Nice hike today. I hiked in the Rincons today; "Rincon" means corner in Spanish. You can send me to this corner any day of the week, baby. I always feel like I'm leaving civilization behind on this trail rather than hiking to a destination (even though I was).
I have trod this trail before. This mountain range is where Saguaro National Monument lies so theres a little more "government oversight" on these trails. Trailheads here starts at about 2800 ft. but get up to 10000 ft. or so. I'm really itching to hike Rincon Peak, but that will come in a month or so.
I felt very much like the tech snob this morning. I usually tend to scoff at people who bring their high tech equipment to the gym or to a mountain trail. And I do tend to get a certain amount of pride when I pass them on my old mountain bike or running up a hill on a race. But here I was today, equipped with several battery powered gizmos. The wife got me a really nice birthday gift, a Garmin Forerunner 305. Gives me all the stats: pace, distance, elevation, heart rate and it has GPS. Very cool. I also came equipped with the old faithful iPod. Usually like to be alone with my thoughts, but I pulled this out on the descent and did some improvisational dancing to They Might be Giants. Fortunately, I wasn't passed by some cherpa and didn't have to be faced with my own hypocritical reality. So, according to my calculations, I hiked 9.18 miles, had an average heart rate of 117 bpm, averaged 19:42 minutes/mile, and gained 1900 ft. in elevation :))
I chose my turnaround point based on when I could find my first manzanita, one of my favorite little trees here.
Here's just a few shots of today's hike.....
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