May 16: Santa Catalina Mountains

At the suggestion of my Camino boot angel friend Kim, I headed out early to the foothills of the Santa Catalina mountains, in the Coronado National Forest which just to the northeast of the city of Tucson. She had suggested the Sabino Canyon area, where there are several canyons providing a variety of hikes of different lengths and degree of…

May 15: LA to Tucson

The car was packed and I was on the road by 8:30 this morning, setting off for a long day in the car with an updated iPod, some snacks and beverages and the excitement that comes with all new adventures. The gray May of Los Angeles was in full force all the way to Palm Springs where the cloud cover…