San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area

I have visited the San Pedro National Conservation Area once before in 2011 during my first adventures in boondocking thanks to the McCarrell’s offering up their land to me back then. Since then I have been in the area just about every winter, but have only just decided to revisit San Pedro. What was once an 1800’s ranch is now a 57,000 acre conservation area for wildlife including some 84 species of mammals, 14 species of fish, 41 species of reptiles and amphibians, and 100 species of breeding birds.

After spending this past week caged up indoors, I brought Moose out for a hike around the trail system that first meanders out to the San Pedro River and along it’s banks before turning back through the fields of tall wind swept dried grass. Unfortunately, the wind today kept most of the wildlife ‘inside’ but that did not take away from Moose’s time off leash and adventuring over the roughly 2 miles hiked. He enjoys the trails and wildlife so much and slept like a baby after.

Afterwards, and thanks to the wind, my allergies kicked in full force and my ability to breath was severely hampered the remainder of the day (and night).