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HDT 2022 Day 37, May 7, Saturday
Start dirt road S14 mile 23.2
End Colorado City Alternate mile 22.0
Miles walked: 23.4

Continuing north, I soon come to a highway, and divert onto the Colorado City alternate. After 6 miles of road walk, I stop at a high-end supermarket on the outskirts of Colorado City and set up headquarters in the seating area of the deli, to recharge, resupply, snack, have early lunch, and use wifi, making calls about transportation after my hike. It takes about three hours to complete my checklist, a welcome break.

Colorado City, AZ and its sister city Hilldale, UT, have a reputation as polygamist communities. Prairie dresses were frequently seen in the supermarket. Houses in the towns were often large and eccentric and individualistic, and privacy fences were popular.

Everyone I talked to in town was polite and friendly, especially considering I was a smelly hiker with ripped clothes.

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HDT 2022 Day 36, May 6, Friday
Start Hack Canyon S13 mile 79.9
End dirt road S14 mile 23.2
Miles walked: 30.5

Continuing up Hack Canyon, we pass Hack Canyon Mine, with electric lines running to it, but can see no details.

Now, after getting a cache that included water since it has been a long distance since the last source, the day starts a long road walk, a welcome change after days of rock hopping.

The guidebook refers to this as the Arizona Strip, wide open range land.

Heading up Yellowstone Mesa offers several springs, and I find enclosed water reservoir with water running from some spring above. This resembles a water holding structure I saw on the PCT.

Ahead we can see a mountain range come closer, as we walk the rest of the day on hard-pack dirt road.

Finished audiobook The Tenth Clew and Other Continental Op Stories , by Dashiel Hammett.

HDT 2022 Day 35, May 5, Thursday
Start along Kanab Creek S13 mile 57.3
End Hack Canyon S13 mile 79.9
Miles walked: 22.6

A short walk continuing along Kanab Creek brings me to Showerbath Spring, dripping under lush vegetation, which I should have stood under to wash up.

Nearby were camped some hikers who live near Hack Canyon.

I met another hiker who came in through the difficult 8 mile cross-country route along the Colorado River that I recently did, BUT he is going back out the same way! I would not look forward to ever doing those eight miles ever again.

A couple of groups of hikers warn me of 100 degree weather in the next few days.

The canyon eventually becomes wider, and huge boulders go away, and water stops running.

I leave Kanab and join Hack Canyon, a wide dry canyon with braided gravel wash, that eventually adds a dirt road.

Some cowboys are moving their herd to a summer location, and ask me if I had seen signs of any. Theirs were the first cattle I had seen in several days. Bison do not count.

The only water source along the 24 mile Hack is known to be radioactive, so I skip it.

Finished audiobook Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott.