I can’t really tell you a lot about this next adventure. Truthfully, when Nathan said, ‘do you want to go hike up that mountain to the flag pole? It’s about a 5 hour return trip,’ I thought to myself…..I could go on a hike and start this New Year off right by hiking on January 1st OR I could enjoy the last day of Arizona sunshine and soak up some sun while I’m reading a book in the backyard…… Tough choice, kind of….but not really.
So, I opted to spend a day reading in the sun and getting tan lines on January 1, 2014.
Nathan and Jonathan went hiking up this:
There’s not exactly a path – just old waterfall trails where they had to scale up large boulders and skid down slippery shale rocks. But the views were worth it.
Every year a group of Hillcrest Bay folks take on the challenge of the hike and put a new flag up. I have to say, seeing the flag whipping in the wind from down below, it looks a lot more professional than the reality of the flag pole from the top. They hadn’t gotten to the 2014 trip yet…
They almost made it through unscathed. But then came the attack of the prickly pear.
It took them 4 hours to climb up and walk a round-about way back down. In that time, I read a book, ate Christmas leftovers and soaked up the sun to get a shade or two darker. Who had the better day?