25.01 Finger Canyon, one of the toughest in Tucson. 25.02 Sabino Canyon To Blackett Ridge for Sunset.
It had to happen sometime and so it did. The editor took ill and declared herself unavailable for hiking until further notice. It’s a good thing she does not work for a corporation; otherwise, she might find herself hauled up a mountain after three days. This left me searching for a replacement partner. Before I commenced looking, the editor reminded me rather subtly that she was in fact irreplaceable. Fortunately, it was an idea I share wholeheartedly. We’re back in Tucson for a week as we returned to work from a six-week ‘vacation’ in San Diego. The idea is to follow the sun. More specifically, to find warm weather and undertake many of the hikes we missed the first time around. Thereafter, we’ll continue our quest looking for warm weather and manageable snow—whatever that means. Reach out and touch something...someone, at the peak. Funnily enough, this is not the Finger Trail. I want to go higher...moving up on the Finger Trail. A full-blooded suns...