I walked back home from the Los Alamos golf course after grandson's 10th birthday party. I was really surprised how short the walk is - only around 3 miles. I took the trail through Walnut Canyon to avoid dealing with errant golf balls. The steps into Walnut Canyon are steep! The canyon itself is an amazingly awesome urban gem. The ponderosas (and maybe I saw some Douglas firs) seem sky-scraper tall. The tuff cliffs are equally soaring.
There were two places where I could have gotten out of the canyon but instead I stubbornly followed it down the dry stream bed even after I lost the trail (if there even is one at that point). It did eventually, after negotiating some boulders and dead logs, meet the East Fork Trail. I followed that to the bottom of Pueblo Canyon, crossed the canyon and went up the Ranch School Trail. Valerian is blooming! I took the Pueblo Canyon Rim Trail back to Graduation Canyon and up to the asphalted Mesa Trail and home. Saw a biker and two joggers. Only the part of the Pueblo Canyon Rim Trail nearest to Graduation Canyon is scary now with a few spots where the trail is eroding away. The rest is comfortingly wide. I wonder where the trail builder's next project will be?
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