{"id":423,"date":"2008-08-09T17:56:51","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T00:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=423"},"modified":"2008-08-09T18:05:08","modified_gmt":"2008-08-10T01:05:08","slug":"hiking-sabino-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=423","title":{"rendered":"Hiking Sabino Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-424\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/08-09-08_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-424\" title=\"08-09-08_1\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/08-09-08_1.jpg\" alt=\"Starting up Sabino Caption\" width=\"425\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starting up Sabino Canyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We decided skip our weekly bicycle ride this morning and go hiking instead.  Sabino Canyon, if you take the paved trail in and out, is sort of a hybrid hike . . . it&#8217;s good exercise but not killer exercise.  We figured it&#8217;d be an easy stroll, about four miles up a paved trail then four miles back down again.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently we haven&#8217;t been <a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/hashblog\/?page_id=13\" target=\"_blank\">hashing<\/a> enough lately, because if we had thought about it we would have realized that eight miles was a pretty long hike.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-425\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/08-09-08_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-425\" title=\"08-09-08_2\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/08-09-08_2.jpg\" alt=\"One of several water crossings on trail\" width=\"425\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of several water crossings on trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There were five of us.  Lorri and I took the water crossings with our shoes and socks on.  Darrell, Kris, and Donna took their shoes and socks off at each crossing and went barefoot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-426\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/08-09-08_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-426\" title=\"08-09-08_5\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/08-09-08_5.jpg\" alt=\"Almost to the top\" width=\"425\" height=\"343\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Almost to the top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Going up, for me anyway, turned out to be the easy part. I had trouble with my hiking shoes going down . . . my feet kept sliding forward inside my shoes on the steep downhill slopes, crushing my toes. There wasn&#8217;t much I could do about it, so now I&#8217;m hobbling around and will probably lose a couple of toenails.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-427\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/08-09-08_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-427\" title=\"08-09-08_3\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/08-09-08_3.jpg\" alt=\"At the top, about to start back down\" width=\"425\" height=\"492\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the top, about to start back down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On our way down we came upon a critter crossing the trail. Sabino Canyon is a protected area, full of wildlife. I always hope to see a mountain lion or a ring-tailed cat but never do. Still, a rattlesnake sighting isn&#8217;t bad, and being close enough to photograph it (while staying out of striking range) is a treat.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-428\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/08-09-08_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-428\" title=\"08-09-08_4\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/08-09-08_4.jpg\" alt=\"Sharing the trail\" width=\"425\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A two-and-a-half footer, probably about a year old<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Toes . . . who needs &#8217;em?  It was a gorgeous morning and a great hike!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We decided skip our weekly bicycle ride this morning and go hiking instead. 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