The Genus Coprinopsis Mushrooms (Sunset Trail, Santa Catalina Mountains) — Images by kenne
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
— Aristotle
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The Genus Coprinopsis Mushrooms 1 comment
Hiking Sunset Trail, A Photo Essay 1 comment
“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.”
— John Muir
Yesterday’s SCVN Friday hike took place on the Sunset Trail,
a popular summertime hike on Mt. Lemmon connecting hikers
to Marshall Gulch without having to drive all the way up through Summerhaven.
Helen and Ellen ready for the hike.
Ricki and Ellen, out guides make a backup copy of the SCVN Sign-in Sheet.
Ricki goes over the Safety Rules with the hikers.
Barbara and Jeff on the trail.
A view from Sunset Rock of the hikers on the trail.
Tosh and Liz examining rocks.
Ellen and Ricki have a snake before hiking back to the trailhead.
–– Images by kenne
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Hiking Sunset and Marshall Gulch Trails 3 comments
Hiking Sunset and Marshall Gulch Trails On Mt. Lemmon (July 12, 2019) — Images by kenne
Before beginning our SCVN Friday hike on Mt. Lemmon, we crossed paths with an old friend, Jasmine.
Jasmine is well known to those hiking on Mt. Lemmon.
It is common for hikers to rest on Sunset Rock taking in the view, especially at sunset.
Looking down on a part of the Sunset Trail where a group of kids are hiking
We pause for the leader to hydrate and take a picture.
Some of the hikers decided to park their asses at Marshall Gulch.
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Thurber Cinquefoil Wildflower — Photo Essay Leave a comment
Thurber Cinquefoil Wildflower — Photo Essay by kenne
A very special wildflower that can be found on Mt. Lemmon.
These images were taken along Sunset Trail to Marshell Gultch —
one of my favorite mountain wildflowers.
— kenne
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Fly Agaric Mushroom — The Elf Of Plants 1 comment
Fly Agaric Mushroom (Bid Red) — Image by kenne
The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants –
At Evening, it is not
At Morning, in a Truffled Hut
It stopopon a Spot
As if it tarried always
And yet it’s whole Career
Is shorter than a Snake’s Delay –
And fleeter than a Tare –
’Tis Vegetation’s Juggler –
The Germ of Alibi –
Doth like a Bubble antedate
And like a Bubble, hie –
I feel as if the Grass was pleased
To have it intermit –
This surreptitious Scion
Of Summer’s circumspect.
Had Nature any supple Face
Or could she one contemn –
Had Nature an Apostate –
That Mushroom – it is Him!
— Emily Dickinson
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Hiking The Sunset Trail Out Of Marshall Gulch Leave a comment
Hiking The Sunset Trail Out Of Marshall Gulch On Mt. Lemmon — Images by kenne
Marshall Gulch (Click on any of the tiled images for a larger view in a slideshow format.)
Sunset Trail (Click on any of the tiled images for a larger view in a slideshow format.)
Birthday Picnic for Ricki (Click on any of the tiled images for a larger view in a slideshow format.)
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Thurber Cinquefoil Wildflower Photo Essay — Back By Popular Demand Leave a comment
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Thurber cinquefoil Wildflowers (August 12, 2016) — Images by kenne
The Sunset Trail leading to Marshall Gulch is where you can find plenty of Thurber cinquefoil blooming this summer on Mt. Lemmon. I first learned of this beautiful wildflower from my Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) friends in 2012 and continue to find it enjoyable to photograph — yes, “Back by popular demand!”
— kenne
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View from Sunset Rock On Mt. Lemmon 1 comment
South View from Sunset Rock off of Sunset Trail on Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains (August 12, 2016)
— Images by kenne
Standing on Sunset Rock, Paul Kriegshauser, who has a cabin in the Mt. Lemmon community of Summerhaven,
shares some of his knowledge of Mt. Lemmon with Tom Skinner, Ricki Mensching (partially blocked by Tom),
Alice Bird and Phil Bentley.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
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Mt. Lemmon Mushrooms — A Photo Essay 1 comment
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Hiking the Sunset Trail on Mt. Lemmon (August 12, 2016) — Images by kenne
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Hiking and Partying Equal One With SCVN 1 comment
Having begun back in June, the Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) summer hikes in the higher elevations of the Santa Catalina Mountains now has two hikes remaining on Mt. Lemmon before starting our trek down the mountain in October, offering our Friday hikes in the desert. This year our summer Friday hikes have experienced a good turnout, no storms and no injuries, and as usual fun has been had by all.
As an organization, SCVN is always ready to party, so in the middle of last Friday’s hike a spontaneous (plan by some) surprise birthday party for Rick and Maribeth took place in the Marshall Gulch picnic area. It was also an opportunity for some who have not been able to hike regularly this summer, to make it out and spend time together.
kenne
SCVN (and invited public) party in Marshall Gulch (August 14, 2015) — Images and video by kenne
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“SCVN has the best people in the whole world,
and anyone who hangs around with SCVN
are the best people in the whole world.”
— Rick Mensching
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Honey Bee On Hooker’s Evening Primrose Wildflower — Grunge Art 1 comment
Honey Bee Hooker’s Evening Primrose Wildflower — Image by kenne, Sunset Trailhead on Mt. Lemmon
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Channeling Mt. Lemmon Trails Before The Aspen Fire By Hiking With Jim Martin Leave a comment
Jeff’s 2003 Aspen Fire Shirt
Jeff Ornstein
Eleven Years After the Fire
Jim On the Trail Through New Aspen Growth
Jim On the Trail Through New Aspen Growth
Old Trees Fall On New Trees
Old Trees Fall On New Trees
New Pines On The Aspen Trail
Old Trees Fall On New Tree
New Pine On The Aspen Trail
Jim On The Aspen Trail
New Pine On The Aspen Trail
Jim On The Aspen Trail
New Pine On The Aspen Trail
BJ and Jim Martin
Images by kenne
(CLICK ON ANY OF THE IMAGES TO SEE A LARGER VIEW IN A SLIDESHOW FORMAT.)
The last SCVN summer hike on Mt. Lemmon included two very special naturalists, BJ and Jim Martin. The two have been active members of SCVN for over thirty years. I first met BJ and Jim on one of the summer hikes four years ago. BJ would wait at one of the picnic tables, and/or visit with people at one of the mountain visitor centers, while Jim hiked with us — sometimes as a guide.
This summer the Martin’s had not been on the hikes, so it was a pleasant surprise when they were at the Catalina Highway carpool location.
The trails scheduled for our last summer hike would take us in and out of the Marshall Gulch picnic area on Mt. Lemmon, so BJ would select a picnic table where we would later have lunch. Part of the hike would take us through some of the areas burned during the 2003 Aspen Fire. Appropriately, one of the naturalists, Jeff Ornstein, wore his Aspen Fire t-shirt. Now eleven years out, the mountain vegetation is making a welcomed comeback, while signs of the fire still remain.
As I hiked with Jim, I kept trying to channel what he would have been seeing before the Aspen Fire, the closest I will ever get to experiencing the Aspen Trail before the fire.
Jim may not be hiking as often as he use to, however, both Jim and BJ remain active working nature demonstration tables at the Sabino Canyon Visitors Center.
Hope to see you somewhere on the trail.
kenne
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SCVN Leads Its Last Summer Friday Hike Leave a comment
Ed On Marshell Gulch Trail
Marshall Gulch Trail
Marshall Gulch Trail
Sunset Trail
Wilderness Rock Trail
Sunset Trail
Sunset Trail
Sunset Trail
Sunset Trail
Images by kenne (CLICK ON ANY OF THE IMAGES FOR LARGER VIEW IN A SLIDESHOW FORMAT.)
This past Friday (August 29, 2014), the SCVN guided summer hikes on Mt. Lemmon lead its last hike — a 7.5 mile hike on the Sunset, Marshall Gulch and Aspen trails. The fall Friday guided hikes will begin October 3rd.
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Hiking Sunset trial on Mt. Lemmon to Marshall Gulch and back. A great activity for beating the desert heat. — Images by kenne
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Hiking The Picacho Peak Trails 1 comment
Hunter Trail Parking Lot at Picacho Peak State Park
Hunter Trail
Don On The Hunter Trail
Virginia & Ken On The Hunter Trail
Ken, Virginia & Jim On The Hunter Trail
Looking Down From Hunter Trail
Virginia Checking Out The View
Virginia On The Hunter Trail
Virginia & Jim At The Hunter Trail Saddle
Jim & Virginia At The Hunter Trail Saddle
Ken & Jim On The Hunter Trail
View From Hunter Trail
View From Hunter Trail
Canyon Wren
Very Brown Barrel Cactus On The Sunset Trail
Hiking The Sunset Trail
Sunset Trail
View of Hunter Trail Saddle
Picacho Peak
Picacho Peak State Park Photos by kenne
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Driving I-10 between Tucson and Phoenix you cannot miss Picacho Peak, a majestic rock monolith on the west-side of the Interstate. The site of Arizona’s only Civil War battle, involving a Union cavalry patrol from California with Confederate scouts from Texas, the peak has served as a landmark by travelers for hundreds of years.
kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 