Monday, July 26, 2010

Hiking Mt. Lemmon Tucson






James’ dad missed his flight from London so we had to change our plans a bit for today (we had planned to travel to Phoenix to hit the science museum and pick him up). Instead, we had a leisurely morning at home and then a hike up Mt. Lemmon. We headed North through the city and reached the base of the mountain in about 20 minutes. The ride up was amazing. Dense cacti growth at the bottom (mostly saguaro and cholla) which changed to smaller shrubs and eventually tall pines towards the top. The views over the mountains were great and the kids had fun scrambling on the rocks along the top. It was neat to track a rain storm as it worked its way across the city and on to the mountains.

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