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Oct 15 2025
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Southern Galiuro etc., AZ 
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A fixed idea ended up being a meander but that's not a bad thing. I took me 3 hours to drive from Muleshoe to Jackson Cabin. The road into Muleshoe was torn up from the rains but doable and I passed a few road graders on my way in so on my way out a much more tame road. I had to move some rocks, and other debris, do a little road building then I was at the cabin. The goal was to explore some side canyons I had not looked at yet. I took extra water but was counting on finding a few pools here and there since I was not likely to be at any reliable spring source. The canyon had run, but as with so much of this storm system, it had not left much behind in the main.
Very green, and lots of catclaw. I only stayed two nights because of the water situation. Got some good wandering done, but not enough. It was good to be back in the wilderness but it's notable that the southern end is not getting any love as far as trail or road maintenance. I came out without water but did find a little on top of a boulder and drank some of that so was good to go.
I decided to car camp at a spot off the 4wd road after I had finished some bad spot driving. I will still say this is probably the most scenic 4wd road in southern arizona. You will need HC, 4wd, good tires and in spots a rear locker and an experienced driver.
I hiked up in the foothills at the base of the cliffs; the next down a small canyon with flowing water that soon dropped and was a bit of work to get down. I didn't see another person or vehicle except some hunters in an ATV that seemed amazed the Toyota made it up the hill at the Redfield canyon wilderness sign.
I will go back to poke around some spots off the road that have some interest.
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Oct 11 2025
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Promising skies and some strong rain bands but the flood did not materialize; at least where I was. I have always wanted to car camp on a flat rock bench near a cliff edge and did so. The views were great and the clouds were crazy, including one that had a cyclonic rotation followed by some walloping rain.
I walked about and took some shots, heard the run off in the canyon below but could not see it as getting off the mesa was a bit complicated. I stayed high for a while, then crawled into the back of the Jeep for the night.
Next day gray skies and some sun here and there. I set out to get into a far upcanyon area I had not been. Getting off the mesa was a pain and then it was much easier hiking in the grassy foothills. Cool rocks. I finally went around the nose of a rock prominence and down the forming canyon. It was rough. Found another illegal migrant lay up with plenty of graffiti on the rock face. I had some camera problems so not sure how some of the photos will turn out. Boulder crawling with some deep holes I needed to avoid falling into. Awesome views and the rain held off but the humidity didn't. The little washes all had some water, but not running as overnight there was not much follow up rain. I decided to go out along a ledge, then up and over a brushy and bouldery saddle. I was getting tired but kept at it. Think of the calories you are burning with all the scrambling.
The Jeep was in view in the distance. I did a couple of traverses then was on a rocky bench that seemed familiar as it arced around and I climbed easily to the bench the Jeep was on.
Driving out the rain arrived but the dirt road was in good shape and no issues. Overall I think a very beneficial rain for the land, which it needs badly.
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Oct 04 2025
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Drove up the Swift trail not expecting much, wanted to camp at elevation to enjoy a cool night. The very upper part of the mountain near the observatory and radio towers are gold with the young aspen turn. Nothing much lower, a few outliers. I off trailed to some young aspen with red gold tops. The maples roadside still mostly green but look healthy. My favorite campspot unoccupied. Super windy night. Drove down then tried to follow up on a third hand tip of possible ruins. Crawled under a locked gate and looked around at the indicated area but really didn't see anything, however I've done some hiking in this general area and it deserves a revisit due to the attractive boulder piles.
New to me is some asphalt like treatment on sections of the dirt part of the Swift trail. Maybe they are planning on extending the pavement but more likely maybe a stab at erosion control.
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Sep 28 2025
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Of course I would pick this weekend for some exploring of roads out of Top of the World. I drove thru Globe and Miami, some water still on the road and trash everywhere in the washes including destroyed vehicles. In the burn scar the runoff was heavy.
Road 1 had some torn up tred in the wash but doable in the Jeep, then it climbed out and had some good views but not an attractive area; pretty much desert scrub. However it goes near some areas I wish to explore and it gets me pretty close to an awesome backpack area that I believe is inaccessible by normal means now. Stopped when it crossed a large wash, pretty much intact but was a mud berm and with a 30 foot drop into a bouldery wash I decided to wait until things dried out.
Road 2 I have been on and had some hiking potential. Rock slide so a 6-8 point turn around.
Road 3 is an old favorite of mine, super rough and rocky but has a lot of explore potential too. I car camped early off it and then hiked up a closed off and sort of disguised road cut. This road 3 I think has been sort of discovered. It is what I call a back way into Devils Canyon. If you can get to the correct place in a saddle an old trail takes off and drops you into the canyon not too far from the pools. It's a definite HC 4wd and good tires.
I went over the top of the end of the blocked spur road at a saddle and then off trailed it down thru boulders and vegetation and into the wash which had run but only had a few small pools. An area of large trees ahead intrigued me. I ended up at a full and scenic ranch tank then to an area which has homestead vibes but nothing found but some mining claims. I took an old trail to a hidden ranch house that was in an idyllic setting. Definitely new, although no one seemed home. I did not approach. On the way back a slightly different way that was a lot better than my route in.
On the way home a brushy approach to the San Pedro. It was flooding and I almost slipped and fell several times in the muddy troughs flowing near the main. On a side route found an area with lots of pot shards and some possible ruin outlines.
Busy weekend, not as fulfilling as I would like but it gives me some good ideas.
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Sep 21 2025
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Quite the day. Back into an area I haven't been in a long time. Remember now how I liked it. Not much water though, but some. Migrant shrine, tiny fawn, flowers, chased briefly by the border patrol. I think he was a little perturbed when I jumped out of my vehicle and held my hand up to get the photo; I had already missed the best light. Storms around, scattered. Some big Caltrop spreads although looking a bit cooked close up. From what I was told the illegals are cutting thru the backways thru some ranches to avoid the checkpoints. Back to what they were doing before the border was pretty much open. Same old.
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Sep 14 2025
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Back to the past; or last weekend. The toyota danced on the badly washboarded part of the road until I shut the traction control off so I could actually drive the vehicle and not put up with auto correct. Several vehicles, unusual, one almost ran me off the road and I had a suspicion they were out to pick someone up.
On the rancher trail with correct footwear this time. At the saddle went down canyon, it dropped fast and I saw little evidence of a trail. I entered the canyon beyond the rock hoodoo of earlier. The water levels are dropping fast without rain. However, the future cast shows some rain for this area. Sure. I went downcanyon and picked up a good use trail. One area was spooky with all the trash and hypodermics. Don't touch anything down here without gloves. I went over a saddle on a very good trail and intersected a canyon with a fair amount of water coming down it with a low flow. However I was committed to the main, and went down that. The canyon was mostly dry and soon had some large benches with big oak trees and pretty well greened up. I turned a corner and recognized where I was once more. Typical labyrinth stuff.
Back to the Yota scaring up some deer and seeing some more flowers. The Caltrop stands are still doing pretty well. Will see what the weather brings.
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A rancher advised me of a short trail to get into the nearby section of the labyrinth I was in last week. I located it and it was a dream come true. Not a dream was I left a key piece of hiking gear at home; I made it work but when my body started hurting a bit I had to turn around in the fun part.
This trail worked along a ridgeline then came off to a broad saddle. From here it's going to be a hunt but I chose to scramble up onto a rocky ridgeline across the way. Now it was some hard hiking with interesting trends that left one standing on a rock with a small gap sometimes 10-15 feet deep between the next boulder group. My jumping days are over so I weaved in and out and soon got tired of it. Beautiful and intriguing area though. The best part of the day were the flowers. The Caltrops were covering some of the hillsides and turning them gold. Back when I can get my sheet together.
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Happy, Happy, Happy. New route into my playground that did very well and took me to a place I had been but from a different approach. Saw multiple turtles, a coachwhip ( no pic) no people but lots of trash unfortunately but still did not tarnish the beauty of this area. Pretty rough in spots with scrambling unless you wanted to swim but some of the pools could not determine depth so didn't want to try. Found a better way in so will be back.
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Might as well get the whining in first. Borderline hot/humid to start, I was slow and awkward on the off trail, the lighting wasn't good for photos, area in general dry; not enough monsoon yet; and I didn't find a specific area I was looking for.
Of course beautiful, serene, quiet, rough, water nice and cool, and some big pools. Labby is a small complicated area of rocks, waterways, greenery and small alcoves with illegal migrant trash. I've hiked all over it pretty much but too many little nooks and crannies. It has some stunning small almost sculptural areas that I have enjoyed very much, and hope to keep enjoying in the future!
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Return to a wonderful area I glimpsed almost 20 years ago now on a loop backpack; this was the final day. I love walking on large slickrock granite expanses with lakes and streams and this area has it. I tried to acclimate with the car camping ( separate triplog and photos for that) but I still was a little out of it day one. The main trail was pretty busy but solitude with the campsites was had. Weather was mostly good, one very stormy night - the lightning was stellar, the kind with your eyes closed you can see the outline of the bolt on the lid-- some rain, some overcast, some clear. The trip was just challenging enough to give me hope that I can still be in the game for some of the stuff I want to do.
Read some, wandered some, talked to some nice people, and saw some happy kids and dogs. Beautiful scenery of course, and so nice to get out of my backyard.
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Jul 26 2025
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Two quite by chance car camps in neat areas with rock pillars and tall pines and the other clifftop camping overlooking a vigorous creek. Both were over 7k which was my goal to acclimate since I am such a flatlander right now. As I like to do set up the Toyota then hiked around. Both areas beautiful and definitely on the list to revisit if I get in the area and plan a little more time. Coming back nothing exciting except outside of Flag in the woods woke up predawn to slight noises and looked out of the car to see the site surrounded by a small elk herd.
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Caltrops for the win! Blooming fairly profusely in spots. At the parking place it was raining; non monsoon like just a gentle steady rain. Water had been absorbed into the thirsty land but still some pools and some epic mud. Greening up in spots. After the hard part of the canyon I decided to exit on a cross country overland back to the car. It tried to rain, I tried to wear rain gear but it was a sweat fest and I figured out how to protect the cameras whereas I could just get wet. That worked out. I had a wrong turn but then got back to the Jeep once I paid attention to the larger landscape.
Drive out fields of summer poppies. Had to stop and wander amongst them of course. Hope we get a more vigorous monsoon down here in the coming month or so.
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Night of ongoing storms, not much sleep, woke up late. Got out of the house later than I like and headed south. The system seemed to have a lot of gumption to it and I knew just where the water would go.
Not disappointed. The formerly dry gullies with brown silty water. I parked the jeep, grabbed a camera and some rain protection and took off. Had some old chacos on so the wading was nice in the gentle almost soft water, warm and settling in some places. Not the most I have seen here but pretty good. Found some pretty rocks. The levels had fallen quickly but debris in some places was pretty impressive. Depending on what happens I know where I will be come the weekend.
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Jeep with some cooling issues; just out of the shop so a test drive in order. A little hot to hike but I brought gear just in case. Border loop drive, some interstate, some secondary pavement and a long at times slow dirt road section. Storms are building. Mixed bag, the bad, lots of apparently dead oak trees due to heat and drought. Some signs of green up, and even a few flowers, then dry and brown. Some sections of road showed run off damage from some recent rains. I saw no other vehicles on the dirt section. Washboarding had me drifting the Jeep unintentionally in spots. The drive went well, I got it up to the top end of the temp range and the thermostat seemed to function correctly; held and came back down. With and without AC. I almost never use AC on dirt roads; don't know why maybe cause my first Jeep didn't have AC.
Usually commentary on the Jeep at the BP checkpoint " Dayum, that thing is a monster!"
Next up to adjust the Teraflex upper ball joints, which have a bit of slop.
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It seemed like a long time since I had a pack on my back so wanted something with water and not too far away. It has been maybe 25-30 years since I had been in Aravaipa proper. I don't remember if you even needed a permit then. Being retired has some benefit as I was the only permit holder for the east side for a couple of days.
Saddled up near 100 degrees; humidity was felt but not bad yet. A few miles in and set up camp; no sleeping bag or tent, just my poncho tarp for some protection and I inflated my pad on top of the bivy; that in case of flooding rains only. Draped the mosquito netting although the bugs did not seem to be bad.
Wandered wading and taking pictures. The night nice with thunder and lightning at times, light rain, and a couple of fireflies! Haven't seen those since my childhood in Tennessee. Next day out to dayhike a couple of sidecanyons, nice to see some springs running. A comical moment in a few feet from the bone dry bottom almost stuck in mud that I sank in well over my boots to try to fill a bottle at a running spring in ferns after struggling thru raspberry vines.
Saw some coati and some deer; lots of bird calls. Saw no humans. Decided to drive out a little early on the permit because the storms were brewing and I wanted views out of the canyon. Got those, home to puddles of water in the backyard. A good few days, and nice to see I may still have it regarding backpacking.
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A little hiking in the general area. Had some folks who wanted to come play in the water. I drove in Fri nite and camped in a hot spot not as great as I thought it would be. Might be that bark scorpion that was on my camp bag.
However some general poking around was good, hiked in the canyon some just to enjoy the water while waiting on the others. I was in early so saw plenty of deer, turkey, a small bobcat, javelina and got a not good pic of the local heron. A pretty low slung car made all of the water crossings to get to the first TH parking. I was pretty impressed by that.
Spoke to the rancher who blocked this end years ago. At times I can be a good listener.
Good day, hot but the area lush and green and plenty of water.
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Jun 15 2025
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Stroll in the desert with the IR converted Sony nex 6; and some fun in the post. Not too bad to start, a little warm in the finish.
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Not exactly what I intended but couldn't skip the big cloud view opportunity. The sky was pretty gray and ugly after I drove in with a steady wind. I took a short hike to a local bench mark which was a one and done sort of thing but great views from the ridgeline rollercoaster. I had to decide where to car camp; the storm was not going to be a big thing in this area but I decided to camp high with the Jeep nose into the wind and a small cedar tree and huge prickly pear as a windbreak. Rain off and on most of the night. I love the sound on the Jeep top; and I also had some good reading.
Morning broke and I had a choice. The sky was just awesome with all the clouds and sunlight playing amongst the hills and cliffs. Out the road and then to hike on the conglomerate. The slot I sought was technical. I managed to get in the upper part then the bottom fell out. Would be a short initial rap but it was still more than I was equipped for. So I wandered along the rim then made my way up, then over to another small drainage with small pools of run off. I managed to fall four times and tweak my knee once. (My primary care MD will not be pleased. My last report was that I am at moderate risk for hip fracture. I told her I am not stopping hiking). Or on the other hand 4 falls and no ambulatory injury= maybe the hip is better than thought! It was super humid and I was pretty bloodied up. Got to the Jeep, had a cold drink and all is good. The only way I could do this one was because of this storm, otherwise way too hot.
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Blessed with still mild weather; perfect for the scouting trip. Was this an ATV trail or a jeep route? No matter the jeep made short work of it. For once GE gave a pretty accurate overview. I rolled into the car camp, ran around with a camera peering into mud conglomerate palisades, and took a short evening hike highlighted by a hissy gila monster and some more things to explore.
Good night, some blustery blasts but left the Jeep rear hatch open for the cool temps. Woke up late, coffee and gazing into the distances as the sun changed the shadows on the hills. A different route this morning, some clambering in and out of ravines filled with vegetation, alcoves, a painted man, a few scuzzy potholes water, bighorns, dizzying heights, greeeeen trees, warm in the sun but the at times strong wind cool. I saw no way into the canyon I sought, but this puzzle piece terrain probably has some obscure route not revealed at this time. Shredded my new sun shirt. Enjoyed it all and a very pleasant drive out, a place bookmarked in my memory. A 3 day 4 night camp should do it once the amazing temps return.
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In a good way. Been here a long time ago, no memory of most of it. No footprints except cow and maybe bear.
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