A visited this weekend, so we did a shuttle hike--up Inner Basin Trail (#29) and down the Weatherford (#102). I didn't take one photograph, but I have plans to do Inner Basin again, that trail was beautiful.
We got kind of a late start. We drove up the primitive road to Lockett Meadow and to the campground. I had never experienced the north-eastern slopes of the San Francisco Peaks--they're beautiful. Hiking with A is always a treat--striking up conversations about the vegetation and animal life.
After a steady--but not too steep--climb uphill, you end up in an aspen forest. Our timing was perfect--it was a shimmering fairy land of quaking aspen and filtered sunlight. Just stunning. From there you head up into the Inner Basin.
There were lots of wildflowers--lupine and geranium and penstemon. After the last steep section we arrived at the Weatherford. Just in time for a monsoon to blow in. After A convinced me we were safe (or at least safer than the people who continued up to summit Humphreys) we continued on. A didn't have any rain gear, so he was freezing.
The Weatherford was beautiful--through Weatherford Canyon. I had faint memories of reading that the Weatherford is an old road that took Model T Fords to the summit (or close to) of Humphreys.
All in all, it was a fantastic trip, and I can't wait to go back early October to try to see some fall color!
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