Mayan Maiden Nov 14
A loop trail north of Verde Valley School Rd in Village of oak Creek
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MAYAN MAIDEN
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Synchronize GPSes...
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First sight of the Mayan Maiden. First we head uphill
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Castle Rock as seen from the west side
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The Village of Oak Creek is to the right
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Looking west past Cathedral Rock
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Verde Valley School and beyond
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A rock with a better view
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This linked set of three small canyons lends some variety to the climb
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We have had a rainy summer, so lots of lichen on these rocks
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The back of the Seven Sisters
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The lime-green lichen, close up
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Horse barns on the west side of VOC
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We are now up on the just-closed Circle Transept trail that once circled the Seven Sisters. This section has not been erased yet.
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A good place for lunch, overlooking VOC
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We start back, but by way of the maiden this time
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The Fort Apache Layer, a limestone belt that permeates the area
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Sionagua potsherds and a mano, used for grinding grain
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Right next to these houses...
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...Is the Maiden
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A short distance farter on, this pioneer irrigation dam. A pond at right watered cattle.
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Just below the dam, a carving of unknown origin
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The outrun below the dam
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That's all. folks!
