{"id":2828,"date":"2020-02-28T04:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2023-02-18T22:06:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T22:06:23","slug":"day-6-santa-rita-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/28\/day-6-santa-rita-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6 &#8211; Santa Rita Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Date: February 23, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miles: 66.7 &#8211; 86.4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was pretty amazed to wake up and find that my gear was fairly dry and I wasn\u2019t horribly cold. It stopped raining before 8 pm the night before, and I had high hopes that today was going to be warm and sunny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1330-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1330-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1330-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1330-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1330-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1330-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1330-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Looks promising!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The walk out of Casa Blanca Canyon was beautiful, with so much water available in the little streams I crossed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1337.mov\"><\/video><figcaption>This may not look like much, but it\u2019s like gold out here. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of water, that\u2019s one thing that has been interesting to manage on this trail. Most of the documented water sources so far have been dry or algae-ridden stock tanks. Any streams are bunched close together in a short section, instead of being spread out throughout the day. It\u2019s hard to know when the next reliable water that doesn\u2019t have cow poop in it will present itself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This stretch of trail wound through the Santa Rita mountains, in particular an historic gold mining operation. Explanatory markers and old, crumbling mining infrastructure broke up the monotony of hills filled with grasses, dead trees and cacti. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1331-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1331-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1331-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1331-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1331-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1331-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1331-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1332-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1332-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1332-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1332-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1332-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1332-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Old tunnel for a water pipe used to blast dirt out of mining claims. Probably an animal nest now. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 11:30 am, the trail led to Kentucky Camp, which was built in 1904 to be the center of the gold mining business. After the mining company went bust, the property was privately owned, but it is now owned and operated as accommodations by the US Forest Service. Mustachio caught up with me shortly thereafter and the caretakers there let us use the picnic tables, running water and toilets while we stopped there for lunch. It is a hiker\u2019s oasis! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1351-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1351-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1351-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1351-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1351-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1351-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1351-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The museum at Kentucky Camp. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After lunch, the trail resumed on dusty, rocky forest roads. The ATV\u2019ers were out in force, it being the weekend, so a bunch of them would blow by occasionally.  I was tempted to stick my thumb out for a hitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1347-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1347-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1347-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1347-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1347-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1347-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1347-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dark clouds started rolling in and the wind picked up, making it seem like it was going to rain again. I looked south at the mountains I crossed over coming out of Patagonia, and it looked like they were getting dumped on again. I felt badly for the hikers who had decided to wait one more day&#8230;seems they didn\u2019t catch a break there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1353-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1353-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1353-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1353-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1353-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1353-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1353-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When it came time to start looking for a place to camp, the only reliable water source that showed up was a metal cattle trough. The bottom was covered in algae but the top was pretty clear, so I filtered enough water for dinner and breakfast tomorrow and tried not to think about what else may have been in there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mustachio arrived a few minutes later, with the same thought to camp by the water, so we set up in a nearby field and the usual nighttime routine commenced.  We chatted for a while about our families and what we do in the \u201creal world.\u201d  Then it was time to eat, get warm, type out some thoughts for a blog post, and sleep! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1333-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1333-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1333-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1333-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1333-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1333-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1339-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1339-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1339-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1339-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1339-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1339-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1339-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1342-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1342-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1342-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1342-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1342-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1342-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1342-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Another abandoned water line tunnel. I imagine bears live there now. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1346-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1346-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1346-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1346-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1346-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1346-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1346-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1350-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1350-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1350-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1350-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1350-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1350-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1350-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The gold gun. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1355-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1355-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1355-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1355-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1355-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1355-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1355-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The first trail magic!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: February 23, 2020 Miles: 66.7 &#8211; 86.4 I was pretty amazed to wake up and find that my gear was fairly dry and I wasn\u2019t horribly cold. It stopped raining before 8 pm the night before, and I had high hopes that today was going to be warm and sunny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_1353-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2828"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2858,"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions\/2858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walkingfromthelaw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}