Today's hike was twofold. First we went to the Arch Trail in the Ajo Mountains. You may recall seeing the arch in a photo from about 6 days ago. The trail goes around behind the arch into the canyon. Nice trail for the official trail section. Then the social trail, that's what they call a trail that is not an official park service trail but is allowed to exist anyway. That was steep and very rocky. Easy to see why they don't sanction it as an official trail. We got up 1/4 of it and decided it was getting too rugged. There were a couple parts we had been a bit concerned about on the way up but coming down was not nearly as bad as we had expected. Our neighbor here at camp told us later about a portion that is narrow and steep on both sides. Not something either of us would have liked so it is just as well that we turned around.
Next we went north a bit to the Alamo Canyon trail. This follows a wash up to an old ranch site. This had a lot of nice Saguaro in some odd shapes for amusement. There is an old brick ranch house and falling down corral with traces of the old water system. Then on the way out Carlene spots a snake in the trail. Not very big and it was stretched out crossing the trail, but sure enough, it was a rattlesnake! We just let him move along and didn't get him to rattle or coil up. Just took his picture!
Walked around the campground a bit more and got a few photos from the hillside above camp.
Arch Trail photos:
Alamo Canyon photos:
Rattlesnake photos:
Campground:
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