I met Kyle and Joel at First Water Trailhead on February 7th after a lovely drive up Highway 79. We started hiking around 8:15 am and after turning on the old roadbed of the Second Water Trail, we passed a large group of hikers. Other than this group, we hardly saw anyone else all day. [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Battleship Mountain, Superstition Wilderness
Posted in Hiking, Wildlife Rehab, tagged Battleship Mountain, bushwhacking, desertsirena, First Water Trailhead, Hiking, Scrambling, Sirena, Superstitions, Western Yellow Bat, wildlife rehabilitation northwest tucson on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Thimble Peak Bushwhack
Posted in Hiking, Wildlife Rehab, tagged Baby Cooper's Hawk, bushwhacking, Catalinas, desertsirena, Hiking, off-trail hiking, Scrambling, Sirena, Thimble Peak on February 5, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Towering over Sabino Canyon at 5323 feet, Thimble Peak is a prominent feature of the front range of the Catalinas. For those of you not acquainted with sewing, (which I’m guessing is at least some of my readers), a thimble is a sewing aid that you wear on your finger to help push a needle through [...]

