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Reavis Ranch Backpack Trip
March 2003
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Mike, Bill, Eran, Debi, Luke, Ian, Forrest, Carlos, Cody and Steve
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip,
That started on a sunny day in the Superstition Mountains --
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| We stopped to have a snack and honor Elisha's memory at his grave site before starting the climb up to the ranch. (This part of the hike is not flat!) |
| Lunch break at the top! This is Ian's first backpack trip ever - it's a good thing the rest of the hike is flat. |
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| We call this tree "Big John" |
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Time to set up camp --
It's always good to have some older Scouts around to help our new Scouts learn the proper ways to put up a tent. |
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| Friday night gourmet dinner - marinated pork loin roast, mashed potatoes and veggies. |
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Saturday morning --- "The weather started getting rough..."
We started on our day hike to Circlestone Ruin but we made it less than a half mile before it started raining so hard we couldn't see where we were going and headed back to camp to spend the afternoon under tarps and tents. |
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| Luke spent the weekend digging a foxhole - maybe he wanted to see if he could get some good Chinese food to go with his 3 boxes of Thin Mints he brought for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. |
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It couldn't get any worse, could it??
After a night of rain and gusting winds, we woke up Sunday morning to snow!
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| At least it's not raining any more... |
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| Not snow nor hail nor sleet nor wind can stop our fearless crew - |
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So that was the tale of our backpackers,
on a hike to Reavis Ranch. They made it home, cold and wet, and will they ever go back??
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