Our guest reporters for the Joe May Canyon hike are Carl and Luci Widman. Their report is as follows:
We headed to the Sheep Mts. today and took the Joe May road that was a very dusty, bumpy ride for all 25 hikers up for the challenge. Not sure what this place was called and I don't think we'll do it again. We walked along a wash for the most part and came across a lean-to that housed a tank for water collection. This creates a watering hole for the wildlife, although is was dry at this time. At this point we lost 4 hikers who had had enough and returned to the cars.
One thing we did see that was quite captivating were the flowering cactus - looked like prickly pear with beautiful pink or magenta blooms and lots of buds. There were quite a few little daisy like blooms all over and along our hike. Including a picture too of a rattlesnake that we tripped over. Carl woke him up and I made him mad - and then cautioned Candice before he would be able to strike. John (big John) approached him for a good shot while Carl used his zoom for the same results.
After walking at a gradual incline for about 2+ miles the group actually aborted the hike. It was somewhat boring, very hot - about 90 - and dusty. After returning to the cars we had our snack and everyone was glad we put this hike behind us.
Our guest reporters for the Joe May Canyon hike are Carl and Luci Widman. Their report is as follows:
We headed to the Sheep Mts. today and took the Joe May road that was a very dusty, bumpy ride for all 25 hikers up for the challenge. Not sure what this place was called and I don't think we'll do it again. We walked along a wash for the most part and came across a lean-to that housed a tank for water collection. This creates a watering hole for the wildlife, although is was dry at this time. At this point we lost 4 hikers who had had enough and returned to the cars.
One thing we did see that was quite captivating were the flowering cactus - looked like prickly pear with beautiful pink or magenta blooms and lots of buds. There were quite a few little daisy like blooms all over and along our hike. Including a picture too of a rattlesnake that we tripped over. Carl woke him up and I made him mad - and then cautioned Candice before he would be able to strike. John (big John) approached him for a good shot while Carl used his zoom for the same results.
After walking at a gradual incline for about 2+ miles the group actually aborted the hike. It was somewhat boring, very hot - about 90 - and dusty. After returning to the cars we had our snack and everyone was glad we put this hike behind us.
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