Lots of cold rainy weather lately, so it was a relief to land on a sunny, warmish (high 60s) Saturday for a longer hike. Today, we chose Hutch's Pool, a little 16-mile roundtrip from the Sabino Canyon Visitor's Center. Everything is so green and flowering after the timely rains and spring temperatures throughout December and January. Pretty frightening, really, if you're paying any attention to the rapidly changing climate.
I've been to Hutch's Pool several times in many different ways. Most recently, it was on a 20-mile hike up steep rocky Romero Canyon in Catalina State Park to Romero Pass, and then down the more gradual and smoother West Fork Trail to the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area. A year before that, we added a detour to the Seven Falls-Bear Canyon-Phoneline loop for an even longer hike of about 21 miles. Today's route, by comparison, was a rather shorter but no less spectacular hike through an unseasonal greening desert.
Saw a lot of animals today—mostly other primates—but also what looked like an entire village (squadron is the proper collective noun) of javelinas, cute kiddies and all. We also ran into a few backpackers out for an overnight or two. It seems everyone is trying to distract themselves from our shocking and scary slide into White Christian Nationalist fascism. Good day for a hike.
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