The Beat Goes On

Staying in one place can have its advantages. When we leave Desert Trails we will have been here three months. That’s a long time to a stay in one place. On the plus side, it gives you plenty of time to find your tribe. We’ve met some genuinely lovely people that we enjoy hanging out with. It’s great to find new hiking and biking buddies.

We met Barry and Janice on a previous stay at Desert Trails. Both are avid hikers and bikers. We teamed up with them to take on a Sabino Canyon hike along Bear Creek to the Seven Falls. This five + mile round trip hike requires five water crossings.

It was a demanding hike but we made it.

During this year’s stay we met a couple from the state of Washington, Fred and Anne. They told us about a little known cave above the David Yetman Trail that sports pictographs. Barry and Janice joined us and we headed out.

The trail winds through desert washes and hills.

The final ascent to the cave is a hand over hand scramble to get to its mouth.

They even took a chance and went with us to our favorite downtown Jazz club, the Century Room, to hear a tribute to John Coltrane.

During our stay this year we met Lisa and Jim, a couple of full time RVers. We decided to spend some time together hiking the Sabino Canyon Dam trail.

The trail starts out fairly flat but eventually starts gaining altitude.

One of the trails near camp is the Little Cat Mountain loop. We organized a group hike and met at the trail head.

Doug and Tim organized a Sunday hike to an old mine opening in a part of Tucson Mountain Park that we were unfamiliar with. A group from the RV park met up and headed out.

Recent rain helped bring on some spring wild flowers.

Our goal was to work our way up a hill for a view of the surrounding desert.

We’ve enjoyed our time in Tucson and hanging out with the terrific folks at Desert Trails RV. We are moving on but hope to return in a couple of years. We’ll miss our new friends and those fabulous desert sunsets.