Gary and I (along with Sally) went hiking at Catalina State Park!
It was so fun and it was awesome to spend time in the beautiful outdoors with Gary. The day was amazing just the right amount of cloudy, and not too hot, but not too cold. We had a bit of a problem finding somewhere to go hiking… seeing as most places don’t allow dogs anymore. There were issues with mountain lion attacks among people hiking with their dogs.
I originally wanted to go to Pima Canyon trailhead, it’s my favorite place to hike! It’s mostly kinda uphill and places you at a little higher elevation so you have this panoramic view of Tucson worth more than one thousand words. You can see from NW to east.
Upon arrival the sign read, “No pets” :(
So the search began! We went a couple places and finally I called my Sister-in-law Colleen, she took her dog hiking all the time. So she Googled away! and we settled on Catalina State Park.
Not that this is anything short of expectations, it was still a wonderful park. There was the one trail, that split into two. The one that forks to the right didn’t allow dogs after 1 mile, so we went on “The Canyon Loop” I haven’t taken this trail before.
It looped back to the parking lot. It went flat then downhill, and back uphill slightly to the parking lot level. The trail lead to a stream, and Sally had so much fun! She loves the outdoors more than I do, and likes to play in water
We took a break and Sally went running through the stream.
We hiked about 3 mi, and then had a nice lunch at Nico’s. It was super windy at times!
This is a good hike for people who want something easy, short, and quick, especially if bringing their dogs is super important to them!
Anyone know of other trailheads in Tucson/ Southern Az that allows dogs?
It was so fun and it was awesome to spend time in the beautiful outdoors with Gary. The day was amazing just the right amount of cloudy, and not too hot, but not too cold. We had a bit of a problem finding somewhere to go hiking… seeing as most places don’t allow dogs anymore. There were issues with mountain lion attacks among people hiking with their dogs.
I originally wanted to go to Pima Canyon trailhead, it’s my favorite place to hike! It’s mostly kinda uphill and places you at a little higher elevation so you have this panoramic view of Tucson worth more than one thousand words. You can see from NW to east.
Upon arrival the sign read, “No pets” :(
So the search began! We went a couple places and finally I called my Sister-in-law Colleen, she took her dog hiking all the time. So she Googled away! and we settled on Catalina State Park.
Not that this is anything short of expectations, it was still a wonderful park. There was the one trail, that split into two. The one that forks to the right didn’t allow dogs after 1 mile, so we went on “The Canyon Loop” I haven’t taken this trail before.
It looped back to the parking lot. It went flat then downhill, and back uphill slightly to the parking lot level. The trail lead to a stream, and Sally had so much fun! She loves the outdoors more than I do, and likes to play in water
We took a break and Sally went running through the stream.
We hiked about 3 mi, and then had a nice lunch at Nico’s. It was super windy at times!
This is a good hike for people who want something easy, short, and quick, especially if bringing their dogs is super important to them!
Anyone know of other trailheads in Tucson/ Southern Az that allows dogs?
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