San Pedro House Loop North

Took Hansel, Gretel Gretchen and Sweetie down along the North San Pedro House Loop after lunch in town. All that rain last month caused the flora to grow high, in parts over four feet tall. All that grass is now drying.

It was almost 1pm when we started, and quite warm. I stayed at the river almost an hour to let the dogs enjoy the water.

The high water is long gone, but water is still very silty.  The only wildflowers were the dominant sunflowers.

Hansel is the only dog who seems to enjoy diving into water to retrieve sticks.  The other dogs stayed high and dry and watched.

At times the trail was hard to follow with the tall overgrowth.  The dogs followed behind me as I bushwhacked through tall grass to find the original trail.  I came across what will one day be a secondary flow route for high water on the San Pedro.

We never came across other people.

At 6pm SteveT and I met in town to enjoy a few hours at the annual Oktoberfest, the first one since 2019 He brought Trace, I brought Hansel, and after we had our meal, we walked around the park perimeter with the dogs.  There were a lot of people at this year's festival.