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Arizona's Walnut Canyon - A Hidden Gem, from Charles Ratliff
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<blockquote data-quote="beemerdons" data-source="post: 1191896" data-attributes="member: 4296"><p>Arizona's Walnut Canyon - A Hidden Gem, from Charles Ratliff, AZ Beemer "mymidlife" has put together another fantastic pictorial of an Arizona Wonder! JSNS!</p><p></p><p></p><p>With another pleasant weekend predicted, I headed up to Flagstaff yet again to explore Walnut Canyon, the third of a trio of monuments in close proximity, and the only one of the three I had yet to visit. The other two, Wupatki and Sunset Crater, I've seen twice before as documented here on this forum. Walnut Canyon is a sharp, deep, creek-cut canyon to the east of Flagstaff, and was the home of members of the Sinagua tribe, one of numerous cliff dwelling peoples of this region. This is a beautiful and somewhat hidden park. The self-guided hike down into the canyon is easy and circles the waist of a large rock 'island'. The walking trails up top lead to two fine overlooks. Cliff dwellings are visible in multiple locations throughout. Interestingly, one of the friendly park staff is a recent UCF grad! Go Knights! In addition, on the way up I turned off to see Kinnikinnick Lake, a popular fishing spot found opposite the southern portion of Mormon Lake. Nice clay road (no dust!) with plenty of trails to investigate later! This unplanned added section ran me a little late but from hitting the beeline at 6:30, I made it back in the waning dusk with a terrific 400 mile day!</p><p></p><p>See linky below:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/100612197032175377059/WalnutCanyon110914?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCMzJgYaQzpGhMA&feat=directlink" target="_blank">https://picasaweb.google.com/100612197032175377059/WalnutCanyon110914?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCMzJgYaQzpGhMA&feat=directlink</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://bdons.smugmug.com/November-2014/i-bjfkTDW/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://bdons.smugmug.com/November-2014/i-bjfkTDW/0/L/034-P1020991-L.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beemerdons, post: 1191896, member: 4296"] Arizona's Walnut Canyon - A Hidden Gem, from Charles Ratliff, AZ Beemer "mymidlife" has put together another fantastic pictorial of an Arizona Wonder! JSNS! With another pleasant weekend predicted, I headed up to Flagstaff yet again to explore Walnut Canyon, the third of a trio of monuments in close proximity, and the only one of the three I had yet to visit. The other two, Wupatki and Sunset Crater, I've seen twice before as documented here on this forum. Walnut Canyon is a sharp, deep, creek-cut canyon to the east of Flagstaff, and was the home of members of the Sinagua tribe, one of numerous cliff dwelling peoples of this region. This is a beautiful and somewhat hidden park. The self-guided hike down into the canyon is easy and circles the waist of a large rock 'island'. The walking trails up top lead to two fine overlooks. Cliff dwellings are visible in multiple locations throughout. Interestingly, one of the friendly park staff is a recent UCF grad! Go Knights! In addition, on the way up I turned off to see Kinnikinnick Lake, a popular fishing spot found opposite the southern portion of Mormon Lake. Nice clay road (no dust!) with plenty of trails to investigate later! This unplanned added section ran me a little late but from hitting the beeline at 6:30, I made it back in the waning dusk with a terrific 400 mile day! See linky below: [URL="https://picasaweb.google.com/100612197032175377059/WalnutCanyon110914?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCMzJgYaQzpGhMA&feat=directlink"]https://picasaweb.google.com/100612197032175377059/WalnutCanyon110914?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCMzJgYaQzpGhMA&feat=directlink[/URL] [URL="https://bdons.smugmug.com/November-2014/i-bjfkTDW/A"][IMG]https://bdons.smugmug.com/November-2014/i-bjfkTDW/0/L/034-P1020991-L.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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