We have eight Trailblazers doing the camping trip, plus two that decided to check out the place.

This camp site has a swing and nice flat areas to set up the tents. There is a nice area on the creek to take a shower after a hot sweaty hike. The first day is gertting everyone pack set up and doing a short check out hike. Haunted Canyon to Paradise and back to camp. Both of the trails run though pine forests with bountiful views of the Superstition Mountains.

At the top of the trails, before we go down Paradise, there is a nice saddle the we take a group picture of the persons camping. The Paradise Trail goes though a very bountiful forest, with little creeks running through it. This is a very steep trail, but well-marked. None of these trails was touched by the Bush Fire. We then continue down the trail back to our camp site.

This is a dark area so he could see Jupiter, planets, and stars.

The next day was to hike over to the eastern parts of the Superstition Mountains and hike up Cuff Button Trail #276. We got there, but the sign was burned and on the ground.

We moved the two pieces of the sign together, but the middle of the sign was gone. We continued on Cuff Button for a while, but the trail was very hard to follow and all the trees were gone. The trail was kind of depressing, so we returned to the West Pinto Creek Trail.

This trail still has its trees and water. We had lunch beside the creek and then returned to camp. Some of us lay down on an air couch I had brought.

It was then time to get some of the grime off of us. so we went to the waterfalls.

There was a frog here to welcome us to its swimming hole.

This is a nice camping spot next to the Miles Trailhead, but you have to know how to get to it. It is off the beaten path.