| Date: March 9, 2010 |
| Location Hiking the Buckskin Trails |
| Where: Buckskin Mountain State Park, Arizona |
Friends Dad & Charlene Lawry from Sisters Oregon are staying a few days with us at Buckskin Mountain State Park. Because the weather forecast was for rain on Monday we took them on a driving tour of the area making a loop up to Parker Dam and down to Parker and back to the park. Jeanette worked in the afternoon and I took them and our dogs on a walk along the river. For Tuesday we were all set for a good hike. It was overcast, but we took off with high hopes around 8:30AM.
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We did the Lightning Bolt Trail first. I stopped for a nice photo of a fruiting Pin Cushion Cactus. I was totally surprised because I have hiked this trail since November and have never notice this cactus before. We next took off on the Buckskin Trail with increasing clouds. I had assured Charlene earlier that it would have not rain. Big mistake, it started raining. We tried to all fit in a small cave, but gave up and just kept hiking. Luckily the rain passed shortly.
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Next we did the Interruption Point Trail. No rain, but lots of wind. Our last trail was the Abandoned Mines Trail. We stopped for a snack and then explored several of the mines. I showed Dan the mine that I had taken shelter in when I got caught by the big rain and hailstorm on Sunday afternoon while working on the trails. We still had some energy so hiked a ways more out into the desert, enough so that by the time we got back we had hiked five and a half miles.
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| Dan taking a photo from the Lightning Bolt View Point |
