Tax day canyon blogging

Blogging will be light for the remainder of April, as we're on the road, and I'm not thinking about music very much, and not even very much about anything in the wide world (such as the tax deadline, which is today in the US).  But, like back home, we're still finding canyons.  Here's a shot of the Santa Elena canyon in Big Bend National Park, southern Texas.  The river is the Rio Grande, and the shadowy side of the canyon is Mexico.  Still desert, but the Chihuahuan desert is very different from the Sonoran desert.  

January canyon blogging

We took a hike last week into Espiritu Canyon, in the Rincon mountains east of Tucson. After meandering a few miles up the canyon, we had lunch at a large water tank, where the windmill had fallen into complete disrepair, but had been replaced by a solar powered pump, visible to the left of the windmill. Odd to see such modern technology so far from anything resembling civilization (although there were lots of cows scattered around — which made for careful stepping).

Labor Day Canyon Blogging

It's starting to cool off in southern Arizona, with relatively few days in triple digit heat (unlike Phoenix, which has been setting heat records lately). So, off to the mountains again, this time to Seven Falls, a gorgeous spot up Bear Canyon in the Catalina Mountains. The pools make for great swimming holes, fairly deep with cool water. There are a couple of people just in the shade at the right of the picture (I was on the other side of the canyon on the approach), so you can get an idea of the scale.

Friday canyon-blogging

We've been traveling again, so I haven't posted much this month. And last week I went hiking up Peppersauce Canyon, where I got the picture above. The mountains are really green — we've had a fair amount of rain this summer (a good thing), and it really shows.

More blogging on music real soon.