I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted and I have a lot to catch up on, but I’ll work my way back to that. For now we’ll just live in the present…
Mark and Claire came to visit us for Easter and after an early night last night we decided to go hike Picacho Peak just north of Tucson. It’s a pretty sad situation, as with the Arizona budget cuts, it and many other state parks are going to close on June 3rd.
Picacho peak is an outstanding short hike. It is only 2 miles (~1400 vertical feet) to the summit. The first half of the hike is just straight uphill, but after the saddle the hike gets really good. There are many spots that feature some technical climbing (as shown later) and there are awesome views from this true Arizona “sky island.”
Beth and I have both done this hike previously. This is most likely what gave us the confidence to bring Walcott with us. He really enjoyed the hike and got a nice ride on my pack on the difficult parts.
With all this work, Walcott joined what I expect is a VERY exclusive club of dogs that have made it to the summit. We got many comments along the way, as well as many pictures and “Hey look at that guy carrying the dog”.
We also got back in time to catch Butler winning their Final Four game. I’m looking forward to a nice night of recovering and watching the other Final Four game of Duke and West Virginia (I know we’ll have at least one big Duke fan in the house).
Nice photos! That looks like I19 in the background.
So I’m sitting at work laughing out loud like an idiot at the pic of you carrying Walcott. Priceless!! If I didn’t know how light he actually is I would think you were nuts. Missed seeing you guys at O’s party but I’m glad to see you had a great Easter. Little man took his first steps yesterday so I bet he’ll be walking the next time you see him. Which will be loads of fun! I need to call and catch up soon. Crazy about the earthquake too!
close… it’s I-10