One sunny day we hiked Mt Graham. Lots of mountains and elevation gain and tired bones at the end. But worth it! We climbed about 800 feet from clear trails to partially snow covered trails. At least it was warm out. It was beautiful from up high.

Mt. Graham

Snow by the creek

Yup, we're up there!

Increasing snow on the trail as we gained elevation

 

The following day we hiked up to a native cliff dwelling at the Tonto National Monument. It was a steep climb with many switchbacks.

Our motor home on the far right far below.

Native Tonto Apache cliff dwellings

After a few more cold and rainy days we lucked out and had one nice day at Chiricahua National Monument. We hiked Echo Canyon where it was very steep but the rocks were gorgeous. When we got to the bottom we came to a raging creek. Denny wanted to turn around and go back up but I wanted to continue the loop. So, I crossed the creek by using my poles and walking across a log. This made Denny so nervous that he didn't even snap a picture. It was tense. Denny found a different way across by climbing down a 4 foot boulder (which I could never have done with my short legs!) and crossing on widely spaced rocks. Whew!

Yes, there was some snow on the trails but the sun made us take our jackets off.

Monkey rock?

Walrus or bird?

Brick shit house😂

Organ pipes rock formation

Big rocks!

We've been high for days!

Back at our campsite, the Cattlerest Saloon and RV park, the following day it rained all day and we had 70 mile per hour gusts with sustained winds of up to 40. What a day! The small out building in front of us blew down. We pulled in our slides and hunkered down. The next morning it had settled down and the Roadrunners and Gambles quail were back out.

Roadrunner

Gambel's quail

After a visit to Tombstone in the rain, wind and cold, we decided we had had enough of this bad weather and are headed toward Texas where hopefully we will find some sun and warmth!