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J Guth
1987
journal
145.
May 21 Opposite Canyon, elev. 6300 ft Cochise
Co. Arizona
X camp - rocks on trail
- abandoned building
+ mine?
"private
do not enter"
sign
-cattle gate - barbed wire
jail
trail
sign - "oversite canyon
trailheads"
road thru Monterosa Pass
Pass ->
I left the campsite it around 8:00 am.
out in the desert, the weather
was more sunny, but not very hot.
I drove to Elmira via Bistee, then
took Hwy 181 to Hwy 186 to
the road to Chiricahua Nat'l Monument.
where the road forks, I took the
gravel road to Pinery Canyon and
the Colorado National Forest areas.
The weather was very good, not too
windy. There were some large
cumulus clouds over the mountains,
it was still wet on the roads
with potholes filled with water
from the rains. I was destined
for Barfoot Park. Along the uphill
climb, I looked at the conifers