View from Blackett’s Ridge of Sabino Canyon (11/01/13) — Image by kenne
Canyons, big or small
Gathering nature’s beauty
Takes your breath away.
— kenne
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Where All The Desert Beauty Runs Together — Sabino Canyon Leave a comment
Canyons, big or small
End Of The Trail Leave a comment
Blackett’s Ridge Between Sabino Canyon and Bear Canyon in the Santa Catalina Mountains
Image by kenne
My days as a hiking guide
May soon have long since passed
But, for this hiker, the trail never ends.
The call of the trail has not silenced
In the course of the coyote’s song
Echoing down through the canyon.
The pace may have slowed,
Canyon walls gotten steeper
Only to be balanced by desire.
But out there in the canyons
The ghosts of young trail runners
Brings back images for the past.
Casting strides to the wind
Hiking trails that have no end
Chasing trail-dust on the wind.
— kenne
Sabino Canyon Picnic Site Leave a comment
Sabino Canyon Picnic Site with View of Thimble Peak (February 2017) — Image by kenne
Thimble Peak (Elevation 5,323 ft.) is a landmark in the Santa Catalina Mountains on the ridge that divides Sabino Canyon and Bear Canyon.
— kenne
Blackett’s Ridge Trail 1 comment
Blackett’s Ridge Trail — iPhone Image by kenne
I exist in thought and action,
continually interpreting each
not knowing myself once and for all,
never being present once and for all.
I exist in mind and body,
continually maintaining each
not by what I know, but
by what I don’t know.
I exist to establish connections
between the spiritual and material
sinking to stabilize self by
staying connected to nature;
knowing that the world is always
different for each individual,
as it is for my needs, values
and expectations as they evolve.
I exist to understand my being
to think and feel differently by
learning from the poets,
reading poetry every day.
— kenne
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde
Raven On High Leave a comment
Raven on High — Grunge Art by kenne
raven on high
landing
on an agave flower
casting
a death shadow
linking
the demon
talking
to the wind
waiting
for wind currents
lifting off
free to sore high
performing skilled
aerobatic maneuvers
combining
loops and rolls
seeking intensity
not for show, just for fun
— kenne
SCVN Friday Hike — Blackett’s Ridge Leave a comment
SCVN Friday Hike, Blackett’s Ridge (November 4, 2016) — iPhone Images by kenne
With morning temperatures in the 50’s & 60’s, our Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists Friday hikes are now off Mt. Lemmon and back in the canyon. Today’s hike was one of my favorite, Blackett’s Ridge that runs between Sabino Canyon and Bear Canyon.
The 6.3-mile hike begins at the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center and is relatively flat for the first 1.5 miles before the trail becomes very rocky, turning into a series of 36 switchbacks, with an elevation change of 1800 feet for the next 1.5 miles.
The trail hasn’t changed much over the six years I have been hiking Blackett’s, and I would like to say the same for me, but my old body is beginning to signal that it might not be willing to hike trails with this much elevation change in such a short distance.
kenne
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity…
–John Muir
Capturing The Moment — Blackett’s Ridge Trail Sunset Leave a comment
Blackett’s Ridge Trail Sunset Over Tucson — Image by kenne
Each sunset
provides a sense of romance
just beyond reach,
telling a wordless story
that is timeless,
not requiring a response.
— kenne
