October 2013 - Flew by Fast!

Well I have to admit - the older I get the FASTER time flies by.  October brought us a few adventures.  Dain and I went on an 80 mile (yes 80) bike ride!  It was down in the Sahuarita area, by the San Xavier Mission.  Our first time riding that far.  It was challenging to say the least.  The wind was terrible, but all in all the ride was fun.  I did not get any pictures since you are on a bicycle, trying to get to a destination in a certain amount of time.  We did have time to tour the mission the day before, and we also rode through some beautiful towns out past Tucson.  Green Valley, Amado, Tumacucari.

Our hiking group has started up again.  And our first fall hike took us to the Frazier Trail, near Roosevelt Lake.  Growing up near Roosevelt, I guess I always took it for granted.  It is really beautiful over there.  You also start appreciating things more when you "mature."

Our friend Kent is still working on completing his AZ Trail hike, his blog is here: http://ktsaztadventure.blogspot.com/.  So our next few hikes of the year are to accompany him on his great bucket list adventure.  Here's some pictures of our hike and the surrounding areas.  To learn more about the AZ Trail  http://www.aztrail.org/  It's a pretty neat trail, and actually Dain and I worked on part of it near the Florence/Kelvin highway area!  To think - we built part of a trail that will bring hikers from all over to enjoy!  That's kinda cool....

Me (Dain had HIS camera)

View from trail - Roosevelt Lake Marina

This hike gave us awesome views of the lake the entire time!

 

Water break - and a funny story to boot!  We always thought it was SO nice that Kent worried about how much water we took with us - well when we are ready to leave him for his journey (45 mile hike) he asks us if we have any water we want to "give" him!!  Hahaha at that point we realize we are "water donkeys" for him.  We left him with our water & he strolled off into the sunset!

Roosevelt Dam - the "original" road you used to cross is where the lower bricks are rugged!

The NEW way you cross the dam!!

Here's a good view of the old road (lower dirt road) and the new highway....progress!

After we hiked, we drove over to Sycamore Canyon, to leave a car for Kent to get home with!  He was out on the trail for 3 days.  And the fall colors were in full force!  I love the fall - to me to see those golden leaves is like our gold medals for making it through another HOT summer!!  God is so good to us, with all his beauty!


Fall - my favorite time of the year! 

We walked down to the creek



I couldn't get enough pictures!!  I truly do love the fall colors....

Our next hike is next weekend (11/16/13)  Another part of the AZ trail we'll hike.  From Sunflower to Mt. Peeley.  I'm glad to have formed some friendships, with people who love the great outdoors just like we do.  Look for my November post.  I'll try to really post it in November!