Posted on Sat, 17-Feb-2018Mon, 19-Feb-2018 by pamWater in Sabino Creek Morning fog in Sabino Canyon after a night of heavy rain. This fog bank is soon to overtake us as we watched it move from the creek up the side of the canyon. We read that Sabino Creek was dry for 154 days – very unusual for the winter months. I am very happy to see it full of water this morning. This is the only photo in this posting taken with the phone. Eight of the Nine dam/bridges had water on them. We have spent many hours clearing these bridges of vegetation and debris. These stonework wonders are interesting engineering as they are designed for the high waters to flow over, but to act as dams by creating recreation pools during lower water levels. The up stream side of a bridge has a quiet reflecting pond, even while the water is pouring over on the other side of the road. The water had bubbles and was dark with tannins like an exquisite root-beer. We checked out Anderson Dam area for trash…we did find some floating debris but mainly just enjoyed the beauty of the waterfall. Gneiss! We also pulled some of the grasses and weeds from the 3.7 island we had planted earlier in the season. So much easier to pull from wet soil! It seemed like a good day to improve this little corner of the park. We shoveled out the base of the sign, moved some cobblestones and placed on the slope, backfilled with dirt and will wait for the rain to push the dirt between the rocks and clean things up. We will check on it next weekend…