- Hike in White Tank Regional Park. Scenic desert hike, lots of saguaro cactus (incl. once piece that got me in the ankle and hurt bad as I extracted it while holding it with a kleenex). Trail map for the hike is here. We started from trailhead 7, pretty flat across Waddell (WD) trail, then rising for several miles on Ford Canyon (FD) trail to an abandoned dam (which really was there). Continued to rise up a wash for another mile or more--walking in (quick) sand is hard. Long downhill from there to car with views of Phoenix to east throughout. Saw something that was either a bobcat, feral cat or an alien. Black and very fast. 9.1 mi. total, about 4 hrs. of walking.
14 years ago