Did It!

Pass Mountain or

The Tip of the IceBerg

Yesterday, my friend Yubus and I made it around Pass Mountain. Finally. The longest 7.1 mile hike in the history of hiking trails. It took us 4.5 hours. The flyer they provide at the park says count on between 4 and 5 hours, hmmmm, once again, read the directions. Anyway, we weren't watching the clock and kept thinking we were gonna be around this puppy soon, and we were wrong for a lot longer than we were right about that! As always, it feels so good to be done, having accomplished the goal. I was thinking that I can't wait to do this when I'm in shape for it!!! The back (east) side of the mountain is gorgeous and away from the city so to speak, full of Sonoran Desert in all its glory.

We got back to the car around 6PM and were able to have a couple of beers and snacks and watch the sun go down. Out there the desert teases you into thinking you can take all of it home with you in a photograph, but it's a tease. Like the picture of the mountain, it's just the tip of the iceberg really, there's so much more thankfully. It's still all out there, a bit of it came home in our soul, on our skin, and even less inside my camera. Even the blog posting starts to seem like a cheap shot at describing a day with your best friend, in the desert, the magnificent desert.