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Clear Creek Canyon (Day 3)

Clear Creek Canyon (Day 2)

Our awesome camp site with movie quality smoke that rises instead of blowing in your face!

Clear Creek Canyon (Day 1)

The Clear Creek Canyon trail is somewhat difficult to find.  On the way in we saw sheep on the unmaintained gravel road.  This trail is also used by inexperienced campers/tourists but the hard part, or rather, what I consider to be difficult is much farther along.  We caught quite a few small bass in the creek with lures.  It's easy to know where to cast when the creek is so clear and shallow.  This is the first time I have had any luck using lures.

Later we hiked into the canyon and camped near the creek.  I was a little worried about bugs and such but it cooled down quickly.  We had a fire that was something like what you would see in a movie.  The smoke traveled straight up instead of blowing in our faces as campfires sometimes do in windy conditions.

Saturday Snow

Granite Mountain

I did this hike yesterday.  Not very windy and no one was at the top.  I met one woman and her dog on the way up.

Spruce Mountain and Isabella Trail

I took the wrong fork on Spruce Mountain yesterday and ended up on the Isabella trail.  I ended up near a bunch of summer homes.  No one was home and even if they were I wouldn't be able to get past the gates to ask for the directions.  I walked that road for a while and ended up back tracking and following the right trail back.

One of the more impressive summer homes has its own lake and dam!

UPDATE: I did some research and the owner of this property is an obstetrician gynecologist in Glendale, AZ.

Goldwater Lake Trail #396

This trail is 3 miles from Prescott and I did a solid 2 hour round trip hike to Goldwater Lake.  Apparently there have been some fatalities on this trail caused by speedy bikers.