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| Hiking | 4.22 Miles |
418 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.22 Miles | 2 Hrs 22 Mns | | 2.61 mph |
| 418 ft AEG | 45 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | | This North Mountain Park hike goes by other aliases of mine, usually inner basin but sometimes, as this one was, dam (N) to dam (SW), done cc from the Visitors Center TH. As many of my clueless hikes begin, that is with no real theme in mind, this theme developed within the first half mile. I began concentrating on bird life. Blame it on a gorgeous afternoon. And then there was the desert aroma -- a little sweeter than creosote. I was unalcoholically intoxicated. Anyway, birds. Plenty of gabbling quail, and when I sat down for lunch on a flat rock at the 7th Ave TH, a what? screaming quail. A single "yah-oh." Breeding season? Also a few Say's Phoebes, one happy curve-bill thrasher singing atop a saguaro, a white-crowned sparrow (? thrown off by two white eye stripes) and numerous doves. Desert is lush right now. The big ravine leading up to the N dam has a green carpet an ankle deep and the rest of the park is covered with a "lawn." Curious sight of the day: A woman hiking toward me with what appeared a workout bag slung over the right shoulder. In passing I saw the bag was a dog of medium size. Hmmm. It was quite happy, so it appeared. Did a jag toward the N dam as I approached the VC wanting to get over the hump of 4 miles. |
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