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| Today's hike was a 6+ mile portion of the 1,200 mile Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. |
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| Some of the trail had a lovely tree canopy. |
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| Information about the Santa Cruz River. |
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| You must be this high to hike this trail. |
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| Love the cottonwood trees. |
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| River crossing. |
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| Me at the river crossing. |
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| "I'm going to shed my skin right here." -Snake. |
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| I *think* this is a Pipevine Swallowtail. |
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| Tamarisk, an invasive shrub or tree, with the pink flowers, can be seen in this photo. |
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| The trail. |
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| Adobe bunkhouse. |
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| Adobe bunkhouse. |
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| Adobe bunkhouse. |
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| Adobe bunkhouse. |
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| Sandy trail. |
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| The trail with waist-high plants. |
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| I'm not sure what this would have been. |
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| The trail with sky-high plants. The hiker in front of me is over 6' tall. |
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| The half way point where we had our snack. |
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| A few of the hikers have done this hike before and said they've never seen it this lush. |
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| Looking back at the trail. |
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| Prickly Poppies. |
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| A large look at where we hiked today. This hike takes you between the two towns of Tumacacori and Tubac, Arizona. |
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| A close up look at today's hike. (The map orientation has been turned.) Today's hike was 6.3 miles, out and back. YTD: 14.4 miles. |
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| The entire 1,200 mile trail, from Mexico to California. |
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