{"id":86,"date":"2017-07-06T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2017\/07\/06\/puerta-blanca"},"modified":"2020-03-21T09:34:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T16:34:26","slug":"puerta-blanca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"Puerta Blanca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">The trail head signs are overshadowed by a larger warning :<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\"><i>&#8220;Illegals and drug smugglers may be crossing in this area. DO NOT attempt to approach them, immediately call the police!&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">The morning fog is thick as I make my way along the White Door in the southern bowels of the Sonoran desert.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">A lone coyote howls.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0a97b-img_0954.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0a97b-img_0954.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">Here in the misty mountains of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/orpi\/index.htm\">Organ Pipe<\/a> I don the comfort of the gas mask, strapping &nbsp;it on tightly before caressing the hollow bones of the Saguaro.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8eb89-fullsizerender.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8eb89-fullsizerender.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">The hollow emptiness here is not conducive to even the bravest of smugglers, lest it be of the human kind or the other.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/b0200-img_0942.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/b0200-img_0942.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">All souls just disappear into the mist.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trail head signs are overshadowed by a larger warning : &nbsp; 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