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Arizona Trail at Picketpost Day Hike Superior February 16, 2008 by Eileen Root

Fifteen hikers start out around 9AM to hike the Arizona Trail at Picketpost Mountain.

Clouds top Picketpost Mountain on a damp winter morning.

Picketpost Mountain is a postcard picture with the mist surrounding it at the top!

With the rains of the day before we see water in the creeks.

Alamo Canyon dries up in the summer, but not today!

An ocotillo doesn’t want us to go that way.

The Arizona Trail heads south from here, but this passage is going to be re-routed.

Does this look like an old “Beetle” to you?

The saguaro is actually growing behind this moss-covered rock.

... and I thought we were going to see spring flowers

Flags put up by volunteers for the Arizona Trail Association show the portion of the trail yet to be worked on.

We stop here for lunch before heading back.

A friendly ocotillo welcomes us to our picnic lunch.

The weather man said it was going to be sunny today ...

Is that the sun trying to peek out?

Resting at the end of the trail after a nine mile hike.

Wake me up when we get there.

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