Blankhiker - Arizona Trail Journal - 2016
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Blankhiker
City: Prescott Valley
State: AZ
Country: USA
Begins: Apr 1, 2016
Direction: Northbound
Daily Summary
Date: Fri, Apr 1st, 2016
Start: Feeeman Rd TH
End: water tank passage 15
Daily Distance: 17.2
Trip Distance: 17.2
Min Elevation: 3083
Max Elevation: 4013
People Met: 1
Journal Stats
Entry Visits: 437
Journal Visits: 9,558
Guestbook Views: 76
Guestbook Entrys: 5
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Long drive, long hike
After almost 5 hours in the truck, we hiked 17.2 miles to a water source. It was a long day and we were thrilled to find it since the sun was about to set (some are tricky to locate). Then we looked in the tank - yum dead bugs for extra protein! That's why we have a good filter. The water is from a spring and had a bit of a funny taste but we're still upright. It wasn't too hot and there was a nice breeze. Plenty of down into the wash and back out but otherwise pretty easy by backpacking standards. We ran into a section hiker from Calgary a couple times today and some mule deer. Pretty sure we scared a snake in a bush next to the trail but can't count it since we didn't lay eyes on it. Happy to have water at the end of the day.
On the AZT,
Tom & Alicia
