Climbing Mt Lemmon

 We finally slept in and we all got up around 8:30 this morning.  Yesterday, we had decided to trek up to the top of Mt Lemmon, about an hour and a half drive straight north of us.

We had a leisurely breakfast of the full three courses and laid around awhile enjoying the fresh morning air and the complete solitude at Nancy's beautiful small ranch.  

At 11 o'clock we started north to the mountains.  Took us quite awhile just to get past all the town traffic.  But soon we were on the right road heading up and up for 25 miles to the top.

Wasn't long into the climb till we reached the height where Saguaro cacti grow.  I'm guessing between 2 and 3 thousand foot level.  

On our first vista view Yuma met a beautiful Husky named Mixer.

Looking southwest over Tucson.

From here I will just show you pictures of the gorgeous views as we took the winding turns to the top some 8000 plus feet.

Not for me!😨

Hoodoos ahead

Getting into the pines now.

I think we'll stop at the pines for the night and I will finish up with tomorrow's blog.  I think tomorrow will be a day of rest after today's hard climb.  Nick did all the driving but I'm tired from wrestling Yuma with the two of us trying to share his one small seat!  We got home at 4:30, so it was a five hour drive.

After resting a little, I decided to try my idea with the Dish.  I decided since Nancy's place is on the north side of a small hill directly behind her driveway, I wasn't connecting with the low flying satellites in the south.

I went up top of the White Lion where I had placed the Dish Tailgater yesterday, but I took a small table and placed the table on the AC vent.  Put the Tailgater on that and that elevated it about four feet and went down to try it.  First attempt and I had TV! 😅  After three hours of trying and failing last night, my pea brain finally figured out the problem.  Now I'm ready for Yellowstone tomorrow night.

Time for dinner and to bed.  Hope to see you back tomorrow to finish the climb with us.