Romero Ruin Interpretive Trail

We got up early as it has been 90 degrees and humid the past few days so we wanted to get an early start. We walked from our campsite over to the trail. The Romero Ruin is an archaeological site that includes the remains of a Hohokam village dating back to about 500 A.D. The trail is an easy 3/4 mile loop through the remaining surface features.

Here is a shot of the Santa Catalina Mountains.

On the Birding Trail, we thought we had found the largest Giant Saguaro we had ever seen. However, this one runs a close second or maybe, first. Look at the number of arms and how tall it is. Amazing!

Here is a picture of what remains of the outline of the Hohokam village.
This is all that is left of rancher, Romero's home. Supposedly he was ran out by the Apaches.

Upon our return to the trail head, we could see our campground and rig. Can you pick us out? We are in the top middle of the picture where the rear part of the trailer is partially blocked by a tree. Look closely, you can also see our truck with the kayaks on top.

Back at the rig, John shot this picture of one of our visiting hummingbirds.
We were also visited by a pair of road runners. Here is the male . . . . look at colors on his head.

As we are set to move tomorrow, John packed up some of the outsides items while I worked a bit on the inside. It has been very nice at Catalina State Park but it is time to move on. We definitely would return to this park and would recommend it to anyone.

We watched a bit of TV, had a nice conversation with Melissa, and watched a bit more TV before calling it a night.