Pima Canyon 6/23/2020 Dits, Steve, and I went. We wore our masks. We walked a long way and went back on the road. I drank nothing until the end and then I chugged a quart of water. Not very birdy as you can see. Lots of people on this TUESDAY HIKE because everyone's out of work because of the virus and have time off. There was a bunny. Ground squirrels, and lizards. OH, LOOK AT THE DATE. SAD DAY.

Geronimo Trail on South Mountain    2/16/2020    Went to one of Al Tomas's hikes in south mountain. You take 155 exit north on I-10 and go west on Basline and turn left on 20th Street and drive down to nearly the end. There were about ten of us and perhaps five dogs. I took some pictures. It was very picturesque. Afterwards, we celebrated our adventure at Gallagher's on 32nd Street and Baseline Road. I only ordered a non-alcoholic beer because I am on a diet. The dog, Nemo under the table got mad at me. I think it was because I sang Blue Moon when someone ordered one. He was biting my feet angrily and it was weird because I had just played with him and given him dog treats. Later, I put my hand down in a friendly way, and he went ballistic showing angry white teeth. What gives? I thought.

---well, later the same thing happened on another hike and I remembered the dog. He is now a friend on facebook. A snappy one.

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 7/2/2011 Pima Canyon At Cactus Wren Alley. Two of them with a baby that was begging for food in a cave in the rocks. Also saw one at the BT CLIFFS.

Pima Canyon    05/23/2006    I went with my new toothache as my old root canal seems to be failing. I was tired and a little hot. I went a mile down or so, but not as far as the BT cliffs. Lots of rabbits, antelope ground squirrels, rock squirrels, lizards, bees, and one giant chuckwalla on a rock overlooking the road.

Pima Canyon    06/19/2004    A big coyote walked down the wash just behind the picnic tables. He had a long face. I followed him but, of course, did not see him again. Six species at the BT cliffs. Lots of very large Rock Squirrels and small cotton tails. Also, wild lizards. Brownish ruddy big speckled. One like a collared lizard. One with a skull-like head. Supposed to be 106 but it was windy. It didn't seem to hot. I drank less than a liter and a quarter of fizzie water: peach grapefruit and grapefruit tangerine.

Heck, here is a sort from the Bird Field of the database with 36 items with BT Cliffs.

1. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher    7/2/2011    Pima Canyon    At Cactus Wren Alley. Two of them with a baby that was begging for food in a cave in the rocks. Also saw one at the BT CLIFFS.
2. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher    8/26/2010    Pima Canyon    AT THE BT CLIFFS WITH THE OTHER BT
3. Black-throated Sparrow    8/26/2010    Pima Canyon    AT THE BT CLIFFS WITH THE OTHER BT
4. Black-throated Sparrow    06/26/2005    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs and elsewhere.
5. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher    06/25/2005    Pima Canyon    Lots of 'em. Seen several places including the BT cliffs where the bt sparrow was also seen.
6. Black-throated Sparrow    06/25/2005    Pima Canyon    streaked breast. Seen several places including the BT cliffs where the bt gnatcatcher was also seen.
7. Black-throated Sparrow    07/28/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs.
8. Black-throated Sparrow    07/22/2004    Pima Canyon    EXCELLENT view and spectacular as usual. Not at the BT cliffs!
9. Gambel's Quail    07/22/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT Cliffs and the solstice area.
10. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher    07/21/2004    Pima Canyon    at cactus wren alley and BT cliffs both
11. Black-throated Sparrow    07/21/2004    Pima Canyon    at BT cliffs
12. Cactus Wren    07/21/2004    Pima Canyon    At BT cliffs
13. Curve-billed Thrasher    07/21/2004    Pima Canyon    at CW Alley and BT Cliffs
14. Gambel's Quail    07/21/2004    Pima Canyon    At BT cliffs
15. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher    07/19/2004    Pima Canyon    at cactus wren alley and BT cliffs
16. Black-throated Sparrow    07/19/2004    Pima Canyon    at cactus wren alley and BT cliffs
17. Cactus Wren    07/15/2004    Pima Canyon    One made weird noises. He was the one at the BT cliffs.
18. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher    07/08/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT Cliffs.
19. Black-throated Sparrow    07/08/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs. I also saw an immature at cactus wren alley.
20. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher    07/06/2004    Pima Canyon    By the BT cliffs!
21. Black-throated Sparrow    07/06/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs!
22. Cactus Wren    07/06/2004    Pima Canyon    By the BT Cliffs!
23. Gambel's Quail    07/06/2004    Pima Canyon    By the BT Cliffs!
24. Ash-throated Flycatcher    07/05/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs.
25. Cactus Wren    07/03/2004    Pima Canyon    at bt cliffs
26. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher    07/02/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs.
27. Black-throated Sparrow    07/02/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs.
28. Black-throated Sparrow    06/26/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs.
29. Cactus Wren    06/26/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs.
30. Curve-billed Thrasher    06/26/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs.
31. Black-throated Sparrow    06/19/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs.
32. Gilded Flicker    06/19/2004    Pima Canyon    At the BT cliffs.
33. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher    06/13/2004    Pima Canyon    Not at the BT cliffs. In a tree nearby but elsewhere.
34. Canyon Wren    06/13/2004    Pima Canyon    Right at BT cliffs. He was very tame.
35. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher    06/06/2004    Pima Canyon    At BT cliff where you see BT sparrows and BT gnatcatchers.
36. Black-throated Sparrow    06/06/2004    Pima Canyon    At BT cliff where you see BT sparrows and BT gnatcatchers.

AND THE JOURNAL

Pima Canyon 2/11/2022 Dits Steve and I. We saw amador and his dog. Went up Pima wash. Dits made coffee. We didn't even get to the BT Cliffs.

Pima Canyon 6/15/2021 Steve and Dits and I went at 6:30 in the morning. We went down to the BT cliffs and back on the road. Saw the ring of stones. I drank two diet colas. Went to the Mexican Restaurant and I ate a taco outside and Steve and Dits ate. Next time I will get back on the freeway to go home. It takes FOREVER the other way. I dropped into Tianguis for the heck of it. A lady came out and talked to me. Not many shops left there but the restaurant, zapetería and an English school are there. Two restaurants actually. I went and turn onto Mineral Street or Drive and saw the HUSS BREWERY. I wish I weren't teetotalling and dieting.

Pima Canyon 6/23/2011 Steve and I went in morning and it's now eleven ten and I'm back. It was HOT. Steve thought he saw a roadrunner on top of the BT cliffs but I think it was a cb thrasher. We didn't stop at the bookstore the way we did last time.

Pima Canyon 8/26/2010 It sure RAINED. I went at around 9:30 or so? I went up and set up my chair at the BT Cliffs. It was cool. Not hot at all. Overcast. No one in the arroyo. I studied Spanish for an hour or so reading the Myths and Legends book aloud at times. Then it started to rain. I had my raincoat and sat in the chair being pelleted by rain for forty-five minutes. I couldn't read well because I was afraid I'd get the book wet. The rain stopped and I stayed reading and studying for quite a long time. It's 2:30 now and I've only just got home. I went shopping afterwards though.

Pima Canyon 6/1/2010 Went for a hot hike at around three having stopped at the guitar center. There was a Nashville tele there. It wasn't very hot. Horsetail clouds blocked a lot of the sun too. One girl hiking out when I went into the arroyo and one guy jogged past me at the BT Cliffs. ROCK SQUIRREL, and a BIG OLE CHUCKWALLA at Windy Rock. Ground squirrels too. Lizaards. I saw a big dragonfly and flame whatever they call 'em. Dance at the Ring of Stones with one Boston Lager. Turned me into a monster.

Pima Canyon 2/28/2010 Not very birdy! Bill Butler and his wife and I went. I met them there at 11:30. It had been raining all morning but radar said it would soon let up, and it did. Bill and I walked to the water tank and the stone houses. We looked at the table-shaped rocks. We saw the BT cliffs, cactus wren alley and all of the other places. Saw the corn holes. Saw the soltice petroglyph and the rainbow people holding hands, the coyote skull place, the place where I used to slide down, AND the RING OF STONES, where I guzzled a WHOLE BOSTON LAGER as I danced around the circle. Actually, Bill spotted the ring of stones first. He was surprised that I slammed down the whole beer in one swig, but that is the Pima Canyon way.

Pima Canyon 06/21/2008 Thomas Wood and Steve and I went. Oh, we had a big time. War dance at the Ring of Stones. It was VERY hot. We went at 3:00 or so. We looked at the petroglyphs and corn grinding holes. Cactus Wren Alley lived up to its name beautifully and we got both BT's (black-tailed gnatcatcher AND black-throated sparrow) at the BT Cliffs. After our hike, we toasted our adventure over a bottle of Negra Modelo beer in my hybrid room.

Pima Canyon 06/15/2008 112 degrees. I went to the water tank. At first it was hard, but then it was okay. I tripped and fell just before the BT cliffs. Messed up the alignment of my ribs and hip. HOTTER THAN HELL. Excellent hike. I photographed the ring of stone. I loved this walk!

Pima Canyon 05/21/2008 What a traffic jam at 8:00 on 48th. Terrible. Yesterday I got a ROOT CANAL. I walked up to the water tank and back. BT Cliffs etc.

Pima Canyon 05/23/2006 I went with my new toothache as my old root canal seems to be failing. I was tired and a little hot. I went a mile down or so, but not as far as the BT cliffs. Lots of rabbits, antelope ground squirrels, rock squirrels, lizards, bees, and one giant chuckwalla on a rock overlooking the road.

Pima Canyon 06/26/2005 Rather late in the afternoon. Its about 8.5 miles to the place. Walked up to the water tank. Had a beer. No people at first and then a few walked up the road. Hot. Went to the ring of stones. Both BT's at the BT cliffs.

Pima Canyon 06/25/2005 109 degrees but it didn't seem hot. I went at 3:30 or so. Walked down Pima Arroyo. Breezy. I walked to the water tank. Both BT's at the BT cliffs. I BROKE THE NEW CHAIR! I left it in a garbage can there. Some guy came by when I was at windy rock.

Pima Canyon 05/25/2005 I took my chair! Oh, it was comfortable. I drank beer out there beyond the BT cliffs and this time it was easy. Very hot but cool in the shade. That's the secret. In the summer, don't climb and don't sit up there on the mountaintop where there is no way to get out of the sun. I used to go up there and heck that was in August and September (hot) too so maybe I'm getting old.

Pima Canyon 07/06/2004 Steve drove over and we went late. I got home at a little before six. Supposed to be 106, but it didn't seem hot although it was hotter than yesterday. Went up to the powerlines and down to the BT cliffs and to the stone houses. No water in the tank and the animals must be thirsty.

Pima Canyon 07/03/2004 Stopped at the Vet for Noodles' anti biotics. She has a bladder infection so they say. Went up that trail out of the wash that goes the high way and then I headed north a bit and made it up a ways and headed back into Pima Arroyo to the BT cliffs and the tank and stone houses. Not too hot. some good breezes. Started at 3:35 and was by bay 4:50. Over an hour hike. Wore my other tennis shoes and they were mighty dusty when I got back home.

Pima Canyon 07/01/2004 Saw little cottontails and ground squirrels. I sprinkled some of Mom's ashes at the BT cliffs and at the stone house canyon there and also on a waterfall coming up. Just one mourning dove at the BT cliffs. Funny; there were almost no cars at 4:30 or so at the place but when I got back at 5:30 or so the place was filling up. People are going there after work apparently. I should start going at 3:30 as before and when I get back there will be no one in the parking lot. I thought the hot weather scared everyone off by noon. I does on the weekend. I went to work for about five minutes to get a phone number and junk. I'm on vacation for six weeks and today is my first day as the EX ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR.

Pima Canyon 06/19/2004 A big coyote walked down the wash just behind the picnic tables. He had a long face. I followed him but, of course, did not see him again. Six species at the BT cliffs. Lots of very large Rock Squirrels and small cotton tails. Also, wild lizards. Brownish ruddy big speckled. One like a collared lizard. One with a skull-like head. Supposed to be 106 but it was windy. It didn't seem to hot. I drank less than a liter and a quarter of fizzie water: peach grapefruit and grapefruit tangerine.

Pima Canyon 06/06/2004 I left the Key Lime flavored fizzy water in the freezer and forgot to bring it. I had the camel pak with two liters in it and my favorite the Peach Grapefruit. I only drank the water on the trip. I named one cliff BT Cliff because you always see BT gnatcatchers and BT sparrows there. Only about three people went on by. About 106 degrees or maybe a little more. Very invigorating hiking up there. Went back on the road and it took about twenty minutes from the water tank. I drank a light beer in the parking lot afterwards and that was a lot of fun to top it all off that way.