Today we went to Saguaro National Park and split into two groups; one to climb the long, 4.5mi, 5000ft elevation mountain that DA described as 5 times harder than the Summerhaven hike and one to wander around the trails at Signal Hill. I decided that one lung-bursting hike at altitude was enough for this trip and joined the group at Signal Hill. There was some (partly justified) grumbling about us missing the turn to the gravel road heading to the Signal Hill area, but that was not the fault of the navigator. If anyone should be blamed, it should be the park service for not putting up a sign visible from both directions. There were also some complaints (justified) about the seating arrangements in the car, but that's what happens when you stuff 6 people in a 5-person sedan. We did make it to the trailhead without much incident and I, at least, had a wonderful time hiking. We ended up taking part of the longer loop so we wouldn't finish too much earlier than the long hike group, and it was great! Beautiful weather, beautiful scenery, and long enough to be a decent walk without being too tiring. What more could you ask for?
We met up with the long-hike group at the visitor's center and did some shopping at their gift shop before returning to the hotel. A group of people who shall remain unnamed forgot to tell me that they were leaving for Sweet Tomato for dinner, but it ended well since Ryan, Eric, Dane and I got really good pizza from a place down the street. The evening has been spent stacking Saturn videos, but I don't have anything worth sharing yet. I'm headed back to work for a while before heading to bed, so maybe I'll have something to post tomorrow.
The pictures below are from the hike at Saguaro National Park.
Jenny
Do we have all the videos converted to .avi's yet, or are we still only working with the 6 from day 2?
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