Today's predicted weather did not disappoint and 4 NATRA runners (not
including 2 nameless runners from the same family who joined us in
spirit and then were later busted at Wildflower) enjoyed running 5 miles
on the Arizona Trail all alone.
Once the rain turned
over to snow we really started heating up and had thoughts of heading
all the way to Mexico. At the turn around overlook we could barely see
over the edge into Walnut Canyon and wondered if it really existed.
Where is Walnut Canyon?
Robert heading down into the canyon
On
the return out of the canyon the snow blinded us at times. Back at the
trail head about an inch had covered the cars and we made our mark.
However, both Bruce and Neil in their haste to get warm and dry, both
dropped their keys and wondered how they'd ever make it back to
civilization. Luckily, they retraced their missteps in the parking lot
and found both sets.
Samantha powers through the blinding snow
The gang on the final approach
The biggest challenge of the day lay
ahead - finding parking at Wildflower. As a result, we had to walk at
least a few hundred yards further in the blinding snow.
The mark of NATRA
