GET Day 3: Rogers Canyon to Whitford Canyon

Daily Miles: 18.3, Total Miles: 44.2

By morning, there were three great horned owls trying to get each other’s attention.

I headed up Rogers Canyon passing a cool-looking cliff dwelling, joining the AZT and keeping an eye out for water. Finally found a few pools of water in the rocks that were much cleaner than last night. Grabbed a liter to get me over the hill.

I reached the Rogers Trough TH, climbed up and over Montana Mountain and dropped into Reevis Trail Canyon. A bit of water but lots of cows and poop.

A highlight of the day was the windmill and trough off of FR650. I got up on a stump and looked down into the deep trough of good water. It better be good – the trough had a large school of big goldfish.

Not seeing any camping nearby that was rock and poop free, I kept going through Whitford Canyon, crossing FR650, and climbed to a hill overlooking Picketpost Mountain, the lights of Superior, and, in the distance, the glow of the Phoenix Valley. Someone had been working very hard to clear enough rocks to lay a tent down.

No further for me – a very pleasant evening with a beautiful sunset through a hill of tall saguaros.