Comments on: South to Arizona

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 04:10:27 +0000

In reply to Jamie Compos. Our pleasure! We hope you can make it up here, too!

By: Jamie Compos

Jamie Compos — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:33:26 +0000

Thanks for making the trip down to these windswept old badlands!

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:21:59 +0000

In reply to Steve.

Ha! Joan’s the one who has Dr. in front of her name. 😉

Because of the relatively short hike, we carried in ~10 liters total of water between the two of us. Enough water for the hike in, a day of hiking from camp, and the just under two mile hike out in the morning. No silty runoff!

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:01:27 +0000

You two should be field consultants for university archeology departments. Maybe give lectures or something. Curious what you did to treat that water on your overnighter. Prefilter? Let it settle first? Looks particularly sediment heavy.

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 02:59:23 +0000

In reply to Mel Church. Thanks for the kind words!

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 02:59:12 +0000

In reply to Matt McWenie. We certainly need to return!

By: Mel Church

Mel Church — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 22:49:13 +0000

This was a beautiful article. One of your best. The story and archeology was a delight. Thanks for posting these.

By: Matt McWenie

Matt McWenie — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 22:02:59 +0000

Petrified Forest is such a great area. It has incredible backcountry. Their “off the beaten path” hikes are all great and get you away from the tourist hordes since most are off trail and require map skills. Devil’s Playground is one of the best collections of hoodoos anywhere. NPS only gives out 3 permits per week to DP.

https://www.nps.gov/pefo/planyourvisit/hiking.htm