![]() ![]() We did, in fact, miss where the trail crossed the first time we drove by. It's a skeleton of sorts-the skeleton of a saguaro. Saguaro has a very strong, internal structure to support its massive size! This lamp is hanging from an old, decayed saguaro. And to make sure Amanda could find the trail okay-the trail isn't always well marked for vehicles when it's not an official trailhead, and this road crossing wasn't an official trailhead. ![]() I'd walk from Colossal Cave to this road crossing if the road wasn't so bad that a rental car could navigate it. We drove up X-9 Ranch Road-a gravel road a few miles south of the south boundary that the trail crosses to scout things out. So I hadn't decided what to do about the "Saguaro problem," but I figured at the very least, I could hike as close to the south boundary as I could where Amanda could still pick me up in a rental car. But it was still something of a hassle since the ranger station wasn't anywhere near the trail itself. I could have gotten one-with Amanda around, it would have been relatively easy to drive to the ranger station to get one. but what if I couldn't? What if it was too strenuous? Then I'd need my backpacking gear, but just carrying all of my gear would make my pack a lot heavier and make it all the more likely I wouldn't be able to make that distance in a day!īut camping wasn't really much of an option either because camping in Saguaro NP is by permit only, and I didn't have a permit. I wasn't sure my body was strong enough to take that sort of abuse as a day hike. There was a trailhead just south of the park boundary, and another one several miles north of the north boundary, but I'd have to hike over 25 miles between the two not to mention there was a giant mountain towering thousands of feet high between the two. ![]() Saguaro NP was a bit of a problem for us since there were no trailheads Amanda could drive to anywhere in the park. I planned to do a short section of the Arizona Trail-from where I got off the day before to the trailhead closest to Saguaro National Park that Amanda could drive to in a rental car. April 23: Amanda and I drove out to Colossal Cave. ![]()
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