Pima Canyon

So Friday was back to Pima Canyon. I started hiking this canyon almost exactly ten years ago and it was one of the first hikes I did in Tucson. It is still my favorite, although less convenient now that I live on the other side of town.

Once you get past the private-land corridor it's a nice warm hike across mostly sandstone to get to the opening of the canyon. Pima Canyon is just beautiful--corridors of scrub oak, mesquite and cottonwoods. Songbirds love it and so do the bunnies. The canyon is also narrow enough that you are walking in shade through most of the lower canyon until about 11 in the morning. This is a hike I'm going to keep in heavy rotation. I walked 2.5 hours and would have gone further if I hadn't had to go to work. I can't wait to get back.