tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60256296558972676332024-02-20T14:12:18.475-08:00brightangelblogSlimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-69531128101230999412022-07-21T10:25:00.002-07:002022-07-21T10:25:52.668-07:00<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PJi6_Fft4FQ7vP8mTV1octac2W9JKpznGp8jQ5gj7dEJWnTxoCm5wHcMTYEePCRSiDiCJ5YQwbVxlkyPdOYtfV9q-DbVzYCzaCWeQ8-emLwJBDkWJdlBS5W_9tVZc8gwwEaO1_PCTxFZ3GBeLlbvmNtC9sEomx__c1G0Q1M251ixZ1ny_T2BwSTMaw/s4000/IMG_0460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PJi6_Fft4FQ7vP8mTV1octac2W9JKpznGp8jQ5gj7dEJWnTxoCm5wHcMTYEePCRSiDiCJ5YQwbVxlkyPdOYtfV9q-DbVzYCzaCWeQ8-emLwJBDkWJdlBS5W_9tVZc8gwwEaO1_PCTxFZ3GBeLlbvmNtC9sEomx__c1G0Q1M251ixZ1ny_T2BwSTMaw/s320/IMG_0460.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what a good chipmunk eats for breakfast</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXizeWpbyAWR2Cd5YeSe5HNGaqC7foJi3LXPBEYteEwQyqC6VtXsOOF9bPCSLJeKfwRw7tEc0A2iVqmQ_hYTPozWH2DkmQzL3aafhSJqkAoFbfk9HPkRLfVhagRmyvZWECvD2IMebdwA8HdkrjpkZva0FsRly8ykcmh8vZhBR9HR6iK__slykqeetCg/s4000/IMG_0498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXizeWpbyAWR2Cd5YeSe5HNGaqC7foJi3LXPBEYteEwQyqC6VtXsOOF9bPCSLJeKfwRw7tEc0A2iVqmQ_hYTPozWH2DkmQzL3aafhSJqkAoFbfk9HPkRLfVhagRmyvZWECvD2IMebdwA8HdkrjpkZva0FsRly8ykcmh8vZhBR9HR6iK__slykqeetCg/s320/IMG_0498.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning on the Fairyland loop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8x7d_IfEXAmk0OAtClDsTSMGF1JwglH1WpKk-3nXP5sXpRoBsUiJKWmrtQ0Hsfy4RTJp7futYABAIZCLnl2P6R2-QYxvSwv7RqM9hDilYTf8FwXRpGamYQ-N3jLzhRScRg0aW8LrLRf8o6qMnvnU06bIUuCN-jnP1aOzEKlDgvkyExzUnJyd98b5pA/s4000/IMG_0505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8x7d_IfEXAmk0OAtClDsTSMGF1JwglH1WpKk-3nXP5sXpRoBsUiJKWmrtQ0Hsfy4RTJp7futYABAIZCLnl2P6R2-QYxvSwv7RqM9hDilYTf8FwXRpGamYQ-N3jLzhRScRg0aW8LrLRf8o6qMnvnU06bIUuCN-jnP1aOzEKlDgvkyExzUnJyd98b5pA/s320/IMG_0505.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">susnrise</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIuQV1e7Dt3uzjlCfKblzhcIMoK8xuvdrMYUgjBVTQEEvg6EOq-unrAWkM_NtCWOpye4jWGnpg6YGMMCe7GDzlzCcn30XY1GUrGwCiOreUTg9TlgvIVSwazRw9DRJsLoCfPmoZ1Vf7NpOAXgKnr33JZ2AVahmm1VgLAI0ZXLdjEDSwBWRKIHIL0Epxw/s2248/IMG_0521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="2034" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIuQV1e7Dt3uzjlCfKblzhcIMoK8xuvdrMYUgjBVTQEEvg6EOq-unrAWkM_NtCWOpye4jWGnpg6YGMMCe7GDzlzCcn30XY1GUrGwCiOreUTg9TlgvIVSwazRw9DRJsLoCfPmoZ1Vf7NpOAXgKnr33JZ2AVahmm1VgLAI0ZXLdjEDSwBWRKIHIL0Epxw/s320/IMG_0521.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It really should say "mass wasting"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXljsJTgLdzlRId2f9g4ZA9soRq-_tSSh2E7lXswdl9wqkYGZw5KJ_sis2cPOIHQ5eR5k_hhu6C6jSGdGzOPs83e6YGxo5HM9Z7TR-1giLk8WO7y-N8ltCuuWOF7jlWtNibAvTn-Nve0znkaE-BpWgyqbc3Het0cTPCzT9eDy8tQyeug0pwxbTPOZlA/s4000/IMG_0538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXljsJTgLdzlRId2f9g4ZA9soRq-_tSSh2E7lXswdl9wqkYGZw5KJ_sis2cPOIHQ5eR5k_hhu6C6jSGdGzOPs83e6YGxo5HM9Z7TR-1giLk8WO7y-N8ltCuuWOF7jlWtNibAvTn-Nve0znkaE-BpWgyqbc3Het0cTPCzT9eDy8tQyeug0pwxbTPOZlA/s320/IMG_0538.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peek a boo trail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXAWifAdcoDZgBQFzAk6HQ5hooliTVLNbumUzg12vla2xnM7mrgG4OAXiawfFJN05jTuM7GyAToE8OUwLsQ0_qgnmU2eyNA5kqUa5PZWoDElYBgx-tkWE4SU_WZ1N7q0xGScRIG35WW-NES-XMaCdefcADmueCrWOxf_U6twXZhv9NJRV4w_jjylI4g/s4000/IMG_0544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXAWifAdcoDZgBQFzAk6HQ5hooliTVLNbumUzg12vla2xnM7mrgG4OAXiawfFJN05jTuM7GyAToE8OUwLsQ0_qgnmU2eyNA5kqUa5PZWoDElYBgx-tkWE4SU_WZ1N7q0xGScRIG35WW-NES-XMaCdefcADmueCrWOxf_U6twXZhv9NJRV4w_jjylI4g/s320/IMG_0544.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, the trees do not twist because of the Vortex<br /><br />So we have completed our annual escape from the heat to the North Rim and Bryce. We did a hike in Red Canyon during the hottest part of the day, because apparently some of us never learn. It was 6 miles with 700 foot elevation change, except we had to climb the same 700 feet three times.<br /><br />In Bryce we got up before dawn to hike Fairyland and Peek a Boo. By noon it was in the 90's, even at 8000 feet.<br /><br />I love the twisty trees, but I do not appreciate when people do the "vortex" tour of Sedona, and then ask me if the trees at the Canyon also twist because of vortexes. Vorti? Yeah, because every tree everywhere in the world is affected by the Sedona vortex. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-28826058256102197762022-06-17T10:18:00.003-07:002022-06-17T10:19:36.449-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got a special ticket to visit Square Tower House at Mesa Verde. Only 10 people per tour and one tour a day for a month or so. We drove to the lookout to meet the Ranger and looked at two ladders and a set of Moqui Steps and said, Oh, that is the old climb down. Nope. We had to do the Moqui steps all right. Ranger Bonnie had a native flute and played for us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We visited the Ute Mountain Tribal Park whilst there. The half day tour apparently goes to two collapsed kivas with a pile of pottery shards where we stood for an hour in full sun while the guide explained that water is important for our children and our grandchildren, and we have to save the water for the children, and do you know we have to save the water for our children and our grandchildren? I barely escaped passing out from heat exhaustion, and I am not kidding. Then a couple of rock art sites. The full day tour, which we did, includes a long drive to three cliff dwellings, including the Eagle's Nest. Scary ladders. They seem to be made for people taller than I. Anyway, I would not recommend the half day tour. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Visited Amala at Canyons of the Ancients and hiked to the Sand Canyon Pueblo, which was apparently about the size of Pueblo Grande at Chaco, but it has been excavated and then re-filled so a lot of rock walls and collapsed kivas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVBsP9aWAqpHuhPtFMturtx_Lp-XNmbZgmLoz_RKafN-zO7cEqn0i4rLJz3rnzNHk4WWwzBs4M4PAfQWAVYEylu2wFr3MvidHepBv7_IQ_QoEsom7unJ_BTtfnnqMYgkv7hXeThzMfUK_Y9KlaBhNafYbJs437a9lT7XmMrYBM9nAGcDXdwePeNFY8A/s4000/IMG_0382.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2248" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVBsP9aWAqpHuhPtFMturtx_Lp-XNmbZgmLoz_RKafN-zO7cEqn0i4rLJz3rnzNHk4WWwzBs4M4PAfQWAVYEylu2wFr3MvidHepBv7_IQ_QoEsom7unJ_BTtfnnqMYgkv7hXeThzMfUK_Y9KlaBhNafYbJs437a9lT7XmMrYBM9nAGcDXdwePeNFY8A/w225-h400/IMG_0382.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The eagles nest. A long scary ladder led here.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7fS1BN2H8cB8-wbKLfuZEafKcVJy6x359ljkKXxG7VmTLSWyDTzvH6byM1bNAQfNRmjDPxPOsdRrbqbd1ToI2qZQ2lA0LGCNXohAFcqAzQuxH3d3RVB0z3oiUk8-IBXMSLgX5ySGvJNpdDYBH6BIitmh0zxxFKtPZZDpfRpRu8daOZhVHKrUCg8xAg/s4000/IMG_0389.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7fS1BN2H8cB8-wbKLfuZEafKcVJy6x359ljkKXxG7VmTLSWyDTzvH6byM1bNAQfNRmjDPxPOsdRrbqbd1ToI2qZQ2lA0LGCNXohAFcqAzQuxH3d3RVB0z3oiUk8-IBXMSLgX5ySGvJNpdDYBH6BIitmh0zxxFKtPZZDpfRpRu8daOZhVHKrUCg8xAg/w400-h225/IMG_0389.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Square tower house.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88UWFTNkM9QhdRxaLB4V_K6WcXuGEftNveVp9Yjc9BrcrZkn1qXXboG3WUPUr0Bjuk4vmTgzgkchyycUEGCiPR6DW022BNJgkdZTZD9sayjROt4xSvSNj9J1MPrZEhrO4LCWIDRc-87RwWjWskokjMmW8RdUvVr-zWDFkIJffFvK9825X5FKZtn7f-w/s4000/IMG_0390.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88UWFTNkM9QhdRxaLB4V_K6WcXuGEftNveVp9Yjc9BrcrZkn1qXXboG3WUPUr0Bjuk4vmTgzgkchyycUEGCiPR6DW022BNJgkdZTZD9sayjROt4xSvSNj9J1MPrZEhrO4LCWIDRc-87RwWjWskokjMmW8RdUvVr-zWDFkIJffFvK9825X5FKZtn7f-w/w400-h225/IMG_0390.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep, those are Moqui steps all right. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJ62h-SFjUDYP14SLq-Wv_pEHZF23wQFu6zB4WsSc0mxOmVfpCzRlBvEp7K_CaOT3U89KdMuAzDdail6K3_AWFi0tcHQEm-NxDvOXjObtfULDaBqb_UfRnlrJlUXSoGXwUq8T3NRG6kB3rtZNlNMSfZzm1VYc1S7vYn2giqSCCsbZdEcKgh8WLF2dAw/s4000/IMG_0402.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2248" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJ62h-SFjUDYP14SLq-Wv_pEHZF23wQFu6zB4WsSc0mxOmVfpCzRlBvEp7K_CaOT3U89KdMuAzDdail6K3_AWFi0tcHQEm-NxDvOXjObtfULDaBqb_UfRnlrJlUXSoGXwUq8T3NRG6kB3rtZNlNMSfZzm1VYc1S7vYn2giqSCCsbZdEcKgh8WLF2dAw/w225-h400/IMG_0402.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crow's nest. This is where I would have wanted to live. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p>Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-61045030263249575782021-10-17T12:41:00.000-07:002021-10-17T12:41:13.639-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought we had been hiking sufficiently to stay in shape, but that was in the corridor and day-hiking on the Hermit. No packs. Hermit is rough, but as rough as the Hermit is compared to the BA or SK, it is still a threshold trail. I had my brand-new REI Flash 55, which is FIVE pounds lighter than my old pack, so at least my pack weight was below 25 pounds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started down Grandview in snow and ice. Second week in October, and of course it snowed. I had my ice grippers in the car, and I didn't even make it across the parking lot before I went back for them. The ice at the top did stop most of the "ooh, look, there is a trail here" hikers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Supai section of the Grandview was in good shape before our summer rains. Now they are as bad as I have ever seen them. At least a dozen places the trail is gone, and one has to climb up, down, and around a huge rockslide. My stupid knee collapsed under me, which hurt, but I soldiered on. I didn't trust it fully for the next four days, however. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The west end trail down is about the same, though a few what may be new slides. I do not traverse it enough to remember. We had heard reports of a huge fire at Cottonwood Creek, and sure enough, most of the cottonwoods in the upper spring are history. Someone had to burn their toilet paper rather than put it in a bag and carry it. How is burning wet paper supposed to work anyway? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cottonwood flashed big this summer, and the lovely little waterfall where the Tonto crosses the Tapeats is gone. So is the campsite we used during our spring survey. It used to sleep ten people, but now it doesn't even fit one person. We bedded down under where the Tonto used to cross, just before a commercial group showed up, hee, hee. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hance creek next night. Lots of flowing water, and Mel and I walked downstream for about two miles before the water got deep enough that it needed wading chest deep, so we turned around. The canyon seems to open up beyond, and I think it is possible to get fairly close to the River, but probably not the whole way without ropes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Down to Red Canyon, which is about as rugged as always. No surprises. Camped on the beach after a discussion about trying to find the Alleged Spring of which I had heard rumors. Supposedly where the route out leaves the stream bed, there is a spring just up the creek bed. Since everything was running with water, we figured there might be potable water there, rather than settling the Colorado, which was the color of milk chocolate. however inertia set in, and we put out muddy water to settle and camped near the River. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the morning we started out the Red Canyon route. There used to be a number of rock jams to get around which could be bypassed by going up the banks, but we only found one, and the bypass route had apparently been washed out. As the other rock jams seemed to be. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When the trail climbed out, Mel and I took off to find the Alleged Spring. We found potholes and running water, and willows, which are water indicators. We are fairly certain than during spring or just after a rain, this would be a legitimate water source. We also found stromatolites in the rock. Duh, where else would they be? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Climbing up was hard. Again, Duh. But harder than expected. I had not carried a pack for nine months, and I had not been on a multi-day out-of-corridor hike in years. It used to take us four hours to climb out Hance, this time it took between five and six. I do not count all the times I had to throw my pack up ahead of me on a big rock because I could not trust my knee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I remember how bad the Hance was, but not HOW bad it was. I shall never go down that trail again, and I may not ever go up it either. We had always bypassed Hance and hiked an extra day to to out Grandview, and now we remember why. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOW1l220T_wx4nXmfq41gkhA9k4QyuMRf8WWcLp8fkfmqqvj_aMg0qhd-lTw-XMF2HkDaTNHmPLV7ZtVq5rfRvhvlOPXd7qy5qQRZmOa9M9RRwQLRNRUfjwFxR2YkEAibiZd2m_yShlaj3/s2048/IMG_0096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOW1l220T_wx4nXmfq41gkhA9k4QyuMRf8WWcLp8fkfmqqvj_aMg0qhd-lTw-XMF2HkDaTNHmPLV7ZtVq5rfRvhvlOPXd7qy5qQRZmOa9M9RRwQLRNRUfjwFxR2YkEAibiZd2m_yShlaj3/w360-h640/IMG_0096.jpg" title="One of the new rockslide on the Grandview" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the new rockslides on the Grandview</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbolOrnig6eCoMu1B2VeUFQ30zdbtDyvTVwX7956m7taYIc_Xo9ibuA7H0H2aNwiPebx-TwcqpBHEZXmO-JkfX4A9ItOz1Zxrrc4caVBiLhMycjxTt9iPrTGVBN9qtrO9R_5HsYZE_Lq1/s2048/IMG_0123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbolOrnig6eCoMu1B2VeUFQ30zdbtDyvTVwX7956m7taYIc_Xo9ibuA7H0H2aNwiPebx-TwcqpBHEZXmO-JkfX4A9ItOz1Zxrrc4caVBiLhMycjxTt9iPrTGVBN9qtrO9R_5HsYZE_Lq1/w640-h360/IMG_0123.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trekking on the Tonto East</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4TNU_qmf4S6uVjcRWf2EfgThvYKCMAHpWVK6imQ_7IJ-2ZkkiF2BgOT0X7Jk95Qz2HiVpDHQ907NaHh8bzOG9WZcKXUpJqDt7YYpnFadgf8UABfSRe9sqj4RSuDtg4gZZvryFppxjXIY/s2048/IMG_0130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4TNU_qmf4S6uVjcRWf2EfgThvYKCMAHpWVK6imQ_7IJ-2ZkkiF2BgOT0X7Jk95Qz2HiVpDHQ907NaHh8bzOG9WZcKXUpJqDt7YYpnFadgf8UABfSRe9sqj4RSuDtg4gZZvryFppxjXIY/w360-h640/IMG_0130.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Gollum's cave</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgcaEtXJc9kDbWwgbY4ZNs-nAeTqAkD3W9BsbmvIT3KlK8h7lvccymlYcphiNrSRFeom2ChLN1AipuirdM8QXWJ5Od7jVj7UwBQjGo90ZanLzZLSp3pAR_BgpaH0b1Pjem4VW98NOfbkg/s2048/IMG_0144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgcaEtXJc9kDbWwgbY4ZNs-nAeTqAkD3W9BsbmvIT3KlK8h7lvccymlYcphiNrSRFeom2ChLN1AipuirdM8QXWJ5Od7jVj7UwBQjGo90ZanLzZLSp3pAR_BgpaH0b1Pjem4VW98NOfbkg/w640-h360/IMG_0144.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stromatolites. Also Brad. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p>Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-77905378857026875482021-07-10T13:22:00.002-07:002021-07-10T13:28:18.649-07:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have returned from our North rim pilgrimage. There was no Fourth of July water fight because the Park Service did not want to tell people to stand shoulder to shoulder and breathe in COVID cooties. I am sure the masses of people we saw were all vaccinated, right? right? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We passed through Cameron on the way, the Navaho still require masks because they believe in science. A blousy woman was incensed at the 'masks required' signs and demanded, "Isn't this Arizona?" I said, "No, it is the Navaho Nation," pulled up my mask and walked in. They are on a cross country trip with no masks?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We camped at Cape Final the first night and had the only rain of the trip. We were putting up the tent for the first time in five years in a hail storm. "This is the cross poll". "No, THIS one is." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a semi-view cabin on the North rim and the first thing that happens is a family strings a bunch of hammocks right in front of my porch and plop down. Hammocks are not allowed by the Park Service because they are bad for the trees, and they ought not to be allowed by Forever Resorts because they look tacky. Also, I did not pay extra for a view of fat tourists. I have demanded a refund. We shall see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I reported them and they were told to take them down. They did, then immediately hung them back up and smirked at me because I could not get rid of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did all our hikes early because it was still in the 90's at 8,000 feet (!) One dark morning on the North Kaibab we saw the smallest little spotted skunk you have ever seen in the middle of the trail. He chittered at me and climbed the wall and kept chittering. I guess I am lucky all he did was chitter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then on to Bryce. I have always wanted to hike the Thunder Mountain Trail at Red Canyon so we did. I am fully confident that I shall never mountain bike it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have also always wanted to hike to the Hat Shop at Bryce. Every time I have tried something has gone wrong. So we started out from the lodge to hike the three miles to the trailhead, because the trail is only four miles round trip and that is not enough for us overachievers. We got to the trailhead and my sun umbrella had fallen out of the pack, so I ran back the three miles in 30 minutes and found it at the bottom of the first hill. Something did not want me to do this hike, but this time I was determined, so we caught the shuttle bus instead. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hike is nice, even some shade, but when we saw the hat shop we both wanted our money back. I expected something like Mexican Hat, and this was a conglomerate with basalt clasts. It might have been more impressive had it not been almost 100 degrees by now. Since I had gone to all that trouble to get my umbrella back, I hooked it to my pack for shade, but by the time we got out we were both thrashed from the heat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two difference I noticed from the Canyon. No runners. I guess running the length of Bryce is not a social media "thing". Also, at the Canyon everyone asks how far did you go, who far is it to three mile/the River/Santa Maria, are you going rim-to-rim? Only one woman asked me where we had started from, and she wanted to know if her group was on the correct loop trail. As it turns out, no. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvEoUGKf8pgAKBe0hzJRwYNKe-3mSfR8-qkdL3NEBzj6olGjm97UN_qrS9jc-34SgW8er6Vl1XJ7igMeCU3jVmJmunANGCbSLeDASceTcjZ7c4vH2Xz5yZOfKOp-eRIrTIfWCoCaGPy7E/s2048/IMG_9999.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvEoUGKf8pgAKBe0hzJRwYNKe-3mSfR8-qkdL3NEBzj6olGjm97UN_qrS9jc-34SgW8er6Vl1XJ7igMeCU3jVmJmunANGCbSLeDASceTcjZ7c4vH2Xz5yZOfKOp-eRIrTIfWCoCaGPy7E/w400-h400/IMG_9999.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the fairyland loop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve-nzVoKLkXUbIMpRP8Ro3-Vu1OKt5rhpOFt4H9m_Pceeclv-gLH04OWTgMXpyotJ7THU32dVbDXOSKv3OmwLddnJB0oQ5renj1Oo4dZ5aSiETnNlMyjCH2N5aTS-oVGL85SasPMnvhyphenhyphenw/s2048/IMG_9958.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve-nzVoKLkXUbIMpRP8Ro3-Vu1OKt5rhpOFt4H9m_Pceeclv-gLH04OWTgMXpyotJ7THU32dVbDXOSKv3OmwLddnJB0oQ5renj1Oo4dZ5aSiETnNlMyjCH2N5aTS-oVGL85SasPMnvhyphenhyphenw/w400-h400/IMG_9958.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our trusty MSR fling at Cape Final. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgd7Q1TTlkUVy1R0RyrdR1BIX6zJmRBR5dt28ADXmHJoeSDPoLYeDutE4YpWUcU22VNg7txzmDGIzku0qsHUqog1B_URzM3isTJLgB9rGlUnW4M921mQIY78znSQngrOQ0Ff3lxL_LskKv/s2048/IMG_9957.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgd7Q1TTlkUVy1R0RyrdR1BIX6zJmRBR5dt28ADXmHJoeSDPoLYeDutE4YpWUcU22VNg7txzmDGIzku0qsHUqog1B_URzM3isTJLgB9rGlUnW4M921mQIY78znSQngrOQ0Ff3lxL_LskKv/w400-h400/IMG_9957.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise from Cape Final</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj786R-d-VdvIRcc7UpHCUw_kOLdhjOiiIWtpUaCrdZgkTFE7ZeXLPSmiYIWy8VL5d7yQNb0ggf83egy9YCWrR0belAQr7VXIHm3ZOaXRCQ1MSumxoc0OO_OCbPJSM-I7YHcqlEYbhXd3QB/s2048/IMG_9954.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj786R-d-VdvIRcc7UpHCUw_kOLdhjOiiIWtpUaCrdZgkTFE7ZeXLPSmiYIWy8VL5d7yQNb0ggf83egy9YCWrR0belAQr7VXIHm3ZOaXRCQ1MSumxoc0OO_OCbPJSM-I7YHcqlEYbhXd3QB/w400-h225/IMG_9954.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise over the navajo nation</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBf23x7rI8vlLvPmksiuViqw_1v9-wL98Rc2dkK-vCMlWoIOnvweI-LAl9ezju0ZqJFW-3NOJTigIr_Jt_zkdU5rZFI929aqfbplCrVoBVnOQ2-jztJdDwrrOMVPBX8SyXKQi6qogMdQpc/s640/IMG_0214.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBf23x7rI8vlLvPmksiuViqw_1v9-wL98Rc2dkK-vCMlWoIOnvweI-LAl9ezju0ZqJFW-3NOJTigIr_Jt_zkdU5rZFI929aqfbplCrVoBVnOQ2-jztJdDwrrOMVPBX8SyXKQi6qogMdQpc/w400-h300/IMG_0214.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thunder Mountain trail. Can I buy the tee shirt now? </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfn6oCAQKB-AHxTLMQNyHRe346Jkh81B_Mp6ODBm0VfjiBrS1rVLpNfmXoXIktYXb3AvAt3rlWTeIyw5o9wQh-AZ1Y7ZbGBehoqfNmHNXK_oCIWO_VGGtlktIqXH_VRL4M2hBeD6f_Ce_K/s2048/IMG_0033.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfn6oCAQKB-AHxTLMQNyHRe346Jkh81B_Mp6ODBm0VfjiBrS1rVLpNfmXoXIktYXb3AvAt3rlWTeIyw5o9wQh-AZ1Y7ZbGBehoqfNmHNXK_oCIWO_VGGtlktIqXH_VRL4M2hBeD6f_Ce_K/w400-h400/IMG_0033.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the Bryce Cabins. They look like a fairy tale village. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlWyIujM9DEuUQe9NbuN-4AP69oIX9Iu3GYvWjUvWcZHh7uv2O6HnZdDukzHLvtKmt_mn6Gqe7m49q4yx_HrbvwoK-CiiELo6dFJmxTnpyQJEFadd_VJ2zO2RFbHEMcAmQOXp_upSPYvq/s2048/IMG_0013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlWyIujM9DEuUQe9NbuN-4AP69oIX9Iu3GYvWjUvWcZHh7uv2O6HnZdDukzHLvtKmt_mn6Gqe7m49q4yx_HrbvwoK-CiiELo6dFJmxTnpyQJEFadd_VJ2zO2RFbHEMcAmQOXp_upSPYvq/w400-h225/IMG_0013.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hat shop. Was it worth hiking in 100 degrees?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6UMBCgxBXwY1fBVnI-9QJwiGEDqwXSZ80KadzeJHGglV8wedBMjxyVsHpufZPDmRZjW9wSHo24t-Nafv_tA4CE8AmUMMGpWuKtqUMF7ZRsYFXgJqcLBnKDBxjqrX38hYyrXo5aFt2R5Z/s320/hammocks.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6UMBCgxBXwY1fBVnI-9QJwiGEDqwXSZ80KadzeJHGglV8wedBMjxyVsHpufZPDmRZjW9wSHo24t-Nafv_tA4CE8AmUMMGpWuKtqUMF7ZRsYFXgJqcLBnKDBxjqrX38hYyrXo5aFt2R5Z/w400-h400/hammocks.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from my front porch on the North Rim. I want a refund. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p>Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-56779604035472253062020-09-27T10:08:00.002-07:002020-09-27T10:27:12.239-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First time I have been to Phantom since March, mostly because of the HEAT. I had the chance for a cabin in August, but met with strong resistance from the other half. Anyhow, I went down at 6 AM and took plenty of water so I could sit in the shade on the way down. I knew that I could not check into the room until about 11:30, so why wait down there?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At Cedar a runner told me all he carries is Gu. He said that the body only needs water to digest food, therefore without food, no one needs water. Also, he never sweats while hiking the Canyon. Perhaps because as soon as sweat hits the skin it EVAPORATES?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A new sign at Tim's Hut. It appears as though one can now access the rainwater collected in the cisterns, which would be nice to wet down a shirt or some such. 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She said she and Brian talk about me all the time, and I suggested it was every time they stepped on a Lego. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once at the Ranch, there was a long line of rim to rim runners waiting for lemonade. No beer sold, because their liquor license does not allow carry aways. But no one was 6 feet apart. So I put my sticks akimbo, and people just stepped over them, saying, "ExCUSE me". I said, "SIX feet". They would buy post cards and then stand there writing them so they did not have to stand in line again, and one kid wanted the wifi password and would not take no for an answer. "I have to let my mother know I made it to the bottom safely." Kid, she needs to know when you make it to the TOP safely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Showers from 12-2 and 2-4 only so they can clean the showers in between, and we are to spray down with disinfectant before and after. I got in as soon as they unlocked so the showers would be nice and clean. Dinners served in a big bag with the name on it and taken back to the cabin to eat, or at one of the tables in front. 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There were so many hikers I put on my face shield as well as my mask, and when I stepped aside for a couple who were obviously not going to step aside for me, the lady said, in a sugar sweet voice usually reserved for three-year olds: "Oh, look, she has on a face shield". I guess the Pandemic is over. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of my extra water bottles started leaking through the lid, so I hiked out with a wet butt. 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I have been watching an agave on the Hermit Trail waiting for it to bloom. Since our acting Super opened the trails to locals, I scampered down to get a picture. Something ate it. Some animal came along and ATE my agave. <div>
<br />It was a little spooky hiking down the Hermit all alone. It is a rough enough trail that I was a wee bit nervous about turning an ankle all by my lonesome. Then I explored the site at the trail junction looking for somewhere that they straightened arrows. I saw a picture of this somewhere. Anyhow, I found an old cowboy camp and some more walls, but no rock. THEN I started thinking that since I was off trail, I might meet a rattler and then what would happen? </div>
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On the way out I met two locals, and then two rangers, so I guess my broken body would not have been lying on the trail for too long before someone tripped over me. <br /><br />
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We went into lockdown three weeks ago. We could walk and ride bikes on the rim, but not below. On the 15th, the acting super said locals can hike all the trails except Bass, because you have to cross the Supai Rez, and they are still closed, Marble Canyon, and the North Rim. So we ran down to see the Redbuds. </div>
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Note to self: mid March is too early. Only a few trees had started. Mid April is too late. Most of the trees had lost their blossoms and started to leaf out. The three just below the Redwall were perfect. </div>
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In March we met 300 people on this hike. Today we saw four locals and one ranger. </div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I took the above pictures to demonstrate that people were not social distancing. It was picked up by National Parks Traveler and went around the world. I didn't get credit for it, though. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Because of Covid 19, the
hotels are closed, the entrance station, the VC, all shut down. As of today,
the corridor trails are closed.<br />
<br />
In March we spent four days at Phantom Ranch. Because of the delay in
warning everyone about the virus, we had semi-concerns about infection, but not
seriously. So we gaily passed dishes full of victuals up and down the
tables, and talked with hikers from around the world. Then we got out,
hunkered down in the house, and waited for 14 days to see if we had been
infected. So far so good.<br />
<br />
Phantom closed last week. The employees are locked away, probably thinking
about all the days they were serving people, doing laundry for other people,
cleaning the showers, etc. There is a sign on the door essentially saying
"Go away". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We hiked down last Sunday to
Indian Garden to see the Redbuds, thinking the hotels are closed so how many
people can there be? 200, as a matter of fact. And we were out of the
Canyon by noon. Whenever we passed anyone we stepped off the trail and
faced away. Everyone just jogged on by. Some of them wanted to
talk. "How far to the river?" "Go away and leave me
alone," I grunted. Then when we got to IG, a guy popped up and
said, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">"Do I need a permit to
camp here?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">"Of course."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">"Well the driver of the
Arizona shuttle told me that the Park was open and free, and no permits
required, so we hiked down, and last night this rouge ranger appears and bawls
us out."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">"Which ranger?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">"She was wearing a
mask."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Brad and I burst out
laughing. Ranger Betsy always wears a mask for sun protection (I have
only seen her once without it) and she is a stickler for the regs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">"I would listen to the LE
ranger, because she is the one with the gun, badge, and citation book. And you
should start hiking out so you get out before dark."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We explored the redbuds, and
an hour later, he is still there,<br />
Betsy is telling the guy to pack up and leave, and he is telling all the
passing hikers that the shuttle driver told me he could stay, and who should he
believe?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.0pt;">This group of kids kept
passing us (closer than 6 feet) and cutting switchbacks and playing a
radio. They went to the River. Do not know when they got out.
Social distancing? Ha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment--><br />Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-14934054214601281702019-10-13T14:38:00.002-07:002019-10-13T14:38:17.538-07:00Since I hurt my foot in January, we have been biking a lot. Over 1200 miles, actually. When I did my North rim Sampler, the first night my foot hurt so much I couldn't sleep. I was thinking: what now? I have to finish this class, and there is no one available this week to take it over.<br />
<br />
This October break I decided I should not do my rim to rim, because if the foot acted up, I would be in trouble. So we signed up for the White Rim with Western Spirit bikes. We have done the WR, but one person has to drive, which is no fun, so we might as well let the professionals drive.<br />
<br />
Wes and Rob were our fearless leaders. The forecast was perfect: warm, dry, and moderate. Two days before the trip a cold front moved in. Oops. First night at Potato Bottom was windy, gale force windy, and cold. Second night at the Hogback was cold, but no wind. Third night at the Airport was the coldest, but no wind. Riding temps were perfect, though. And climbing out Shafer the weather was wonderful.<br />
<br />
The other four men on the trip (me, Brad, and four guys) we hot shot road bikers. I would start out alone at the start of the day, and would be passed in short order. However, coming out the Shafer, Brad was first and I was second. Living and training at 7,000 feet, guys. <br />
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Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-45317824976109126052019-07-11T11:58:00.000-07:002019-07-11T11:58:09.480-07:00Returned from our yearly sojourn to the North Rim for the 4th of July waterfight. Once again I dressed as Wonder Woman. Alas, no one else in costume. Where, oh where, was Captain Kaibab? Minor panic when I dressed up and found my cape had lost a neck tie. No needle and thread. No safety pin. So I fastened it on with a paper clip. <br />
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I leant my water gun to a boy who had none, and he immediately blasted me. He gave up when he found out that it doesn't HOLD water. One has to fill it and immediately shoot. Which means he could not chase anyone around. <br />
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My planar is acting up again, so we ride bikes. The Arizona Trail, the roads above Demott Park. The lever on my wheel fell off, and I found it in the middle of the road. Those location skills developed looking for litter served me well.<br />
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Then to Bryce. Really good ranger programs. One with a supervisor who was filling in for someone. More rangers at Bryce than at the North Rim. What is with that? Rode 33 miles one day to Red Canyon and back, 35 the next to Rainbow Point and back. Now at home, where it seems hot and is certainly more crowded. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">going to the water fight</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drenched!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise at Bryce</td></tr>
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Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-56909759425214298882019-06-22T12:59:00.000-07:002019-06-22T12:59:01.901-07:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brad in the ducky on the yampa. Before he took the adventure swim. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The three kings pictograph outside of Vernal on private property</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slim riding Bears Ears. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail friend</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long House at Mesa Verde</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How they got down the rocks at Chaco</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super nova at Chaco. Notice the mud daubs. Apparently this is not uncommon at some sites, and they are original.<br />
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Summer 2019.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
said that the best way to spend money is on experiences rather than things, so
we signed on with a commercial river trip and a commercial bike trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let your guides do the planning, and the
shuttle, and the cooking, and the cleaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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First a week on the Yampa with OARS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dan, John, Izzy, Robin, and the geologist,
Elliot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had been with Elliot two
years prior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was another geology
trip a few days ahead of ours with Wayne Ranney.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would have been tempting, had I known,
but his trip was full, full (25) and ours only had 14, which was more
manageable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The river was high, 20,000 CFS, which level we have not seen
the Colorado through the grand in a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I rode through all the rapids with a minimum of whimpering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the peeps told us his river name is
Juanito.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told him my river name is
“cringes in the bottom of the boat and screams like a girl”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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One gentleman told me he wanted to go with Wayne, but the
trip was full.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Do you know Wayne?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yes, I work with Wayne.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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“When I was at the GC guide training seminar, do you know
GTS?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yes, I often present at GTS”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silence.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“When I was at the GC history symposium, do you know the
history symposium?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yes, I am on the
board, and I was in charge of the tours for the symposium.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I guess the proper response would have been, “Gosh, no, tell me more.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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One day Holiday crowded us a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They beat us to the Mantle Cave, so we
climbed up some slick rock to another cave. Then their six boats took up the
whole beach at the scout for Warm Springs, and we barely got onto the
beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then a private trip showed up and
there was no room for them at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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We could not hike up to Wagon Wheel because it was afternoon
when we got there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, Brad and I could
have, but one older guy was determined to go, and I am sure John did not want
him up there in the heat of the day, so he cut the hike short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we had asked to go by ourselves, it would
have put John in the position of saying, “Yes, the two of you can go, but not
him”, and that would have been awkward for John.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Brad was in the Ducky day four and got washed into the
creek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They picked him up right away,
but lost the ducky. (We got it back when another OARS group downstream sent
their paddleboat to fetch it).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A young
man was also washed out, but was wearing a “guide” PDF instead of a class III,
and was recalculated through the eddy for quite a ride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dan had to run upstream and grab him with a
throw bag, because our boat could not break the eddy fence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kept the ducky, lost the paddle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we lost enough time that we could not hike
up Jones Hole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Took an extra day in Vernal to visit Dinosaur and take a
walk with a ranger who has degrees in geology and anthropology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then went out to a private ranch with some
impressive rock art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am glad they
chose to protect it, but what happens if the kids don’t want the land
anymore?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Down to Moab for the bike trip with Western Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sean, Liz, and Willie. By far the most
professional guides we have been with yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On any trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stopped by the Edge
of the Cedars, which is a collection of pothunter goodies which were seized in
raids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So most of the pieces said,
“provenience unknown”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depressing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recognized some names from families at the
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Then we rode through the reduced Bears Ears national
monument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I immediately wrote to my
congresspersons again to complain about this land being withdrawn from
protection and handed over to a CANADIAN uranium mining firm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I rode up all the hills, and down all but
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Two years ago we were on a WS trip when they built huge
bonfires every night, even in the State campground where the signs specifically
said no wood longer than 2 feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
were tearing down whole trees to set on fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the High Priestess of Leave no Trace, I wrote a pretty stern note to
WS, and they answered that the guides did not want big fires, but one of the
kids on the trip kept bringing in trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told them, one, that was disingenuous, and two, as guides we do not
allow people to do anything they want just because it would be fun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On this trip we brought our own wood, and dismantled the
fire rings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A result of my
complaints?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would like to think
so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrote them a nice letter this
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See, I can be polite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Then to Canyons of the Ancients, which we had never heard of
until a friend moved up there to be superintendent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of little side canyons around Cortez
with the highest concentration of sites anywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of hikes, lots of unexcavated sites, and
lots of ways to get lost, since most of the trailheads are not even marked.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mesa Verde then to tour Long House and Balcony House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Long House tour was the best I have ever
been on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ranger had a double masters
degree in Cultural Anthropology and History, and was able to answer all my
questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I recently had a discussion with a friend who claims that
rangers don't really need degrees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
time would be better spent just learning about the park they are in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But going on a tour with a highly, some would
say over, educated ranger makes all the difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least to someone, like me, who has some
background knowledge and wants to get deeper into things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Since we were so far north, we spent two days in Chaco. Hiked to the Jackson steps (7 miles) and the supernova pictograph (6 miles). </span></div>
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So the first three weeks are done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next up, North Rim, Bryce and Zion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment--><br />Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-46628826858504749722018-12-02T08:37:00.001-08:002018-12-02T08:37:26.278-08:00Hiked 100 miles during the month of November. In addition to our usual day jaunts to Skelton Point, we spent three nights in a cabin at Phantom on our own and two nights over Thanksgiving with friends. Who, after hiking out, are still speaking to us. <br />
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On Friday, we started down in a blizzard, which one of us was not happy with, but it cleared off and we even got a rainbow once below the Redwall. <br />
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Then the next weekend we took Paul into the Canyon for his first overnight. He tells me that he did hike down with us once in July, the time I found a Grand Canyon Pink rattler in the middle of the trail eating a wood rat. On that occasion, everyone but me hiked back out and I guarded the snake for a good two hours to keep it from being stepped on.<br />
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Anyhow, I got a permit for Saturday, and then got into the "walk up" line at the BCO to get a Friday night as well. Then I had to work Friday, so we did not start down until 2:30. It gets dark at 5:30, but we made it just in time to snag the worst campsite: the one right next to the bathroom. This would seem ideal, except every time someone opened the door, the light flashed right in my face. <br />
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Next morning I espied a woman packing up from my favorite site. This one is also near the bathroom, but shielded by a thick screen of trees. We lurked until she left, and then moved sites. I am sure she thought I was stalking her. <br />
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That day we hiked to Ribbon Falls. So all in all, we did 30 miles within 48 hours. That is harder than just hiking in and out. <br />
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Rode the Pedal the Petrified this weekend. It was great. Looking forward to next year, when I shall train my derriere to ride the entire 60 miles instead of just 30.Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-53433158370968492342018-09-02T13:47:00.001-07:002018-11-13T12:58:14.669-08:00Spent a week in Boston for a wedding. It was a pretty big affair. The rehearsal dinner, the wedding it self, the reception... The reception included a procession of the bride and groom, the mother, the father, the grandmother...fortunately I did not qualify for a march across the floor. The music was so loud, we cut out early. Why do we have to destroy our hearing to attend these events? Part of the idea is to talk, which one cannot do when music is blasting. I made my wedding dress out of $5 worth of material I bought at Goodwill, so ha!.<br />
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After the ceremony, we were instructed to turn to the person next to us and share a special thought. As an introvert, I hate this part. I motioned Robbie closer and told him, "If you plan a big wedding, I shall knee cap you".<br />
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Since we flew all that way, we spent the week exploring Boston. We lived there for two years, so we had some idea of how to get around and how to use the T, so we bought a week's pass.<br />
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One day at the aquarium with Robbie and Renata, three days in the Science Museum (we bought a membership), two days on the Freedom Trail, one day on the African American Trail, one day in the Harvard museum, one day on Georges Island to Fort Warren. We closed the museum every day. We get our money's worth, by George.<br />
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Park Rangers are special. They are over educated, under paid, and every one of them has an area of expertise. And all they are ever asked is Where is the bathroom. We toured with a couple of historians who added a lot of detail. Then we went into the African American museum with another volunteer. I had no idea that there were four million slaves in the South before the Civil War. The museum had just spiffed up the place with a grant from the Obama administration. The historian told us that would never happen with the current administration, and I said, "Oh, ya think?" He laughed.<br />
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At Fort Warren a volunteer showed us this eight-sided brick. A ranger did a trivia contest, which I won, and we attended a program on a Confederate memorial which was recently removed. Fort Warren was mainly used as a Confederate prison, which I knew, but I did not know about the memorial.<br />
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Then a ranger at the new Bunker Hill museum gave an excellent talk on the battle, about which I knew nothing. If the temperature is over 80, they close the monument and move outdoor tours indoors. Wimps.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When he was a kid, Robbie loved this kronosaurus at the Harvard Museum. </td></tr>
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Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-32356597230072783432018-07-13T14:40:00.001-07:002018-07-13T14:46:40.306-07:00We spent our usual week on the North Rim. Got locked out of the cabin, because those 1928 locks are garbage. Hiked to Redwall Bridge twice and Woodforis twice. No water fight this year because the pipeline broke again, and the storage tanks were low. Just a parade. North Rim is a lot smaller than south, and the rangers all know each other...and me. Amanda says I make the rangers nervous when I come to the programs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a crew of weirdos. Haley is the only sane one in the bunch.<br />
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Then since we were so far north, we figured we might as well keep migrating, so we went to Zion. Hiked the Emerald Pools trail with 1000 of our closest friends. All the signs say not to get in the water, and I gave up remonstrating everyone. Sign? What sign? Then we climbed to Observation Point and part of the East Rim trail. There we met a group of four young men dangling with climbing gear who asked us where Echo Canyon was. Um, if you are going to canyoneer a canyon, should you not know where it is? They then decided to follow us because "you look like you know what you are doing".<br />
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It was hot in Zion, so we repaired to Bryce. There we did the Wall Street - Queen's garden loop with another 1000 of our close personal friends. We knocked down a bunch of ego cairns in Wall Street, and a father, whom I assume had just built one with his kid, remonstrated. Brad said the area does not need adornment, I said, there are ten now, what about when there are one thousand?<br />
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Had a lot of questions about the geology, and the second geology program we went to was led by the man who was the park geologist for four years. Score! He told us all about the Claron formation, and told us the white conglomerate we saw was Boat Mesa conglomerate, and it only occurs there. Not enough to be an actual formation, even.<br />
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Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-4968113838897952322018-06-25T08:47:00.002-07:002018-07-13T14:44:08.342-07:00Back from first part of vacation. We visited Becky in the Dalles until her generator caught on fire. Honestly, if she wanted us to leave all she had to do was ask... So we went to John Day, which everyone had told me I absolutely had to see. We hiked in all three units of the park. Not a lot of fossils <i>in situ</i>, but a great museum.<br />
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Then to Bend. Spent two days in Newberry caldura. Hiked 14 miles one day, up the peak and around half the crater. Then came back to climb the obsidian mountain, a small crater, and walk to the hot springs. we asked the ranger so many questions that he dragged-us outside to show us where the 10,000 year old pit-house was found. Since the middle crater in the lake grew about 7,000 years ago, there may have been people to watch.<br />
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A day at the High desert museum, and two days at Smith Rock. The birthplace of sport climbing, as we found out.<br />
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Back to the Dalles. We wanted to hike Coyote Wall, but could not see the turnoff, so we got permits to climb Dog Mountain. Dog is so popular that they limit permits to 150 people a day on weekends, and a shuttle is available to the trailhead. A nice steep climb, but no fun on the way down. Everyone in Oregon hikes with at least one dog and usually more. All of them were polite (the dogs) but hiking with a dog in tick country? We found Coyote wall on the way back. The sign was obvious. I guess they ran out after we passed it the first time and put the sign up. Spent one day going to museums, then back to Coyote Wall and back to Dog Mountain. Most of the good hikes (ie, lots of elevation) were closed because of landslide danger from the fire last year.<br />
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They knew exactly who started the fire, because hikers told him not to throw the fireworks into the forest just before he did so. The kid has been fined with an amount he cannot possibly pay back. I think he should sit at the trailhead and have to tell people why they can't hike in there.<br />
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After hiking in the ticks and the poison oak, I am glad to be back with the scorpions and the rattlers.<br />
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108 at Phantom Ranch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, Becky, and She-who-watches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't think the sign refers to me.</td></tr>
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<br />Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-13370515101965211382018-05-24T07:51:00.003-07:002018-05-24T07:51:58.421-07:00This poem was left for us after the last GCAFI rim to rim<br />
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We're hoping for a journaling class<br />
hiking or biking or riding an ass<br />
we'll sign up in a heartbeat if we hear in advance<br />
Slim or Joan are involved without a backward glance<br />
We'll scurry and hurry and be ready super fast<br />
despite weather worry or flurry or storms that may last<br />
thought chances are Slim we'll meet next week on the trail<br />
We hope to join you again in the future without fail<br />
Tom and MissySlimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-85632816048512633202018-05-23T09:06:00.000-07:002018-11-13T13:02:53.653-08:00Finished rim to rim for the GCAFI. Dunno. The first day down North Kaibab to Cottonwood is a thrash, admittedly, but more so for people who did not take getting into shape seriously. Also, skipping dinner and breakfast is a loser. We are burning mucho calories, people.<br />
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Weather could not have been better. Not too cold on the North Rim, 90's coming down, which is hot but not unbearable. Cool enuff to sleep at night. It was hot crossing the Box, but again, not as hot as could have been.<br />
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I was able to rig my hammock every night. At Cottonwood, I went between the pack bars. At BA we got the Palace Suite and I tied off to the old CCC structure. However the wind, or my rocking, or something wore through the cord and I sat down, hard, at 1 AM. I did a quick scorpion sweep with my trusty black light and slept on the ground for the rest of the night. Much prefer a hammock.<br />
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Next day I borrowed a cardboard box from the Ranch and cushioned the rock from the cord, or visa versa. I also got in and out very carefully. The cord was 275 pound test, but it may be that springing up with enthusiasm puts too much stress on the cord. I also put my pack under me, so if I fell again I could land on something semi-soft. I know we are supposed to hang them, but all the food was out, and critters<br />
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can climb up to the packs anyhow. Did not bring the heavy duty cord hanger because the whole point was to save weight. And avoid ticks. At IG it is easy to rig between the pack hanging bars. Got a lousy tick bite anyway.<br />
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Gossiped with Helen at IG. They picked up an illegal guide a few weeks back. Apparently he advertises on Facebook and is unprofessional enough that he gets caught.<br />
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I met the AOA group doing a rim to rim with Phantom Ranch assist. One gal at Cottonwood at 1 PM was really hurting. Barely walking, looked to be in real pain. I meet the guide at the water refill at the Delta, and he introduced himself. I could not shake hands because my hands were full of micro trash I had been picking up, which he apparently was comfortable with ignoring. I thought he was a different guide than I had seen the day before, so I asked about the gal who was doing so poorly.<br />
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"Oh, that was "Sally". She's right here, and she's doing fine." Sally gave me a dark look, but, hey, she was walking funny. Helen told me that she was not doing well on the way out, either.<br />
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This was "opening weekend", first weekend the North Rim is open to cars. My lands, hundreds of runners. Most of them were polite, but the 50th time you step aside it gets old. Also two blasted past me with no warning. I could have easily stepped to one side not hearing them, or dropped a stick and knocked them off into the creek. Asking to pass is for your safety as well, runners. They also pretty much overrun the canteen at the Ranch. Helen said they did $130,000 work of retail at the Ranch. They ran out of size Large tee shirts, so I will buy some for my people when I go back. Assuming they have them by then.Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-9912691566554953812018-05-12T15:37:00.002-07:002018-05-12T15:37:42.431-07:00Friday hiked down to Indian Garden by myself. Got my favorite campsite. Of course, about 3:00 a commercial group came in and I had the largest site to myself while they crammed their tents into a single. They had tortellini with chicken and a cucumber salad, tomorrow they will have steak diane {!}. Serves them right to cram together. <br />
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I have been looking for the Thayer pictographs for about 10 years, and I finally found them. I was clambering around the Tapeats and a group of geezers spotted me from the trail. They thought I was lost. Yeah, I am across the creek and up on a cliff, are you guys on the trail? I assured them I was exploring. I imagine them going to the ranger and reporting a crazy lady in a skirt messing around the cliffs, and the ranger sighing and saying, "Of course she was". Anyhow, found them. Then I sat in the shade admiring them for a good half hour. Hidden so no one on the trail could spot me. Class Three so I cannot tell anyone where they are.<br />
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Hiked out in two and a half, which including picking up one of the grossest items I have yet to find. One of those special "hold the water" towels which stiffen like a board when dry. Someone had used it as TP. I actually walked past it and made myself go back. I didn't even have a big trash bag, so I emptied my food bag, which barely fit it, particularly since it was dry and too stiff to fold. Also I did NOT want to touch it. Then when I stopped to snack, I poured a whole bottle of hand sanitizer on myself, and even then I picked up my cookie with a plastic bag so I didn't touch it. <br />
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The wind was blowing like crazy. I had my hammock up, and it works well in the wind. I just wrapped myself up like a burrito. Usually I am inundated by the dust. IG is the only site one can rig a hammock legally, since the pack hanging bars and ramadas are so close together. In fact, the permit says that hammocks are not allowed at Bright Angel, which does not mean no one tries to rig them on the trees. <br />
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Spent a good half hour by myself out at Plateau Point. On the way back, I met every commercial group there on their way for sunset. The wind was really ripping on the River: I could see the waves going upstream from the point. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hammock rigging in the large site by myself, ha!</td></tr>
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<br />Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-68454217338005733282018-05-09T13:11:00.001-07:002018-05-09T13:11:36.102-07:00Friday we decided to do our long hike rather than Saturday. The weekend before we had literally run-ins with downhill, out of control runners who rammed right into us rather than slow down to let uphill hikers pass. The Saturday before, we contended with 80 illegal in-and-outers. Any group which requires people to sign up in advance to do a day hike below the Tonto level must get a permit, and is limited to 30 people. <br />
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Anyhow, we figured Friday would not have as many wing nuts on the trail, so we did Plateau Point. A few nice cactus flowers, but not as many as one would expect. Saturday we just walked the rim, and Sunday we did my first organized outing for the Grand Canyon Historical Society. Here is the write up I did for the Ol' Pioneer, our newsletter: <br />
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hammered into the bark, and a platform constructed for the hardy fire
spotter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A telephone or telegraph
completed the system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a fire was
espied, the spotter would phone another ranger who would in turn load his
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Saturday, May 6, the Historical Society met with Kaibab
National Forest anthropologist, Neil Weintraub and hiked to two of these
trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first of these, the Hull
Tree, was about a mile through the woods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Along the way we found remnants of glass insulators: an indicator of the
possible direction the phone line ran back in the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a quick jaunt up the historic Grandview
Tower, we adjourned to the Tusayan Lookout Tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one is very close to the road and has a
nifty new interpretive sign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many thanks
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his expertise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-30079074132636058312018-05-01T09:46:00.002-07:002018-05-01T09:46:59.259-07:00Had a lovely hike with the GCAFI and some great ladies.<br />
<br />
We were at Tipoff, and a guy lying there offers us water from the SAR cache. Says, I, that is for emergencies. Says he, Oh, it is just right over here, and shows me.<br />
<br />
Then a helicopter circles. We scattered as it started to land, and the guy throws on his backpack and runs over. The SAR ranger stops him and starts to manipulate his knee "to see if we have to immobilize it". It is obviously weight-bearing, and he can walk. We got bored and announced,<br />
"Well, us old ladies are going to keep hiking".<br />
<br />
Ran into a ranger on her way up to evaluate him, and she said she did not know what was going on. He apparently knew "just how to whine" to get a copter. She also said he was flown out, hopped into his car and drove off without even going to the clinic.<br />
<br />
For the next few days, every time something went wrong, we said we needed a copter. "Oh, a gu packet split and my food is sticky. I need a copter". "My oreos are broken: I need a copter"Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-52503690391942420832018-05-01T09:46:00.001-07:002018-05-01T09:46:40.539-07:00Arizona teachers are on strike, just because Gov. Dipstick cut funding by about a billion dollars. He promised a one percent raise this year, then 10% after he is re-elected. Uh, huh. Anyhow, all teachers walked out Thursday. Our school voted to stay in, but the ones who voted not to (and lost the vote) walked out anyhow. So why bother to vote? I put up with all sorts of politicians I did not vote for.<br />
<br />
So Friday, we did the highway pickup with NHS and then climbed Red Butte. 900 feet and a little over one mile. A holy place to the Havasupai, and there are areas on top where one may find worked points. Apparently it was the place to be to chip out tools.<br />
<br />
Saturday down the South Kaibab. Not as many people as last weekend, but they made up for it in obnoxiousness. Or maybe since we hiked out BA last weekend, we missed the downhill scene on SK. <br />
<br />
One woman stepped to the side to allow me to come uphill, and a runner tried to cut between us. "Right of way, excuse me". I stood my ground. "I have the right of way, excuse me". Then a downhill runner hit my shoulder, and yelled, "Take up the whole trail why don't you?" I yelled back, "Uphill has the right of way!"<br />
<br />
<br />
About a half dozen kids (10 or 12 or so) were running down full tilt, arms and legs flailing, no control at all. The trail was fairly crowded at this point. Brad was rammed into so abruptly the kid almost fell over. Brad also got a bruise. I got hit to the point where the runner was knocked sideways, and I yelled, "Uphill has the right of way! Uphill has the right of way!" The adult that I assume was with them also ran past and managed to clip my shoulder. <br />
<br />
We could have stepped aside when we saw them coming, but even if uphill did not have right of way, those kids were moving too fast to be safe, either for themselves or for other people. So why should we? Later we passed an older lady who was moving a bit tenuously. I shuddered to think of those kids ramming into her or bumping her sideways when they passed. <br />
<br />
I don't want to do a Maverick. Maverick was a crotchety hiker who would regularly ram into downhill hikers, even if they weren't really in his way. But these runners who think their speed is more important than other peoples' safety are out of line. It is tempting to be at the BA in the afternoon when they drag their sorry selves back out. <br />
<br />
I have started thanking hikers who tell me they are going to pass me, and do so safely and politely. <br />
<br />
Sunday we got a late start and just bopped in and out of Bright Angel. Not crowded at all first thing in the morning. Probably worse later in the way, but no out of control runners. Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-4215567583171514722018-04-22T12:53:00.000-07:002018-04-22T12:53:03.117-07:00Snowed on Friday, so we sat around like toads. Got out to walk to the PO, it started snowing again, and we wimped out and went home.<br />
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So, said we, we shall go long on Saturday. To that end we got in line for the 6 AM hiker shuttle to the South Kaibab. A regular bus pulled up and announced that the hiker shuttle was not stopping. Sure enough, I espied it careening down the road away from us. Accordingly, we hopped onto the regular shuttle.<br />
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At that early hour, it only took an extra 10 minutes or so to get to the trailhead. Due to construction, the actual trailhead parking is closed, and the bus pulls up about a half mile away. As I hot footed my way along (trying to beat the crowd behind me to the outhouse) I heard shrieks and giggles from ahead. There was an entire bus-load of hikers posing for pictures. At least fifty of them. It was they who had filled up the hiker shuttle. We scampered down to get ahead of the pack, and passed an adult with a couple of kids.<br />
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"What kind of group is this?" said I.<br />
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"UofA. We are going to the river and back."<br />
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I looked askance at the little girl sitting there. She could not have been more than eight. "Today?"<br />
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"We've done this before," defensively. I doubt the little girl had.<br />
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"Do you have a permit?" According to the NPS website, groups which hike below the Tonto level on a day hike and have participants sign up ahead of time must have a permit. She ignored me. So when I got back, I emailed the BCO and ratted them out.<br />
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Still more huge groups traveling down in clots of ten or so. Got caught behind an older man who collected about 15 people behind him. He never looked back, never offered to step aside. I felt like a car behind an entire row of cars: I don't want to pass 15 people at once. Maybe I can wait until Mormon Flat where the trail is wider. <br />
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I kept having to stop as the crowd inched their way down the water bars. This is how people feel on the Hillary step on Everest, I thought. Then the guy behind me grumped, "Excuse me, please, on your left". I thought, "If he is going to do it, so am I." So I surged to the left, saying, "Excuse me, excuse me." When I reached the bottleneck guy, there was a nice ledge of Supai, so I trotted along the rock ledge and emerged triumphant at the head of the line.<br />
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The guy STILL did not stop to let people pass. I picked up speed so I would not get caught behind them again, and didn't even take our usual rest stop halfway down the Redwall. Made it to the Tipoff in one hour forty-five, scooted off on the Tonto West, and finally sat down for a drink. <br />
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Hiking across on the Tonto was a relief. Only saw one other couple. Got to Indian Garden and filled up on water. There were not as many people on the BA as I had feared. I guess they were all still at the River (or on their way down still). Should have gone back at dusk to sell flashlights. A hiker on Facebook posted a picture of a line of hikers at Indian Garden at 1:15 that day waiting to fill water. There are at least 50 in line. <br />
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I would bet a lot of the young kids had a very hard time getting out. It is getting warm down there, too. 70 in the shade, which probably means 90 in the sun. <br />
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Then Sunday we went back down to mile and a half to stretch out the muscles. It felt pretty good, and we cleaned up some graffiti and carried out a batch of really gross TP and the auxiliary fecal matter which we had been eyeballing for at least a month. Saw it over spring break, and it was just too icky to think about. I scattered it to let it dry a bit, and we finally bit the bullet and carried it out. Along with a sweatshirt, a part of sweatpants, a cotton tee, and one glove. The ghost of Micheal Jackson, maybe? <br />
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Also saw turkeys. No, real ones. Wild turkeys below the rim. Climate getting warmer? Nonsense<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cactus just starting to bloom on the tonto</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First canyon east of Garden Creek</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Real turkeys on the trail for a change.</td></tr>
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. Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025629655897267633.post-73687081316544238112018-04-16T07:55:00.000-07:002018-04-16T07:55:21.415-07:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Have not been keeping this up. Since the last post, I have spent three days with Melissa assisting on the Geology on the Edge class. I learned some more about rocks and was able to spread Mary Colter joy at the Watchtower.</div>
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I have been taking a lot of tours down the Hermit, if the people look halfway up for it, because the corridor is ridiculous what with Easter week and all, so I havent' been on the Kaibab. My spies informed me that it was getting grafittied, so I spend two hours and three liters of water one day erasing most of it. Even on the fossil footprints. Really? </div>
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Then another geology class with Scottsdale Community College. I was invited along as guest speaker to talk about history of trails. I thought that would be lame, but the kids seemed to enjoy it. Or maybe they were just being polite to the old broad.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Synapsid on the Hermit Trail</td></tr>
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This year's redbuds were not as good. Also rather late. We hiked down on April 1 to find about half of them out, then then next weekend and another half were out, while the rest had started to leaf already. I have pictures from years past with the entire lower part of Indian Gardens glowing magenta. It cannot be the water: they grow by a spring. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This year's redbuds</td></tr>
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We took off for Petrified Forest this weekend for a change of pace. Hike to Onyx Bridge. Last summer we flubbed around for hours looking for it. No GPS, you understand. Well, a 30-year old GPS with batteries that kept bugging out on us. We would get a reading, say, "Ok, we are still too far west" and lose the signal. This year we walked right to it. I suppose that is the advantage of finding things the hard way: you REMEMBER where they are. <br />
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We signed up for an Off The Beaten Path hike with the volunteers, Gary and Connie Grube. It would have been a lot harder to find this "trail" without them. Coming down off the ridge was scary with a lot of loose Shimarump pebbles. Then we looped around to find some dino bones and teeth, which I cannot talk about the location of. Of course, my old camera doesn't have GPS. <br />
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The volunteers told us how to find Pictograph Canyon, by following an old CC road and trail. We asked for further clarification from a volunteer at the VC, and he steered us spot on. Several nice lion carvings. Unfortunately, a few modern additions as well. AJ: stay home. The CCC "trail" was about half there. <br />
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We returned to thank the volunteer and he asked if we had been to Martha'a Butte. Yep. Blue Mesa, Yeah. Onyx. Uh huh. Keystone Arch? No! So he gave us sketchy directions to that. Sketchy is good, because some of these things are best not advertised to the hoi paloi. Especially that AJ. <br /><br />Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17300457449513612173noreply@blogger.com0