Re: Ron & Deb are traveling again.
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:14 pm
Today we rode up north of Tucson to Oro Valley, Catalina and Marana. In Catalina we saw a sign for Catalina Mountain State Park so we decided to check it out. We paid our $7 fee and got a map then drove on into the park. As we were driving I was checking the map to see where we should go first and that is when I realized that this park is for hiking not for driving through. But we figured what the heck lets go walk through the desert a little bit. 2.5 miles later Ron was asking me how we managed to get ourselves into these kinds of things!
The first thing we got to on our hike was a very long, slightly steep hill. The pic doesn't even tell the story of how long and steep it was but you get the idea.
The view as we walked was amazing!
The path was made of sand so it made it rather difficult to walk. And we had to keep an eye out for large rocks and tree roots as well as horse poo on the trail. We should have ridden horses instead of walking. The path was really neat, this spot looks like we would just be walking right out into the mountains.
When we were climbing up the first hill I told Ron that I bet we would get a hill just like it to go back down on our loop. But I was wrong. Instead we got a long, winding path of steps made from railroad ties to go down.
The first thing we got to on our hike was a very long, slightly steep hill. The pic doesn't even tell the story of how long and steep it was but you get the idea.
The view as we walked was amazing!
The path was made of sand so it made it rather difficult to walk. And we had to keep an eye out for large rocks and tree roots as well as horse poo on the trail. We should have ridden horses instead of walking. The path was really neat, this spot looks like we would just be walking right out into the mountains.
When we were climbing up the first hill I told Ron that I bet we would get a hill just like it to go back down on our loop. But I was wrong. Instead we got a long, winding path of steps made from railroad ties to go down.