{"id":1573,"date":"2019-04-29T02:07:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T02:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2019-04-29T02:30:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T02:30:40","slug":"bullhead-and-down-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2019\/04\/29\/bullhead-and-down-rainbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullhead and down Rainbow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1574 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_150557708-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_150557708-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_150557708-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_150557708-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_150557708-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_150557708.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was time to finish this project started a couple months back. Saturday found us in perfect weather in great stead to tackle this beast.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1575 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_141917259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_141917259.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_141917259-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_141917259-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_141917259-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_141917259-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fire is sometimes cleansing and it certainly scoured the soil. We climbed 3700 feet on Saturday. The wildflowers were in full-bloom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1576 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_140820952-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_140820952-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_140820952-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_140820952-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_140820952-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_140820952.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful specimens abound. As we ascended the scenery became more apocalyptic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1577 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143409240-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143409240-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143409240-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143409240-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143409240-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143409240.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The fire was years ago. Laurel , Myers and I witnessed the chimneys portion which would later consume this area. Who would have ever known it would have grown to this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1578 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143402893-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143402893-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143402893-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143402893-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143402893-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_143402893.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our afternoon found us gaining serious ground but twas late.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We descended via Rainbow. Man, has it changed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1580 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_180310280-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_180310280-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_180310280-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_180310280-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_180310280-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_180310280.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve redone the whole trail, backed it off the falls, added crossings and re routed sections. It&#8217;s not bad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1581 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_140254808-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_140254808-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_140254808-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_20190427_140254808-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1583 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-212720-576x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-212720-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-212720-169x300.png 169w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-212720-768x1365.png 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190428-212720.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, we made good time. Had an interesting bear encounter. This healthy bruin was up at the side of a waterfall going up Bullhead.<\/p>\n<p>Big guy. When he saw us he just sat down on his rear end like he had popcorn and a movie ticket. We were definitely Highlander television for him.<\/p>\n<p>it was a fantastic outing and I encourage everyone to check out Bullhead before nature reclaims it.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with my spring tradition, I would like to share a bit of music with you from one of my favorite groups, Radiohead.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ti6qhk3tX2s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>&#8221; ]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It was time to finish this project started a couple months back. Saturday found us in perfect weather in great stead to tackle this beast. Fire is sometimes cleansing and it certainly scoured the soil. We climbed 3700 feet &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2019\/04\/29\/bullhead-and-down-rainbow\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1595,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions\/1595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}