Who knows what this is? It’s at the Sarasota Trailhead. Our guess would be a camera, but we have no idea.
We set out through the bowl of Tucson Mountain Park, retracing our steps from two days ago. Here we are at the site of the bushwhacking up to the new trail whose terminus we wanted to find.
We continued on the current trail for not very long. The trail makers have done a really nice job of connecting three trails so that people have more ways to move about the Tucson Mountain Park. This trail takes you back to the Sarasota trail head. We had not seen much of that trail segment before as it is long.
This is the continuation of the route we had taken up to the intersection of the three trails. Notice how I never actually name these trails? That’s because no one knows what the names are. They’re not signed and there’s really no way to refer to them. This trail heads towards the Evil Wash, which is a long stretch of deep gravel with large flat rocks buried in it. It’s extremely unpleasant.
This is the new trail that goes up towards the five way intersection at the top of Rock Wren. When we were just starting the hike, we met two mountain bikers who wanted to go back to the five way, but wanted to avoid the terrible climb on the loop trail. We gave them directions to go here, but we saw them later, far from here. They either did not follow the directions, or figured out where they were and chose a different route home. It’s hard giving directions because no trail names and it all looks the same.
It’s not as pretty as Utah, but parts of it are Utah-ish.
This is a part of the trail we had not seen before. We felt kind of bad about sending the two women this way, because one of them was not a really good mountain biker. There are some gnarly bits along the way. There would be much hike a bike for me.
We came back via the obnoxious climb and descent on the loop back to the truck.
Yesterday we went hiking boot shopping. Jim got a new pair of Lowas that are the follow on pair to his original pair. They can not be resoled because they’re glued and not sewn. This seems to be the new world order in the hiking boot industry. Me, and my pronating ankles and bony, low volume, surgically scarred wretched feet from hell bought nothing. I guess it’s time to go out to Zappos and order one of everything. It’s better than the exasperated looks I get from the shoe sellers. I’m really not being a pain in the patoot. People with bony feet feel everything and it’s hard to find a shoe/boot that doesn’t hurt. That explains why I’ve been wearing La Sportiva trail runners in electric blue for years, that’s what my feet will accept. That’s it. I’m really tired of blue shoes.
More hummingbird cuteness is here.
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It was again very windy today, and partly cloudy. The clouds are ok, but the wind is messing with my contact lenses.
Nice to see you out and about on the trail. Have you tried on Hoka hiking boots? I really like them and they are very cushioned.
ReplyDeleteI hope you can find some boots that work for you. I am pretty lucky in that regard. My biggest shoe problem is that my big toe tends to break through nearly every running/walking shoe that is made of mesh, which I find most comfortable and coolest. So, a lot of my shoes are very short-lived, which is frustrating, as expensive as they are. I always look for shoes that have that area covered in rubber, but they can be hard to find.
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