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resources to cure illness and more. The Support the Canyon with a Red Rock License Plate!
Indian, however, had a simpler outlook,
free of the sin and Hell preachings of If you haven’t picked up the beautiful Red Rock Canyon license plate yet,
the missionaries. “I prefer to their you can get it at any Nevada DMV. Just turn in your old plate and for a cost
dogma my excursions into the natural of only $61.00, plus a $5.00 transfer fee, you can have this colorful plate and
gardens where the voice of the Great support Red Rock. Because it is a charitable licence plate, $25 of the cost is
Spirit is heard in the twittering of tax deductible. A partial tax deduction
birds, the rippling of mighty waters, is built into the cost of all charitable
and the sweet breathing of flowers. If license plates. No need to wait for your
this is Paganism . . . I am a Pagan.” plate to expire. Through the end of
— Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa), November, 519 plates have been sold.
Yankton Sioux, 1876-1938. The more plates on the road, the more

we’ll be able to sell to reach the goal we
must meet by the end of 2009 to retain
the license plate.
Boot Tracks, continued from p.5
You can view our plate in color on the DMV Nevada website under
the North Oak Creek Canyon Trail. Charitable and Collegiate Plates at http://www.dmvnv.com/platescharitable.
Finding the trailhead is easy; just drive htm#redrock.
about 12 miles around the loop, then Thank you to our own Jules Burke for the outstanding photo she labored
take that last bumpy dirt road on the so long to obtain at the side of the road on Rte. 159!
right marked Oak Creek Canyon, and
follow it to the parking area.
The Arnight trailhead is to the deserving of the “moderate” rating. The The Arnight Loop Trail is one of
north and is well marked. The sign path narrows and is rockier with some those wonderful garden areas at Red
gives this route a difficulty rating grades to 15%. I would still recommend Rock. At every turn, there are new and
of “moderate,” although it’s really it, even to beginning hikers, because more beautiful groupings of rocks and
somewhat easier than that. It reminds the trail winds through some heavy cacti. A plethora of Mojave Desert
me of the Children’s Discovery Trail, vegetation and deeper washes to top plants are represented along this path.
only longer. The Arnight Trail is built out around 300 feet above the parking Be sure to allow enough time to enjoy
for two, plenty wide with a natural area. The panoramic view from the the walk and take in the quiet beauty.
top of the rock staircase is really nice Since there isn’t much shelter on this
and makes a trail, I recommend that you go early in
good photo the day, wear a hat, take your camera
spot. Total and, of course, lots of water. I like the
length of The Arnight Loop Trail. While it doesn’t
Knoll Trail is have the jaw-dropping beauty of Ice
marked as 1.9 Box Canyon or the sporty fun of the
miles. Calico Tank, it does provide a fairly
The last easy and very interesting morning
leg of this loop stroll through the desert. I would give
is the North it a rating of five boots (out of ten).
Oak Creek
Canyon Trail.
If you feel like
taking a little
tread that’s not too rocky. There are side trip, turn The Desert Trumpet is reprising Tom
Pfaendler’s excellent Boot Track series
some nice sandy washes and the grade right (west) and hike into Oak Creek featuring Red Rock trails. Tom is a past
is an easy 7% so you’ll hardly break a Canyon; it’s stunningly beautiful. board president now living in Oregon.
sweat over its 1.6-mile length. Otherwise, turn left for a quick one-mile
The second and longest leg is the descent down the old rocky jeep trail
Knoll Trail, which is probably more back to the parking lot.
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