. "Day One:\n\nWhen your heart is blank\nLike an empty page\nBut then it fills up like the sun\nBurning in lines of beauty\n\nThat's what this place is to me. \n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nLater on Day One:\n\nCaution! Look out for steep and corny rhymes:\n\nSometimes, you can get what you want and still be taken completely by surprise. \nExactly what you wished for...in a thirty minute drive.\nStarted at Camelback and the 51\nLooking for new dirt to hike up some fun\n\nGlanced upon yelp and saw \"Caves Buttes Rec Area,\" so we aimed that direction. \nGot around there and noticed this \"Sonoran Desert Drive\" connection. \nThere it was, nearly new - Apache Wash Trailhead - and a stunning 360 view. \n\nNo, my eyes didn't deceive me and no I'm not blind. \nThis was a magical-near-miraculous find. \n(You think that's an overstatement, then you're just not my kind.) \n\nFor just when I thought I'd climbed to see most every beautiful vista...I can tell you and you and you, sista and mista,\nI've never seen nothing so close-near-to-town, seemingly so far out of the usual rounds....\n\nIt's amazing! You can go this way and that...up to the hilltop or over the flat. \nBeware the javelinas in the wash you may find, they are wild and ARE said to be kinda blind. If you spook them...(run away and you please finish this rhyme)\n\nBring a bike, bring a horse, tote some water for sure, \n\"No potable water\" just may be the cure. \nFor this place is a little beyond suburbia's blur; \nno SRP, but surely some trail manure.\n\nNow, I'm not saying that Piestewa isn't so nice, \nI'm just saying that sometimes you need a new slice. \nA Camel's back is an eternity's height \ncompared to this simple walk that's really quite light. \n\nApache Wash Trailhead isn't for one n'all \nand surely not everyone will fall...\nin love with this desert gem. \nBut, I know, I'll keep coming back...again and again. \n\nHang on a minute, I just dropped my pen...\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\nDay Three:\n\nAnd if you think surely I've had too much fresh air...come take a gulp, there's plenty to share.\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\nwhat did you do with Day Two?:\n\nDay Two, Day Two, \nLike a rock, stuck in the sole of my shoe\nIt was right there. \nIt was real quiet right there."^^ . "22"^^ . "14"^^ . "22"^^ . . "5"^^ . "2015-03-02T00:00:00"^^ . .