{"id":5122,"date":"2019-03-10T03:58:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T03:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thethousandmiler.com\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2020-01-19T20:20:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T20:20:32","slug":"arizona-trail-day-6-fr-4062-to-sahuarita-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thethousandmiler.com\/arizona-trail-day-6-fr-4062-to-sahuarita-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Trail Day 6: FR 4062 to Sahuarita Road"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last night, before dreaming of today’s hike to Sahuarita Road \u2013 where I’ll get off the trail and sleep in a bed! \u2013 I realized I didn’t have my vest. And it’s my only coat, really. I have the requisite puffy coat<\/a> for around camp and wearing to bed when it’s cold. But for chilly mornings on the trail, I have my vest. It’s brand new and replaces one I’d had for about a decade. Somewhere around Kentucky Camp, I lost it. No clue what I did. But some guy named Matt found it, I learned tonight. I wonder if there’s any way I can get it back …<\/p>\n But I digress. Today I took my time at camp in the morning. I only had about 15 miles to hike, so no rush. Plus, I knew the day’s hike was easy, compared to the previous days. The first part of the hike was a lot of ups and downs \u2013 no surprise there. At one point I panicked when I checked the Guthook app and it said I was 3.3 miles from the trail. WHAT?! There had been a turn earlier; did I go the wrong way? Would I now add 6.6 miles to what should have been a short day? Thankfully, it must have been a satellite glitch. After looking at it three or four times, it suddenly said I was on the trail. Phew!<\/p>\n The flowers are starting to bloom along the trail. Maybe some are weeds and not wildflowers; I don’t know. But they sure are pretty and I love the greenery and pops of color.<\/p>\n Sometime late morning, the trail began a long, gentle descent down to the road below. It was fun to see the path winding downhill before me, and the mountain views were lovely.<\/p>\n Sandy, a trail angel<\/a>, picked me up with her dog, Desi. She is a wonderful host, She actually ran me a bath with this wonderful eucalyptus epsom salt gloriousness<\/a> in it, let me do my laundry and then made me a great taco dinner. And get this \u2013 she used to live in Sun Prairie, where I live! What a bizarre coincidence. I kind of don’t want to leave tomorrow, but I must.<\/p>\nWildflowers En Route to Sahuarita Road<\/h2>\n