huge chunk missing and rolled metal box of rocks washed down too. A steward posted on patrol page that trail crews/engineers are aware and will be out to make repairs soon.
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Aug 08 2021
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Tom's Thumb Trail - MSPPhoenix, AZ
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
Phoenix, AZ
 Hiking avatar Aug 08 2021
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
 Hiking3.50 Miles 1,036 AEG
 Hiking3.50 Miles   1 Hour   31 Mns   2.36 mph
1,036 ft AEG      2 Mns Break
 
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Lots of grass since the rains - really impressive ORANGE poppies at and above the vulture view point along edge of trail. Large clusters gorgeous orange bursts. Several other flowers in smaller clusters - senna yellow and purple / white . Was in high 70’s when gate opened. At 7:00 am was in high 90’s and direct sun. Makes me sad to see dogs starting on trail at this hour and heat and sun. And owners have very little water for themselves. Today I went to East End and back down.
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Significant orange poppy clusters
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Jul 24 2021
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Sunrise Peak from 145th StreetPhoenix, AZ
Sunrise Peak from 145th Street
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Jul 24 2021
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking3.90 Miles 1,181 AEG
Hiking3.90 Miles   1 Hour   49 Mns   2.15 mph
1,181 ft AEG
 
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Cloudy but no rain or lightning or thunder. Was 71 degrees at 3:00 in July - can’t beat that! 40000% humidity though 🥵 Not many on trail. Not much mud or damage from rain - this is a rocky old trail. Doesn’t wash out like the northern sandy ones that get closed after rains.

Happy monsoon !
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Jul 04 2021
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52 female
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSPPhoenix, AZ
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
Phoenix, AZ
 Hiking avatar Jul 04 2021
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
 Hiking4.42 Miles 1,285 AEG
 Hiking4.42 Miles   1 Hour   49 Mns   2.48 mph
1,285 ft AEG      2 Mns Break
 
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For variety of reasons, I haven’t done this favorite hike of mine since Sept 2020. Felt good to go this morning. First car in line at the gate. Rained last night. Was watching NBA eastern conference finals in the pool outside TV getting rained on - and thought - I have to absolutely have to hike in the morning. It was 72 degrees at 4:52AM hike start. Almost no one on the trail until about 6:15AM coming down. Preserve closes today at NOON for July 4th 🇺🇸🎆 will reopen tomorrow sunrise. I was very slow but that’s ok. I went to the gym for the first time in 469 days on Friday - felt amazing. Life going back to normal. Construction around TT new homes is not as bad as I thought it would be - but I’m sure explosion is around the corner. Road improvements almost finished. Happy 4th to HAZ’ers able to find somewhere not closed this weekend! Hopefully the rain allows trails and camping and fishing to open up soon or at least later in the summer.
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Mar 19 2021
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Ringtail Trail - MSPPhoenix, AZ
Ringtail Trail - MSP
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Mar 19 2021
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking1.59 Miles 310 AEG
Hiking1.59 Miles      43 Mns   2.39 mph
310 ft AEG      3 Mns Break
 
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No flowers at all. Did a little hike that’s a big deal. Have had heart issues for two months. This felt good to be on a trail. I’m fine - not dying - but has been mentally awful to not be able to hike. Rowing machine has been life saver for me. And compression socks and beta blocker. Getting old sucks 🫀🥾

What is up with zero wildflowers? Are they not going to happen or happened already or will happen later? What the heck not even basic brittle bush.
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ZILCHO zero nothing for flowers. Is weird
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Nov 28 2020
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Big Loop - Chiricahua National MonumentTucson, AZ
Big Loop - Chiricahua National Monument
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Nov 28 2020
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking9.56 Miles 1,931 AEG
Hiking9.56 Miles   6 Hrs   33 Mns   1.75 mph
1,931 ft AEG   1 Hour   6 Mns Break
 
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Echo Canyon Loop - Chiricahua NM
Ed Riggs Trail
Mushroom Rock Trail
Heart of Rocks Loop Trail
Big Balanced Rock Trail
Sarah Deming Trail
Upper Rhyolite Canyon Trail
Echo Canyon Trail
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Quail hunting in Southern AZ. Stopped into visitor center and took the tiny nature trail. Wish George was with me - we have been racking up federal lands and national monuments/parks since August and his 4th grade #everyKidInAPark .
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Oct 22 2020
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Tom's Thumb Trail - MSPPhoenix, AZ
Tom's Thumb Trail - MSP
Phoenix, AZ
 Hiking avatar Oct 22 2020
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
 Hiking3.38 Miles 1,030 AEG
 Hiking3.38 Miles   1 Hour   25 Mns   2.78 mph
1,030 ft AEG      12 Mns Break
 
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Made good time to EE junction. Took the day off work to write material for two book chapters. Nice to clear my head before busy day. Not crowded. Nice temp. The sign for the née neighborhood Story Brook is up. Depressing. Maybe I’m just envious. I wish I could invest and buy a little condo.
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Oct 17 2020
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Bright Angel TrailNorthwest, AZ
Bright Angel Trail
Northwest, AZ
Hiking avatar Oct 17 2020
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking6.14 Miles 1,961 AEG
Hiking6.14 Miles   3 Hrs   20 Mns   2.11 mph
1,961 ft AEG      25 Mns Break
 
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This is George’s 4th grade year for Every Kid in a Park” to get into all federal lands and water for free for our family for a year. We went to at least 11 for free two years ago when Caroline was in 4th grade. We spent last night at Maswick Lodge. Got up for sunrise pics and coffee and hot chocolate at Bright Angel fountain shop. Caroline is in a photography elective this semester in 6th grade - and she’s using my old phone as a camera. Weather high is 73, low 37. I found the nook where I nursed Caroline Oct 2009 - and we sat up there again to recognize how important moment was 11 years ago. We re-read all my triplogs of the Grand Canyon here on HAZ last night. The kids like reading our family history here. #HAZitRocks #tenderChickens
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Oct 10 2020
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View Point-North Mingus LoopPrescott, AZ
View Point-North Mingus Loop
Prescott, AZ
Hiking avatar Oct 10 2020
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking4.65 Miles 1,338 AEG
Hiking4.65 Miles   2 Hrs   12 Mns   2.16 mph
1,338 ft AEG      3 Mns Break
 
1st trip
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Been wanting to do this hike for a while. Traffic was extra miserable on the way up after a wreck on 17. Checked out Mingus lake which is stocked with rainbow trout. Tiny but pretty lake. Too crowded for me. There was some insane / cool annual race going on using some of the loop trails I was on. It’s called “Man versus Horse”. Passed several very exhausted trail runners with numbers pinned to their shirts. Didn’t see any horses - either way ahead or way behind not sure. Fascinating concept.

The switchbacks on the west side hold the best Fall color right now. Zero people on that part of hike. The hang gliding launching concrete pad /run drop zone was cool. I’ve never seen one before.

Was alone today - which is actually nice sometimes - drove back home - was going to car camp but all the legal spots were full and there are too many rules up on Mingus. Thought I had perfect spot - then a sign that these are only for current members of AZ hang gliding club. Probably could have pushed it. But didn’t feel worth it with 90 minute no traffic drive home. #happyFallYall
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West side switchbacks have awesome RED maples pre-peak
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Dec 21 2019
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Skull Mesa RuinsPhoenix, AZ
Skull Mesa Ruins
Phoenix, AZ
Hiking avatar Dec 21 2019
Crzy4AZ • Triplogs 615
Hiking14.21 Miles 3,022 AEG
Hiking14.21 Miles   8 Hrs   21 Mns   1.87 mph
3,022 ft AEG      44 Mns Break
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Skull Mesa from Spur Cross TH
Mariposa Hill
Spur Cross Trail
Cottonwood Trail #247
Skull Mesa Trail #248
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LindaAnn
My work and kid life schedule is always overbooked and rarely open - - but Linda is a planner - and we set this Saturday to hike somewhere together way back several months ago. I thought I needed to be back home by mid-afternoon to get ready for a holiday party - so we started early at 7 with good bit of wind and we both had ear coverage and light layers on. Linda is a curator of cool gear/outerwear, and I always leave a hike with a shopping list after a hike with her. Loving her wool (bien sur) arm sleeves that allowed her to wear short sleeve shirt and not have to shed a heavy layer couple hours later. Side note: I would make Linda "Wool-kopelli" if I was in charge of such things.

The time-saver route (barely breaking any rules to go 200 ft past sign into Tonto Forest) avoided some AEG - which was fine by me especially on the way back when my toes and knees were ready to be done. We had cloud cover for first hours - then beautiful blue sky. Temperature mid-day was lovely - although I don't have pants that serve as catclaw/cactus protectors AND are lightweight. Drank more water than I expected from being over-layered and used some of Linda's extra stash in the last mile.

Was quite the surprise to pick up the two stray hikers who did not find the ruins. Of course I have sympathy for the disappointment they were feeling before we invited them to follow us. I tried to find the ruins 11 years ago :next: triplog. I see why people would camp and then spend a separate day at the ruins - so much to pour over up there - although camping on the edge of Skull Mesa seems like a windy rough spot.

I saw way more petroglyphs in 2008 than I did yesterday (can I add pics to a photoset from 2008? :lol: :lol: ) but that's probably b/c I was so focused on my own feet and not twisting something or making toes hurt worse. WTH with my toes hurting? Same boots - good socks - same body weight - as usual hiking. Maybe just so much twisty/torque of scrambling or downhill for so long? I wanted a toe-transplant by the last mile. No blisters - and this morning they are fine. Maybe I'm just old and the toes are the canary in the coal mine.

It was a great day outside - super fun as always with Linda - 11 yr closure on ruin finding - and then I ended the day in my jetted tub with AZW beer I picked up (3 yr anniversary cans). Merry Christmas to all! (I swear there was a Christmas tree emjoi smile we used to be able to add???? Reindeer one - what happened to it?)
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