Cellular service in the area is spotty at best and it can take quite some time for rescuers to make their way into the canyon, so it is imperative to take appropriate precautions when hiking in this area. Injuries also occur from things like falls, jumping off rocks into the creek, or burnt and blistered feet from innapropriate footwear. Whether from ignorant unpreparedness or accidental injury, it is a dangerous position to be caught in. Each year more than 200 hikers require rescuing from Fossil Creek. It is no wonder the forest service makes these pleas. Cat tails line the shores and provide a safe haven for creatures like leopard frogs, and monkey flower blooms along the creek luring bees and dragonflies. Grapevines wind their way through sycamore, alder and boxwood trees and wild berry brambles stretch out across the canyon floor. Once in the canyon, crystal clear water springs from beneath the ground, bubbling up from below tree roots and pouring down the rock walls of the canyon into a colorful boulder strewn creek bed. The area, one of only two in Arizona to bear the designation of “Wild and Scenic River”, is home to a diverse variety of birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fish and mammals. This incredible trail traverses rich red mountain sides dotted with boulders and lava rock as it decends from a pine covered mesa through harsh desert into a lush riparian wilderness. This was not only our first road trip adventure together as a couple, but also the point in our relationship where I was able to see myself spending the rest of my life exploring, adventuring and eating pie with this amazing man.Įnjoying pie & cheesecake after a day of hiking at the old Strawberry Lodge in Strawberry, Arizona Before heading home we stopped at the old Strawberry Lodge (which I’m very sad to say is no longer there) for a slice of their home-made pie. He showed me around town telling me stories about time he spent there as a child, and took me to the state’s oldest standing one-room school house. As an ignorant teenager I was having trouble finding places to visit when my incredibly sexy and adventurous new boyfriend told me he knew the perfect place and took me to Strawberry, Arizona for a day trip. When I was in high school I had to do several self guided field trips to historical sites in Arizona for an Arizona history class I was taking. Andrew enjoying the scenery on Fossil CreekĪ little background about my love of Strawberry. But mostly I love this area because of the intense beauty and peaceful serenity it offers. Partially because the hike in, on the recently renamed Bob Bear Trail, begins from Strawberry, one of my favorite towns in Arizona. The waterfall at Fossil Creek Damįossil Springs has long been one of my favorite areas in Arizona. We had a wonderful weekend filled with fun and family adventures, but we still needed an epic waterfall hike to round out Andrew’s trip. Our son Andrew was supposed to join Ryan and I on the Havasupai trek this year, so he came to visit anyway and we went camping as a family with our daughter Sara, son-in-law Ron and 1 year old grandson Jameson. Thanks to COVID-19 the area remains closed and our trip to Havasupai has been rescheduled for next year.
FOSSIL CREEK WATERFALL TRAIL LENGTH SERIES
Last weekend we were supposed to have hiked to one of these world renowned areas called Havasupai, which is a remotely located canyon on an Indian reservation in Northern Arizona that boasts a series of stunning turqouise blue waterfalls along a creek as it decends into the Colorado River.
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