We're back from a scorcher of a vacation to Phoenix, taking advantage of Maria's willingness to pet sit as she finished packing her belongings to stow away while she drills through basic training and learns the skills necessary to be a health care specialist in the USArmy.
In preparation for slugging through basic with eighteen year old recruits, Maria has run and walked the hilly streets of Yarnell and mastered a rocky mountainside path. Recently, David decided the time was right to hike a little used, rolling -rock strewn road locally called the water tower road. Maria and I donned our doc martins and made several evening treks.
Yarnell's businesses border Highway 89, which sits in a narrow valley. Badboulder is located at the base of Boulder mountain to the west. Our hike took us a distance up one of the Weaver mountains to the east of the highway. Thus, after trudging a mile or so up the Weaver, we had a great view of our house. Due to medical conditions I had not made the hike since completing the exterior of our house so it was rewarding to look across and view a home that looks complete. We determined that we would come back during morning hours for more ideal lighting to use our camera. Today we made the climb, thankful for some cloud cover, a cooling breeze and no rattlesnakes. We did encounter a baby horny toad and wished him luck, as the terrain offers no water.
I'm back to working on my tile and pebble mosaic, along with painting the deck in Santa Fe grey, when I'm not at the blender whipping up fruit smoothies and frozen mochas.
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