Arizona Trail: Passage 17

February 18-19, 2001 with Richard (Continued) [Alamo Canyon Passage]

By the end of February 18, we reached the current route of the Arizona Trail, outside of the BLM wilderness.  Here are the original notes:

2/19

7 a.m. 34 degrees F.

Cold but humid night.  Good campsite.  This is the last water until a tank marked on the map near some mine workings.  Then, no water until coming off the jeep trail past Orphan Boy mine.  Panoramic views of Weaver’s Needle, Supers, Florence, Superior, rugged mtns.  Today showed that there was a time when these mountains were much more inhabited than they are now.  We passed at least two major mine workings, besides Orphan Boy.

Glowing gold, orange
Purple stalks, crossed petals
Lupines, poppies, sunlight

Hillside carpeted
Golden poppies and bursage
Rich.

Here's the (current) passage map [not the route we followed]:  https://aztrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/17_AlamoCanyon.pdf