About mid-morning Herself and I decided to go for a hike up Lookout Mountain near my brother's house. The hike ended up about 5 miles total loop with over 720 feet of vertical. I love my little Garmin GPS majig!
About half of the hike is walking through the Phoenix neighborhoods. The landscaping is amazing with the utterly different flora then our Michigan. Rarely does anyone attempt to keep a lawn. Most space in the yards is some type of aggregate of all different colors, shapes, textures and sizes.
The views take in from Squaw Peak on the left in the background to downtown Phoenix to Shaw Butte with all the radio antennas on top on the right.
Lookout Mountain is aptly named as it gives a good 360 degree view of the Phoenix valley from the top. The other peaks we have hiked up have areas that are kind of hidden from view. The populated valley seems to go on forever. Where do all these people come from.
The breeze at the top was great. The trail up is kind of tricky in spots as the rock has broken up and is kind of like walking on ball bearings on a slope. I was happy neither of us ended up on our rear ends.
I did notice the pervasive, nasty, sneaky, "Devil Spawn" Cholla Cacti were stalking me. They were on the slope below us as we hiked along the trail. I could swear they were sending up advanced troops to try and jump onto me again. We managed to elude their best efforts and get down the mountain unpoked.
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