Wolf Creek, Hassayampa River, Prescott, AZ
(Trail Pooch Team, Wicket and Noel, Posting from Mile High Prescott, Arizona)
Hike Date: Sunday, 08/08/10; Trail 384, Prescott Basin.
Well it has been a very long time since I had visited the Wolf Creek Falls area and what is now Trail 384. It is a place that I hold dear, as I have many memories of that entire area from my teens and twenties. Of course when I was out exploring during those years, I did it mostly in a 1964 Jeep CJ that my father let me barrow. Thanks Dad for making my memories of the Bradshaw Mountains and the Prescott Basin possible. Those were days when this area was remote and four wheeling was OK. In fact, sleeping bags, ice chest and a good jeep, was all a group of teenaged Prescott boys required for the weekend. Little did we understand that we were living a freedom that would soon be but a memory of the way it used to be.
Just a few hundred feet from here, this creek water will cascade over polished granite into the Hassayampa River, over the Wolf Creek Falls. Wicket and I made the walk that I used to drive in the 64 Jeep. I recommend this walk to those who love to see running water in Arizona. It's not easy to find. I don't recall ever seeing it completely dry in this area, but I am sure there have been times that it has been.
Wicket is on his way down the old jeep trail to the pool of water I used to cool off in, in my youth. He's looking back at me as if to say, "Hey man, you going to put it in gear and follow me down to the water?"
Hey, is that Wicket in the Thicket, or just another ghost of a memory from a previous era? You can tell he's in frolic mode on this trip. His floppy teddy bear ears are standing straight up! That means he's on the run and really gettin' into it!
Check it out. Is this just not a great shot of an Arizona mountain stream? Crystal clear water, granite boulders and green everywhere.
View From near the Trail Head of 384. This part of the 384 is about half way between Ponderosa Park and Senator Hwy. If you're ever out that way, you should check out the place. It is a very special area and it's only a 25 minute drive or so from downtown Prescott. Enjoy! Don't forget to take that pooch with you. There's lots of free range out here, if you don't get caught!
Thank you for visiting our blog and until next time, from Wicket and Noel, "Happy Trails" and remember to "Live Free, Live Wild"
noel@trailpooch.com shoot us an email, or feel free to post a comment on the blog.
Affiliated website:
www.RealtyWebNet.Com.
See you on the trail sometime!
Wicket in the thicket.
Shadow camera man
Hike Date: Sunday, 08/08/10; Trail 384, Prescott Basin.
Well it has been a very long time since I had visited the Wolf Creek Falls area and what is now Trail 384. It is a place that I hold dear, as I have many memories of that entire area from my teens and twenties. Of course when I was out exploring during those years, I did it mostly in a 1964 Jeep CJ that my father let me barrow. Thanks Dad for making my memories of the Bradshaw Mountains and the Prescott Basin possible. Those were days when this area was remote and four wheeling was OK. In fact, sleeping bags, ice chest and a good jeep, was all a group of teenaged Prescott boys required for the weekend. Little did we understand that we were living a freedom that would soon be but a memory of the way it used to be.
Just a few hundred feet from here, this creek water will cascade over polished granite into the Hassayampa River, over the Wolf Creek Falls. Wicket and I made the walk that I used to drive in the 64 Jeep. I recommend this walk to those who love to see running water in Arizona. It's not easy to find. I don't recall ever seeing it completely dry in this area, but I am sure there have been times that it has been.
Wicket is on his way down the old jeep trail to the pool of water I used to cool off in, in my youth. He's looking back at me as if to say, "Hey man, you going to put it in gear and follow me down to the water?"
Hey, is that Wicket in the Thicket, or just another ghost of a memory from a previous era? You can tell he's in frolic mode on this trip. His floppy teddy bear ears are standing straight up! That means he's on the run and really gettin' into it!
Check it out. Is this just not a great shot of an Arizona mountain stream? Crystal clear water, granite boulders and green everywhere.
View From near the Trail Head of 384. This part of the 384 is about half way between Ponderosa Park and Senator Hwy. If you're ever out that way, you should check out the place. It is a very special area and it's only a 25 minute drive or so from downtown Prescott. Enjoy! Don't forget to take that pooch with you. There's lots of free range out here, if you don't get caught!
Thank you for visiting our blog and until next time, from Wicket and Noel, "Happy Trails" and remember to "Live Free, Live Wild"
noel@trailpooch.com shoot us an email, or feel free to post a comment on the blog.
Affiliated website:
www.RealtyWebNet.Com.
See you on the trail sometime!
Wicket in the thicket.
Shadow camera man
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