Saturday, December 4, 2021

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.

10 comments:

  1. Amazing pictures of your trip up Mt. Lemmon. What beautiful scenes. No wonder Nick drove. He probably didn't want to wrestle Yuma for the other seat. 😁 I'm glad you had such a wonderful trip.

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    1. Thank you Dolly. I am glad I could finally show Nick a little of the beauty here in the west. He did have a great time.

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  2. We never did make it up Mount Lemmon so I'm glad you guys did it for us. It looks like a drive and a place I would really like. Loved all those Saguaros of course. Keep on truckin.

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    1. Thanks, Al. Beautiful drive and 25 miles to go 8000 feet. Lot of winding in that road. Couldn't believe all the bicyclist going up and down that road and it doesn't have a bike lane. Pictures continue tomorrow so be sure to come back.

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    1. You're right Dave.😁 I took it down after the test and will only put up for an hour tonight to watch Yellowstone.

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  4. I should have had Dan give you the key to the house. Glad it's working now ... I'm with you on not missing out on my TV shows!!! Glad you got it fixed. Yes, watch out for wind ... it does blow there a bit. Mt Lemmon is pretty cool ... a long drive, but a magnificent one!!

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    1. Are you trying to give Nick the wrong impression of boondocking? We have to tough it a little 😁 I only need it up there for an hour tonight for Yellowstone. Do you watch it? We really enjoyed Mt Lemmon.

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  5. Looks like you guys had an adventurous day! Great pictures! Cool pictures of the Saguaro on the mountainside!

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    1. Thanks Steve. I hope Nick is having a good time.

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