GC555AP HailMaryVale#3 (Traditional Cache) in Arizona, United States created by wildargs

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A cache by wildargs Message this owner

Hidden : 5/18/2014

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Another infant formula or Rx bottle, continuing in the stye of the Moriarty (and Samson Won) caches which lead down from Flagstaff's plateau to the north of here, simple tree-hangers to spice the trail and make time and miles pass more swiftly by. If approaching from the North, see the Moriarty Series description for reference to the Babbitt Road (Flagstaff) trailhead, or the Samson Won cache description for advice re: parking below Lake Elaine.

Never do I walk this area and the canyon trail below without meeting others out for exercise and beauty, many with knapsacks for picnic items. Many also bicycle, but from a different trailhead. The trailhead parking (see below) off Lake Mary Road offers closest highway access to this cache (see pic below). After a somewhat steep but short segment (about a #8 treadmill exercise when coming back up, but with loads of spots for sitting and resting) the trail below quickly becomes, indeed, sandy and for the most part nearly level – all the way to where the Arizona Trail branches off and climbs to Flagstaff’s plateau above (trail connections to parking at Lake Elaine, or Babbitt Road or the Old Walnut Canyon Road). Some beautiful cliffs, forest and meadows along the way. You might want to visit the cave setting of another cache (A Great Walnut Canyon Hide-a-way) while you’re at it. See HailMaryVale#3 for a photo of that peculiar spot.