As the middle of the month was approaching, the pressure was on to hit at least the half-way point for our goal of 100 miles before Jan 30! I'll admit, Lisa, Sherree and I were becoming a little crazy and desperate! Crazy because we were eager to hike in any type of weather, and Desperate because we found out some of our previous miles didn't count toward our goal (they were not in a Maricopa County Park)... so we felt really behind!
This is what Crazy and Desperate looks like:
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| Before the hike... gray skies and sprinkles, storm was imminent. |
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| After the hike, drenched but still smiling... |
On another Wind Cave hike, Sherree and I experienced low cloud coverage, it ended up being a beautiful hike...
On another day we saw a couple deer as we were leaving the parking lot
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| One of the deer pictured here, right in the middle of the photo. I promise its there... click the photo to enlarge :) |
There was one day that we didn't have much time to hike, so we decided to try the Merkle Trail which is also in Usery Park. It is a flat wide trail around the base of a hill. We went around Merkle once, then up and over the peak once. The total distance was about 2 miles, and the mostly flat terrain resulted in an easy quick pace.
Well, that's a quick overview of last months hiking. We still have pictures of the Hieroglyphic Trail and Spur Cross which haven't yet made it onto the blog... but we've been busy trying new hikes and enjoying our social exercising time. Today Erica and I took a break from the usual as well. We met at Rebecca's house and hit the trail from right out her backyard! Our destination was Cat's Peak which I had never hiked before, it was an enjoyable and windy time. We heard all about Erica's upcoming move to North Dakota with her family... it will be so hard to see them go. After the hike, Rebecca made us some delicious spinach and blueberry orange smoothies... yum.
Happy New Year to everyone who reads this blog :) It is going to be a fantastic 2012!
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