Two weeks ago, we hiked a loop trail in Cave Creek Regional Park, just north of Phoenix. It took us about 2 hours.
Last Sunday, we drove further out of Phoenix on 89 near Rye, south of Payson and took the Barnhardt Trail. The climb took us into the Mazatzal Mountains. It was a gradual climb and very pleasant.
The leaves on the trees were changing color and gave a great Fall feeling.
The hike took about 3 hours. Today we took 89 again but only 1/2 hour out of Phoenix to the Ballantine Trail. It was a much more rigorous hike, climbing up and up, but had great rock formations.
We were surrounded by cacti: saguaro, prickly pear and cholla.
The most exciting part of the hike was coming across a tarantula right in the middle of the trail.
We hiked for about 4 hours today.
I don't know if I'll be up for a 5 hour hike next weekend. We'll see.
2 comments:
Amazing pictures! I'll bet you could've done those hikes much faster without dad stopping to take those amazing photos ;)
I took the one of the saguaro - can you believe it? I'm proud of that one.
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