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| This hike, about 35 miles south of Carlsbad Caverns, reminded me very much of the hiking we did in Tucson in the Sonoran desert. Just the saguaros are missing! |
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| It is 4.8 miles round-trip to Pratt Cabin and 6.8 miles round-trip to the Grotta. Would have loved to hike to the Grotto. But, the temperature was well about 95 degrees and we had only about 1 quart of water for each of us. So we played safe, and made the Cabin our turn-around destination. |
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| Apparently, in the 1020s when the Pratt family bought the land, the view was quite different: imagine a stream running the length of the canyon with a number of small waterfalls ... |
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| Built in 1931-32 as a summer home with local stone and wood only. A stone picknick table made a perfect lunch spot, shaded by the trees and the house. I peeked inside: very pleasant floor plan with a large living room in the middle, kitchen to one side and bedrooms to the other. No remains of a well that we could see. Was the stream enough to provide for water? |
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