I can’t believe after years of residing in southern Arizona, we’ve only recently ventured into Chiricahua National Monument, a sky island (“. . . mountain island in a desert sea”) near Willcox filled with hundreds of towering hoodoos.
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Friday showers in Southern Arizona also brought snow in the mountains. Any hint of a different season here in the desert gets nearly everyone excited so we made a trek up to see the snow!
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Ouch. We have sore sore limbs & a bad sunburn. Well, husband has the bad sunburn… I just get more brown!
We hiked up Mount Rainier despite all the snow & fog. We also wanted to check out Mount Rainier Inn since renovations have finally concluded! I’ve never been there but husband’s godmother used to work there in the summers when she was in her girlhood. We decided to have a look at the renovations as well as see how far up we could hike Mount Rainier!
I imagine if we had proper climbing clothes, gear and more time, we would’ve attempted getting higher, but Anvil Rock was an excellent stopping point. Much, much higher than either of us expected.
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