{"id":8611,"date":"2019-09-09T10:34:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T16:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/?p=8611"},"modified":"2020-07-01T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:25:04","slug":"first-steps-in-the-first-wilderness-part-7-early-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/?p=8611","title":{"rendered":"First Steps in the First Wilderness Part 7: Early September"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pretty good monsoon rains so far; weather cool from previous day’s storm. Vegetation in the canyons even thicker, obscuring the trail in many places. This was a recovery hike for me, gradually recovering capacity after yet another chronic pain setback. Hiking out, I ran into a couple in their 70s who were planning to camp at the spring near the top of the mountain and explore the back country during the next couple of days.<\/p>\n

\"Redtail <\/a>
Redtail hawk soars over the start of the trail <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Arizona <\/a>
Arizona sister butterfly showing pattern on underside of wing <\/div> <\/div>
\"Bumper <\/a>
Bumper crop of rose hips <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Tiny <\/a>
Tiny flower <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_4904\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_4905\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_4916\" <\/a> <\/div>
\"IMG_4922\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Trail <\/a>
Trail disappearing under monsoon jungle in canyon bottom <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"These <\/a>
These Steller’s jays were squawking at me everywhere <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"This <\/a>
This butterfly landed on the heel of my boot <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Resting <\/a>
Resting on the partially collapsed roof of the abandoned springhouse <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Filling <\/a>
Filling my water jug with pure spring water <\/div> <\/div>
\"Tiny <\/a>
Tiny chipmunk <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_4973\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_4981\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Gathering <\/a>
Gathering Arizona walnuts; tree in background <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Dipping <\/a>
Dipping my hat in the stream to cool off my head! <\/div> <\/div>
\"Big <\/a>
Big spiny lizard <\/div> <\/div>
\"I <\/a>
I thought these small trees beside the trail were walnut seedlings until I saw these little fruits; it turns out they are a “smooth sumac” <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pretty good monsoon rains so far; weather cool from previous day’s storm. Vegetation in the canyons even thicker, obscuring the trail in many places. This was a recovery hike for me, gradually recovering capacity after yet another chronic pain setback. Hiking out, I ran into a couple in their 70s who were planning to camp […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,65,60,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hikes","category-holt","category-mogollon-mountains","category-southwest-new-mexico"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_4984.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8624,"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8611\/revisions\/8624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxcarmichael.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}