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    An Afternoon hike below the Whetstones

    My mom came down for a few day's visit over the holidays. One afternoon we were able to get together with my uncle, aunt & cousin for an afternoon hike near the Whetstone Mountains, south of Benson, AZ. It was a nice day to be out for a walk.





    Looking east at the Dragoon Mountains.


    There are a lot of mine shafts & adits in this area.


    I think this is some variety of mammillaria


    Plenty of agave about.


    And prickly pear, too.


    This may be a rainbow cactus, but I'm not certain.






    All in all, a good day for a bit of a wander.


    Thanks for looking.
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    Really nice I need to move countries
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    That was great, thanks for sharing. The terrain looks so arid, what was the temperature that day?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Martin View Post
    That was great, thanks for sharing. The terrain looks so arid, what was the temperature that day?

    Martin
    I think it was about 64F. Just about perfect, really
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    Very nice, I take it there are Whetstones to be found there then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shewie View Post
    Very nice, I take it there are Whetstones to be found there then?
    Oooh, that's a good question. I can't honestly say I knew the origin of the name before looking it up just now. A local environmental group has this to say:

    "The Whetstones are named after a deposit in the mountain range called novaculite. This hard, fine-grained rock is used for making whetstones for sharpening blades."
    http://www.skyislandalliance.org/legends.htm

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    Great Pictures!

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