Greg, Morgan, Pat, Roger and Madison the dog!
There were two hiking groups on this date. One went up top on a long 15 mile hike and the group I was on did some of the lower trails for around a 5+ mile hike. We all started and ended our hikes at Linda and Paul's home and the weather for the day turned out to be near perfect. When we started our hike the temperature was 39F degrees but when we finished it was 89F degrees. A 50F degree change in temperature from start to finish!!
The hike was nice but not as pretty as in the past as the wildflowers are mostly spent now and the grasses are drying up as well. Fall is definitely making itself known in the area with the cooler night time temperatures bringing an end to the growth of the flowers and grasses for the rest of the year. The hikers for both hikes still enjoyed themselves as nothing beats just being outside in the fresh mountain air on a Fall day!! All in all it was a nice day to be out with friends enjoying a bit of exercise and socializing!!
Break by falls.
Hiking up the trail out of Ashe Springs.
It was nice to see that the campgrounds are now opening back up again. Not all are open yet but won't be long until they are. Hopefully with the forest and campgrounds opening up again tourists will start to come back to the Portal, AZ/Rodeo, NM area again and start the economic comeback! - Roger
All pictures by Roger McKasson
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