A very long walk in Peter's canyon

On Sunday I went again to Peter's Canyon.

Another week has gone by and it is a little less green.

I was determined to find the end of the canyon, so I gave myself over 2 hours before sunset.

I bypassed the very steep hill.

I followed the trail toward the bottom of the canyon.

I found a watery area, but there was nothing really interesting living in the stream.

I was hoping for pollywogs but these flowers were nice.


I noticed that there were new faux-wood bridges so it was easy to walk over the mud.

New for me, but I haven't been here in over ten years.


The clouds began to roll in, and it got dark early.

It was probably a nice sunset at the beach...


It's about time for the snakes to come out.

I didn't see any rattlesnakes but I saw a great big gopher snake.

These are not venomous, but I don't think many people would look closely, to see.

I think if I start to see many rattlesnakes, though, I will go back to walking at the beach...


There is a trail on the ridge that goes back to the great big steep hill.

It was getting dark, so I turned around and headed back, instead.

I ended up walking back the same way I came.

The park closes at sunset (7:30 pm) and the parking lot at 8 pm.

I made it back to the parking lot just in time!

I would hike more, but I don't like leaving my car alone for very long.