Hey everyone!
Well, I did another one in just a couple weeks after the last one. While I was still up in Prescott, I decided to do my favorite route on the Prescott Circle trail on October 3rd. It's a 31 mile route that begins near Granite Mountain and I end up right at my house! It was an absolute beauty of a day all day too! Nice and cool! Stashing a gallon water container half way through at Aspen Creek trailhead, I had done 16 miles and still had some serious climbing to do, and some awful rocky downhill for 4 miles or so. It wasn't that easy and I started to get pretty tired after 20 miles or so. My time slackened quite a bit after that. I fell one time and landed in a bush, but was ok with just some minor scrapes on my hand. My overall time turned out to be just around 9 hours after starting around 7 am. I was soaking in the tub with a beer at 4:15!
At the top of the high point of my course I finally spotted out Mt. Union which is the highest point in the Bradshaw mountains. I also could see a controlled burn near there as well. And, bizarrly, I ran into a couple going up to Goldwater Lake and they were totally lost, had no water, no map, no nothing, and they were worried! I informed them they were very close to a campground down the hill and could get water there! I rarely run into people who are that lost and worried! Scary!
Well, here is some pictures of the day. And, thank you for the support!
10/5/23 - $100.00 Donated to the Shiley Alheimer's Research Center
