Feb. 11. Wed. Happy trails to us…. This hike was not far from the RV park and one I had not been on before, or at least most of it. Many trails in Tucson crisscross each other. You can see it was still not yet light as our group of 50+ hikers started out below the mountain. The area we hiked was part of Tucson Mountains Park. It borders a main highway to the south and Saguaro National Park to the North. It was still rather cool before the sun began to warm us up as it crept up the mountain sides and showed the early morning colors of the desert. I always like that time of morning when it is quiet, pretty, and void of the traffic and noise of civilization.
There were so many of us that snaked out over the trail that we resembled a very long train stretched out on a winding track! We decided we had better stick with the driver we rode with on the trail so the others in our vehicle wouldn’t have to wait a long time for any of us on the end to get back to the parking lot! Good idea!
We passed this old car on Camaro Loop, hence the name, which is just a short spur along our main trail loop. I passed by this car twice last year on a couple of our hikes. The area used to be a ranch, and when a car gave out, it was just driven up into the mountains and abandoned. Now it is a nice landmark for hikers.
Time for our break with views of downtown Tucson in the distance. The trail was narrow so we had to just stand along the trail edge for a nice rest. Ah..fresh air and desert scenery..it doesn’t get much better than that!
We headed back along our loop trail up and over more pretty areas up along the mountains. We have had right much rain this season, so everything looks so lush and green.
Yes, happy trails to us ‘til we meet again…….
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