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Take a HIke-Kachina Trail

8/24/2025 7:46:00 AM | By Dawn Sutherland | Comment on this

The warnings are a little off-putting, but let's get started and see what lies ahead.

 

Definitely rocks.  A good deal of the trail takes us over half buried boulders.
And meadows--beautiful meadows lined with aspens.
From time to time we get a glance of the distant horizon.
There are ferns everywhere-my favorite forest plant.  It has been so dry that many are turning golden.
And the trail is lined with ferns.
Pretty now, and should be really pretty in the fall when the aspens turn to gold.
Robyn leads, Mimi follows and I'd the sweep.
There are so many boulder stacks they almost look lifelike!
Which came first-the rock or the tree?
And here is Robyn's special lookout.  It's a great place to find a comfortable boulder and have a snack before turning back on the trail.
And was she right about seeing to the edge of the world?  In the distance is Mormon Mountain, Sedona, the Black Hills/Mingus Mountains, and even a bit of Prescott!

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