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Perl Charles Trail #1A / VOAZ Loop, AZ
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| Hiking | 3.05 Miles |
580 AEG |
| | Hiking | 3.05 Miles | 2 Hrs 15 Mns | | 1.74 mph |
| 580 ft AEG | 30 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | | Stumbled across the best wildflower field I'd seen in years. I had started at the Squaw Pk Drive TH and traversed up the Nature Trail past the west saddle, then left on the combo Freedom/Perl Charles Trail to the junciton with the VOAZ. The VOAZ (Volunteers of Arizona organization) rises north up to a high saddle at about 1,900 feet with great views north and west and particularly of Dreamy Draw. I ate lunch there, then headed down. Up to that point, I had seen an abundance of phacelia, fiddleneck, lupine and lily and the creosote and brittlebush were beginning to put out their yellow blooms. Yet nothing to knock your eyes out. I should've known something special was about to greet me for I began to run into a steady flow of hikers as I descended. And soon, there I was, in the center of wildflower heaven. About a quarter-mile down from the saddle I ran into a huge golden poppy field with a mix of every other wildflower mentioned before, only much more of them. Many of the poppy fields currently visible in the Preserve are seen on hillsides at a distance. But here on the VOAZ you walk right through them. Dazzling. And on a north-facing slope! I would've lingered longer there, but I had a trip scheduled for Prescott that evening. Hope to get back there in the next few weeks before the heat kills all this beauty. |
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Wildflowers Observation Extreme
Poppies galore, mixed with phacelia, fiddleneck, tons of lupine and a few lily and a small pink-flowered plant I've been unable to identify. |
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