It's Peach Days in the Hurricane Valley this weekend, and one of the activities Tortoise chose was to join the 32 people you see above on the "Moderate" Hurricane Canal Trail walk. We starting at 6:30 this morning. The moderate walk started and ended at the trailhead about a half mile up state highway 59 adjacent to the telephone and radio towers. The strenuous walk was a couple miles farther, started at the trailhead near the Virgin Dam, and ended at the same trailhead we used. Tortoise had appointments at work and so needed to be done walking by 9 am. He chose the moderate walk, but with 623 feet of climbing in steep conditions with loose rocks, some might consider this route strenuous as well. Tortoise found the views to be well worth it, when you check out the pictures below, he hopes you will agree.
Total distance walked was 3.58 miles. Yes that is 3 days in a row with exactly the same distance on completely different paths. Between walking carefully with his famous "gaheep poles" and frequent photography stops, this walk took 2:01:30 hours. Tortoise rating was 2.7; calories burned were 691. In addition to the aforementioned pictures, by clicking below to continue reading there is also a map, video, and a thought from those who so kindly toiled to build this canal so we could have water today and live in this valley. Tortoise thanks each of you who did this hard labor again and again!
Cheerio!
