Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - Several people in the RV Park (Pueblo, El Mirage, AZ) had recommended taking a hike at the nearby White Tank mountains. The drive over the visitors center was about 7 miles.
We didn't get to the trailhead until after 10:30 a.m. so we decided we probably won't do the entire Mesquite Canyon hike as it is 5 miles - one way.
We left the Area 7 parking area at 10:45 and it took us just over an hour to get hike the 1.8 miles to the beginning of the trail loop. That was pretty good as the trail gains 1000 feet in the first mile of the trail.
We elected to go counterclockwise at the beginning of the loop. We hiked for another 30 minutes or so which took us to the 1 mile mark of the loop. At that point, we decided we really didn't have enough water with us to complete the loop, so we retraced our steps back to the parking area.
Just a few pictures of the different types of vegetation along the way.
Look at the layer of smog you can see over the Phoenix metropolitan area.
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