Arizona Trail: The Great Unconformity

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Blissful hikes mostly alone in the Mazatzals with huge distances between water sources and is treated to a glorious sunset from my tent.

In this episode:

1. Blissful hikes in stunning and steep mountains of sandstone from the period known as the Great Unconformity, a gap of missing geologic time. 
2. Steep walking takes hikers from one exceptional water source to the next. 
3. The views are superb into dark red rock and land slips of baseball-sized boulders. 
4. All day, a "bug burka" (a mesh head net) is required for the swarming gnats. 
5. One special spot is Chilson Spring, fresh water collected by a pipe into a metal box.
6. The campsite is just a wide spot on the trail near Hopi Spring with a view of a stunning sunset over all the mountains already climbed. 

MUSIC: Poema del Pastor Coya by Angel Lasala as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, piano

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