Pictures from last Fall – watery Hutch’s Pools, a bright moonrise from the West Fork and a beautiful night – but what really sticks in my mind is the lower half of the Box Camp Trail. The rough trail hides other footsteps – hard to guess the last time someone has been here – an hour? a week? Nice to be alone and wonder!
moonrise
Almost Super Moon from Kellogg Mountain – 11/13/2016
We hike up the Bigelow Trail to the junction with the Butterfly Trail and then wander up to the top of Kellogg Mountain. Tall trees on the eastern slope, missed by the fires that scorched much of the mountain over a decade ago, block our view – from a rocky perch farther down the ridge we can clearly see Bassett Peak and the spot where the moon will rise – just a few minutes of waiting in the cold wind and then…
On the 13th the moonrise was about 10 minutes before the sunset and we thought with some luck we might get the almost-supermoon rising against beautiful sunset color – it didn’t quite work out exactly as planned, the light on the eastern mountains faded faster than expected – but still beautiful, and the clouds around the setting sun were spectacular!
Night, Sabino Canyon, Bear Canyon – 12/26/2015
2014/3/16 Blackett’s Ridge for the Last Full Moon of Winter
A great group of friends and a fantastic spot to watch the last full moon of winter rise over Tucson – Blackett’s Ridge!
flickr – 2014 March Blackett’s Ridge for the Last Full Moon of Winter