{"id":15677,"date":"2021-11-27T10:25:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T17:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=15677"},"modified":"2021-12-02T05:43:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:43:16","slug":"enter-sabino-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=15677","title":{"rendered":"Enter Sabino canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The monsoon clouds threatened the landscape<\/strong> as I made my way over to Sabino canyon. I could sense the danger in my bones, which only heightened my early morning experience. I couldn’t see any rain coming through, so I hit the only road leading into Sabino as daylight starts to break over the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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My earlier research<\/strong> found that one could hike up this road about seven miles or so, which seemed like a perfect amount of distance for a muggy summer day. I like to stay off the trails anyway, as the more formidable desert creatures are active closer to the dirt trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The river is full of rushing water<\/strong>, a testament to the amount of rainfall the area has received recently. I climb the road up to the first hill, and soon discover that the road has become impassable due to flooding. My seven mile hike is shortened to a mere three miles. It forces me to either turn around and go back down the same road, or to venture off into the desert on a trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The first trail I try <\/strong>to takes me into a side canyon. It is eerily quiet, so much so that a snake’s rattle would be a deafeningly loud sound if I heard it. Only silence though, which messes with my senses and after only a mile or so, I decide to turn around.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the other side of the road <\/strong>I find the main trail, one that should eventually take me back to the trailhead and parking lot. More people are out now, as it is closer to mid-day. This lessens my fear of stumbling onto desert creatures and allows me to focus on the raw, primal beauty of this special canyon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I make it back safely, and can’t wait to return to the canyon in winter time so that I can get further into Sabino canyon and explores more of its beauty and splendor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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