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Home > News > In The News > Day Tripping: Picketpost Is A Serious Scramble

Day Tripping: Picketpost Is A Serious Scramble

April 10, 2012 aztrail

The Desert Leaf

by Bill Norman

Picketpost Mountain pokes its big, fat snout 2,000 feet above surrounding desert like a rocky study in morbid obesity. The mountain’s brooding visage is a solitary one.

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