Back Seat Blogger: Superstitions and Suguaros

Okay, so I don't really have a good excuse for not writing for over a month, but I could make some up...

I started school at MCC. A few classes on campus, and two classes on the internet. I've started my new project of building a teardrop camping trailer. And, I've developed a rare skin disorder.Okay, that last one was a lie... I told you- no good excuses.

But I do have some pictures and thoughts on the hiking trip Esther, Barbara and I took. Most of you have allready seen all these pictures from my wife's blog, http://www.daybyday-loves.blogspot.com/, and I have to admit that she has been infinitely more thourough in her relating of current goings-on, but here goes.

It has been raining off and on here in the valley of the sun lately, and driving home from work one day, I was noticing how green some of the mountains were getting. I was up in the Paradise Valley part of Scottsdale, and the mountains just looked so majestic and beautiful with the vegetation and cacti. I know, I know, the thought of a cactus doesn't normaly get me going, but I've been so 'domestic' lately that when I saw the green and the rocks and the mountains, my feet got REALLY itchy. I called Esther up immediately and told her that it was perfect weather for hiking. So... the next day, Saturday, we packed up the Chevy for a day trip and headed out to the Superstition Mountains.

We drove out towards the Peralta Trailhead (out in Gold Canyon), but pulled off the dirt road a little early and parked in the Lost Gold Mine parking lot. We took the Mountain View trail and headed out in the suguaros. It was BEAUTIFUL!!! The air was crisp and clean, the sun was warm, the baby was giggling- it was perfect!

We took a trail that headed up one of the canyons, and enjoyed the scenery all the way. Barbara decided that she had enough hiking, and that it was time to start making a scene about 45 minutes into the hike, and cried for the rest of the way up. We finally decided to turn around a little later, and headed back to the car. Barbara fell asleep, and we ended back at the parking lot 3 hours after we left. Not a bad hike!