Our friends left this morning, headed to NM. So then we went on a hike (n9o kidding!) back up Gardner Canyon to the AZ Trail and went south. A few days ago we went north from the same trailhead. We had done it before, sometime. It’s tracked n Carlene’s map but not mine. But neither of us remembered it so it’s like a new trail! We remembered a few little parts of it but only maybe 10%. Great trail. This side went by a stream, so Skye was delighted. Then up a bit and followed a contour for a couple miles to another creek. Again, a happy dog. Lunch beside the creek was nice. The map and Carlene’s track showed us going from there down a forest road to where we had parked for a different hike. But the trail went across that road and up into the forest. We followed for just over a mile to a small saddle. By then we were over 3 miles from the truck at 2 PM, it was time to head back. We had a guess where the trail would go to lion back onto the mapped trail but no time to explore that any farther. The AZT runs the length of Arizona for 900 miles. Of course Skye hit every water spot again on the way back. She got home still wet and with her coat full of forest debris. All the brush out here has some form of thorny means of attaching to hair.
Back out on the highway we had two priorities, the ice cream shop and store. Ice cream first, of course! The shop in Sonoita is excellent and under new ownership. We had to be sure the new owners we keeping up the high quality we discovered last year. They are! Two milkshakes later we were stuffed. Carlene got her bananas too.
Back at camp we cleaned up Skye as much as she would allow and then went to visit the neighbors. Mike and Becky are the retired NY farmers. They had ridden the motorcycles to Bisbee today. In their super C camper they carry 3 motorcycles and 2 bicycles. The camper has a lift gate on the back to get all this in and out. Correction, one moto rides in the bed of the pick up truck.
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