Archive for the ‘Catalina Highway’ Tag
Golden Columbine On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
We drive the twisting
Catalina Highway
leaving the desert
for alpine forests
on Mt. Lemmon —
one hour away.
Today I guide hikers
on the Aspen Draw
trail among the tall trees
next to the steep slopes
of Mt. Lemmon Ski Valley —
north America’s southernmost.
Wildflowers of the Sky Islands
are in full bloom celebrating
the summer monsoon rains
below the towering conifers —
temperate species of
Apache pine and Chihuahuan pine.
Recent heavy rains
have eroded the trail
exposing trees roots
not always easy to see
in shadows on the trail —
I reminded the hikers.
Moving with more speed
on the downhill return
careful of foot but
not careful enough
as I tripped over a root
now shouldering the pain.
— kenne
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Catalina Highway Underpass Near Mt. Bigalow, Santa Catalina Mountains — Painting by kenne
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
— John Muir
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Windy Point Vista — Images by kenne
In August 2010 I took over 83 photos a young woman and two men climbing the rock spire at Windy Point Vista along Catalina Highway. It ended up being a fun unplanned project. I put a video together using the photos and also uploaded them to my Flickr account.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kennetu/albums/72157624822900088
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Climbing the Rock Spire at Windy Point Video
Here’s a link to a 360 view at Windy Point Vista:
https://www.360cities.net/image/windy-point-vista-tucson-az
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Yesterday’s Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists Friday hike was the Bug Springs trail. Six years ago Joy and hiked this trail with the “Monday Morning Milers.” During the hike, Joy’s hiking shoes began to hurt her feet, so Edi Moore and I kept a slower pace with her.
Near the end of the hike, there’s a fork in the trail. At the time there was not a trail marker. When Edi and I reached the fork, we didn’t realize Joy had fallen back and therefore would not see which way we turned. As fate would have it, she turned left toward the toward Sycamore Reservoir.
We didn’t realize that Joy was not behind us till we got to the Bug Springs parking lot, then I turned back to get her. To say the least, Joy was pissed. “How could you go off and leave me?” she said. To this day Joy has not hike again with me. She will never let me forgot that I had gone off and left her. A lesson learned but not forgiven. The above image is for Joy — Love you!
— kenne
Hiking Bug Springs Trail, April 14, 2017 — Images by kenne
(Click on any of tiled images for a larger view in a slideshow format.)
“Wrongturn” Turner
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Catalina Highway Panorama (April 14, 2017) — View from the Bug Springs Trail by kenne
As the desert spring days begin to become too warm for hiking the foothill canyons, we have begun hiking the trails along the Catalina Highway at the 5,000-6,000 foot level. The Bug Springs trail has an accumulated gain of 1,500 feet. (I merged three photos in Photoshop to create the above panorama.)
— kenne
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people
are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home;
that wildness is a necessity.”
— John Muir
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View of Hoodoos and the Rincon Mountains along the Catalina Highway — Panorama by kenne
Hoodoo pinnacles
Scenic diversity charm
Rocks stacked over time.
— kenne
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Girl Atop Windy Point Vista Pinnacle Rock (August 20, 2010) — Image by kenne
out on a mountain highway
two months after moving to
the desert southwest, with
everything new to my eyes
I didn’t have to look hard
for photo opportunities —
pictures were for the taking.
a popular stop on catalina highway
is windy point vista,
6,000 feet over the Tucson basin —
the views are gorgeous.
adding to the view
on this day was
an attractive woman atop a
rock climbing pinnacle.
hot desert summers,
I was too new to the vista,
too old to climb with her.
I never got her name —
with a body like her’s
who needs a name.
— kenne
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