Sunday, March 27, 2011
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To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
Woodchute Trail #102
Kevin wrote the following review:
The Woodchute Trail is, in my view, hard but rewarding. It seems cold at first, but when you start moving, it seems to warm up. They have bear warnings on the way, but I started getting a little scared when a man walked by holding a rifle, who told us of a bear encounter up on the trail, but I never saw a bear.
The trail, had great views and fresh pine air. In all, the family rated it 7 out of 10 in difficulty. Some of the trail had views of the Mogollon Rim and the San Francisco peaks. When we got to the peak we had lunch.
The Woodchute Trail is, in my view, hard but rewarding. It seems cold at first, but when you start moving, it seems to warm up. They have bear warnings on the way, but I started getting a little scared when a man walked by holding a rifle, who told us of a bear encounter up on the trail, but I never saw a bear.
The trail, had great views and fresh pine air. In all, the family rated it 7 out of 10 in difficulty. Some of the trail had views of the Mogollon Rim and the San Francisco peaks. When we got to the peak we had lunch.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
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To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
Today we ventured to Tonto Natural Bridge State Park. It is a small park with the world's largest natural bridge formed by volcanoes and acid waters thousands of years ago. We took the Gowan trail down to the bottom of the canyon. Evidently David Gowan visited here accidentally when Apache Indians were chasing him. This was in 1880. By 1889 he convinced his cousin to immigrate from Scotland to live in the canyon! Boy, I bet that was the trip of a lifetime! So, after traveling from Flagstaff they used ropes to lower their possessions 500 feet into the canyon! I wonder what their life was like, and if they were happy. Can you be happy in an unbelievably hot desert with no air conditioning?
Anyway, you definitely want to take the Gowan trail, and the Waterfall trail. The Gowan trail goes down the side of the canyon and you can actually climb rocks under the bridge which feels like a huge cave. It is moderately steep, but there are benches,and we didn't have too much trouble. The Waterfall trail walks beside a waterfall and you can feel the water splashing on you and feel the plants growing on the side of the cliff. These rocks turn into the travertine rock that is all around the area and is really slippery. It reminds me of soapstone in feel...a great learning opportunity for kids. We rated this trip a 3 in difficulty because of the steepness, not the length which both trails equal up to about 2 miles. Kevin rates this one as his favorite because of the rock scrambling and water features! It was cool and pretty, not in summer it is brutal. This is for spring and fall. Have fun!
Anyway, you definitely want to take the Gowan trail, and the Waterfall trail. The Gowan trail goes down the side of the canyon and you can actually climb rocks under the bridge which feels like a huge cave. It is moderately steep, but there are benches,and we didn't have too much trouble. The Waterfall trail walks beside a waterfall and you can feel the water splashing on you and feel the plants growing on the side of the cliff. These rocks turn into the travertine rock that is all around the area and is really slippery. It reminds me of soapstone in feel...a great learning opportunity for kids. We rated this trip a 3 in difficulty because of the steepness, not the length which both trails equal up to about 2 miles. Kevin rates this one as his favorite because of the rock scrambling and water features! It was cool and pretty, not in summer it is brutal. This is for spring and fall. Have fun!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.
Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime® 6.5 or higher is required.
Superstition Mountains in Apache Junction
Ahhh! The beautiful Superstition Mountains. The walk up the hill was the best part in my mind, but the boys liked the views over the valley best. Steven liked getting to the top and sitting on the bench looking at the view and eating a snack. I like looking at the mountains going up. We figured it is about 4 miles long. It was very green all across the desert floor. We took the Treasure loop trail to the Prospector Trail, to Jacob's Crosscut trail, and back to Treasure again. It cost $7.00 to get in. We would rate a 4 1/2. I thought it was a nice even constant upward, but the boys thought the length of the steepness made this a challenge. It would be particularly nice to visit when the flowers are in bloom...wish we had waited. Take a jacket! It was windy at the top!
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