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hiking on orange granite hills with prairie grass and cactus surrounding you.
Our first hike from our campground was rather exciting for me. I’m scared of
heights. The trail is to the top of a small hill (Little Baldy), but it
involves climbing up rocks and trying to stand up in the strong wind. Actually,
trail may be too strong of a word. It’s more like hints of the way. But since
the end is pretty apparent, it is still a fun hike.
We drove
to the top of Mount Scott and did several hikes to lakes, like this one.
While
I was scared when hiking up a rather small hill, I had no problem (until the
top rocks) climbing the larger Elk Mountain. It was still windy and cool, but
otherwise a beautiful day for hiking. We were alone on Little Baldy, but we saw
several groups of hikers including a college class on this hike.
Just
a comment…these places are pretty cut off from everything. We saw one guy
standing on his picnic table trying to get cell phone service (unsuccessfully).
After we left the refuge, John got a voice mail that had been there for a day.
That’s one of the things I like about traveling!
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