Wedding Cake Hike

So what did you do today.  Today Lori and I plus a few friends went on a hike up the Wedding Cake trail.  Its a relatively short hike.  4.2 miles in total.  But the last bit is pretty much straight up with loose gravel and shale on the trail.  Not good footing when a stumble can mean a visit to the hospital.

It was a great day for a hike with temps at 8:30 this morning around 50F, clear skies and no wind.  It warmed up to mid 60's by the time we got back at noon.  We didn't quite make it all the way to the top as I was pretty tired and the knees were screaming at me to stop, go back to the park model and crack a beer.  My knees won out.

This Javelina came trotting along the wash behind us.
Looks like a pig but actually not part of the pig family. 

A beautiful day.  Snakes are out so have to keep an eye out.

Flowers are starting to bloom.
We are headed to the top of that rock outcropping in the middle of the picture. 

We made it to a plateau just below the peak.
Quite the view. 

A shot of the Superstitions behind us.  

A shot to the south.
Tucson is out there somewhere beyond those mountains

Looking back towards Phoenix.
Hard to make out through the pollution induced haze.

Our neighbour, Sue, and her 4 legged companion, Chewbacca.
Chewie to his friends. 

My blue backpack and the top of Wedding Cake.
We stopped at this point.  So close. 

The centre of attention. 

Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure I haven't died and gone to heaven.