I did not hike with the guys today. I didn't sleep well and knew I'd be too tired to drive far. Instead, I walked Hansel and Gretel at sunrise and then took all four hiking dogs at 7:30am to hike with Susan along the river. Our destination was the old beaver dam.
A Border Patrol truck stopped briefly to tell us that they had spotted five illegals a block south on Boundary Road an hour earlier, all dressed in camo gear, and walking north along the river. The illegals were able to get away from the agents. "They hate dogs" said the agent, assuring us we should be fine with five dogs off leash. We thanked the agent for alerting us, but neither we nor the dogs noticed anything odd. I guess their camo gear worked!
The river water is low. Logs tossed across the river to make easy foot bridges are now collecting leaves and other organic debris, creating little pools of water.
What we did notice is a well-trodden social trail right next to the western bank of the river that wasn't here a few months ago. We took that trail back, making for a shadier and more direct path back to our cars. This was a two-hour walk and four miles, and the heat was definitely rising by the time we got back to our cars.
Later in the afternoon we heard about another fire that broke out, this one near the Amerind Museum in Dragoon, the place I walked a 10km walk last month. That fire burned 269 acres.
https://www.abc15.com/news/wildfires/crews-battling-amerind-fire-burning-east-of-tucson
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