Mt. Lemmon….and stream crossings!
Today was a Mt. Lemmon day. We decided on a trail up high, on account of all this wonderful rain we got in the last 48 hours thanks to a very generous tropical storm in Mexico. Sure enough, all the canyons were gushing and water was coming out of everywhere on our drive up the mountain. We parked at the tippy top, hucked on our hydration packs, and scurried passed all the day-trippers. We headed west, down the ridge. Following the Mt. Lemmon trail we hooked south and started descending down toward the Wilderness of Rocks.
Oh the clouds! Remnants of the prior days’ storm, clouds and mist whisked passed us and over us. What would typically have been a very sunny, and thus very hot trail (too much rock for trees to grow in the Wilderness of Rocks!), was moist and shady and lovely. Today was the perfect day for this adventure.
And an adventure it was. Headed back east now on the Wilderness of Rocks Trail we crossed water maybe a dozen? Two dozen times? It was hard to keep track. Once we even had to wade, as there were no rocks to hop on. And another time we crossed a dead tree that was suspended a little to high for comfort over the water. The trail was overgrown and at times hard to follow with all the water. Our feet got soaked, our legs got ripped to shreds, and we lost the trail many times. It was a fantastic 10 mile day.
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