Spring ARA - Gardner Canyon

ARA

Titan II Missile Site

The Titan II Strategic Missile Site 571-4.

Finger Rock Trail and Pontatoc Trail Loop - Santa Catalina Mountains

My hike.

Picketpost Mountain - Tonto National Forest

Right before I began my hike a Gila Monster was crossing the parking lot near the trailhead. The venom of a Gila Monster is potent and painful. Gila Monsters produce venom in glands in their lower jaw. This is mixed with the saliva and pulled into the wound along grooved teeth by capillary action. Thus, the longer the lizard hangs on or "chews," the greater the amount of venom introduced.

I began hiking at 9:36 AM, and it took me 1 hour and 54 minutes to reach the 4,378-foot summit. My entire hike took me 3 hours and 58 minutes.