One day, I have to try again to get to Bonita Point, aka Loco Triangle. There must be a better way to get there. I know people who have hiked up Quemazon Canyon which is below the point. Maybe if I walked up Los Alamos Canyon from the Reservoir, I'd see a way up.
I feel sure that the Bonita Point was beyond and below the aspen forest that turned us around. I need to go to Pajarito Mountain and study the area again with my binoculars. It would be good to go before the aspens drop their leaves so I can pinpoint where we turned around in relation to the point.
Yesterday, I wanted to follow the treeline further down toward Cañada Bonita Canyon to see if I could see the point to the east but my friend wanted to start back. She was so nice to agree to go with me that I didn't press the issue. There are not many women in their late 70's that could have gone on that explore like she did. For that matter, not many people of any age would want to blunder about where we did!! Fortunately, neither of us fell whilst cavorting amongst all the downed wood.
We both thought the scattering of old tree stumps we saw were odd in such an isolated area where few people venture. The felled trees were left laying beside the stumps. In some cases, the tree trunks were cut into sections.
Two of the bear scats we saw were light colored with lots of seeds. One was dark with little visible roughage.
I walked 2 roundtrips on the Canyon Rim Trail this afternoon. Saw 2 bicyclists, 11 walkers and 2 dogs. People walking the trail in the afternoon are less interested in greeting one another. I listened to a tape of Prairie Home Companion. Purple vetch is still blooming.
Dropped off at PEEC a paper grocery sack stuffed full of plastic produce bags. The high school kids plan to make something with the plastic bags.
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