Selket

i drove the boys to the Superstition mountains today, hoping to show them so many trails i used to walk when i lived here many years ago. i remember most of the turn offs and parking places to access various trails, tho most of the time in the past i would just start hiking and not follow a trail

if you look down when you walk your eyes will search for clear crystals embedded in swirly tan canyon rocks. sometimes you can find a vein of crystals in the riverbeds. we stepped out into this one clearing and the scent of the desert was easy to pick up. i'm not sure when it rained here last, there was the average amount of silver green sage growing everywhere but the ocotillo and prickly pear hadn't bloomed yet.

of course i'm experiencing cold moccasins about moving here. how many days will i sit there and say wtf why did we move here. probably the first day of summer when they announce the first wave swell of the season in hawaii. it's ok i won't look at the surf report. i'll be tracking the monsoons so we can visit sedona and the canyons surrounding flagstaff.

it will be easier to escape when i have my own house to park our hiking boots at. our house is considerably closer to the superstitions than my parents house. it will probably add at least half an hour to any drives to flagstaff or sedona but then again tucson is closer too and tucson has sabino? canyon. which is another desert jewel.

i have as much fun re-exploring places i've already been than looking up new spots to go. the old spots bring back so many memories and i often think about how much life has changed but how a person can remain the same. perhaps splinter into different things but the core is still there.

some of us always return to the desert