We did it!

Debbie, my friend/coworker (from now on, friend) and I were going to climb Humphrey's Peak this weekend...until we learned that there is still snow at the top and the winds have a tendency to knock big sturdy men over.  We decided to leave that one until later in the summer when it is calmer and instead tackled the north face of Wilson Mountain .  We think it is about 12 miles round trip if you do it correctly. Debbie might have a little Halasz blood....she gets as lost as we Halasz women do.  We, however, did not follow the trail perfectly and so did a little extra rock climbing, which was exciting.  Two blondes, wandering around in the desert.  Thankfully, we had planned much better this week and so had plenty of water, sun and bug protection, and a lovely picnic for the summit.  Lots of laughing later, we reached the car happy and exhausted.  Not sure where we'll hike next week, but we met some super helpful people at the hiking store in Sedona, so we figure we'll just stop in there and let them tell us where to go.

This is kind of a photo dump because I don't know how to do the slideshow like what Dan does.  Maybe I can learn that over the week of Amanda's wedding....hint hint!

"How can a mountain be a secret?" And thus began the hike...

The beginning of the trail is all butterfly bushes.  It smelled divine and looked beautiful!

 So much greener than Yuma!

"How long did it take to make this happen?!?"

Our feet, chillin' at the top of the mountain

Gourmet lunch.  It was so delicious!

Officially a hiker!

We saw a lot of burned-out trees from a huge wild fire

I have a few more that I can't figure out how to get onto this post, so I'll make another post.

Special thanks to Grandpa Steve for the suggestion of covered hiking shoes.  They have proved invaluable for preventing many stubbed toes, snarls in pricker bushes, and future run-ins with critters.  So great!

xoxo