Return to Sabino Canyon

We are starting our fourth winter in Tucson and today as the temperature reached into  the 70's we took our first short walk of 2020 in Sabino Canyon.  I must admit we do love that place. It's five minutes from our comfy condo and there we can almost immediately be transported to a land of incredible natural beauty. Welcome to the desert--an environment I had never thought I would find appealing.

We headed off past the Ramada where tram riders wait for mechanized transport up the canyon and almost before we could catch our first glimpse of the roadside trail, a friendly Roadrunner gave us a nice hello.





In another fifty feet we were on the trail proper and spied a hummingbird at rest.

A hundred yards further along  the machine gun rat a tat tat of the Cactus Wren filled the air.

When the wren vacated his perch, old man moon moved in and took his place.

And always Sabino Canyon surrounds you with the majestic Giant Saguaro.

This was only a fifteen minute late afternoon walk, but it demonstrates why it is so easy to fall in love with this spot?

Of course it's also why we hurried back to our condo where we could look out of  our living room and sip a cool drink while watching the Santa Catalina Mountains turn red in the setting sun.