Sabino Canyon is at the NW edge of Tucson and we spent a day there hiking the canyon and enjoying the beauty of the canyon and surrounding area! It is part of the Coronado National Forest and they have a visitor center and lots of marked trails including one paved one that runs a regular shuttle to the end of the canyon about 4 miles into the Santa Catalina mountain range which was formed about 12 million years ago (seems like only yesterday).
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| Looking up the canyon from the entrance |
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| The iconic Saguaro Cactus is very evident! |
However, much more recently (geologically speaking) an earthquake centered in northern Mexico
in 1887 dislodged an array of massive boulders lining
the canyon walls, which crashed down and came to
rest in the valley below. This area has been under the protection of the National Forest Service since 1905 and has been a popular recreation area even before that! A stream runs down the canyon most of the time and it even has a small dam built back in the 20's to help control the water. Today it is just a pretty part of the landscape.
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| You find water in the strangest of places! |
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| Along the canyon walls to the west |
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| The remnants of the dam! A fun spot for the kids! |
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| A close up of one of the desert flowers at Sabino Canyon |
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| This was "stretched" rock! When hot and semi-molten earth movement stretched it like taffy and you can see the marks! |
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| Of course water wasn't plentiful! This was part of the stream bed that had not seen water in decades or longer! |
Always at home, no matter where we are!!
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