Birthday Festivities

Free lift ticket for your birthday! I love this mountain. I'm officially 1/4 of a century.

View from the top of Sunset Lift

Agassiz Lift - Climbs 2,000 feet vertically and 6,450 feet in length

View from the top of Agassiz Lift - Makes me not want to leave.

Turns out DQ doesn't make ice cream cakes here in Flagstaff. I had to settle for a Baskin Robins.

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Mexico

Last weekend I went on another camping adventure WAY south to Organ Pipe Cactus NM. We were only 20 minutes from the Mexican border, so we went across for the day. I picked up some Mescal for my dad and The sunsets/sunrises were amazing.
The desert view.

Sunrise Day 1

Sunset Day 1


Chollaed - Apparently there is a cactus called a Cholla that drops off little balls of fury for anything wandering near them to get impaled upon. This unknowledgable desert wanderer got super chollaed. I couldn't take any steps because they work themselves deeper into your tissues with each one. It took them .00000001 second to penetrate my shoe.

You have to remove them with pliers or the other person will just be standing there laughing hysterically but in pain with you.

Whoever says that Arizona doesn't have mountains, has never been to Arizona.

Raven in fight. He watched over our campsite for the weekend.

Sonoyta, Mexico - Border town to Lukeville, Arizona. You should see the border fence!


Towering Saguaro Cactus

Our camp mascot - Luna.

Sunrise Day 2

Sunset Day 2

Trailhead of our hike the last day.

Old Ranch Corral left out in the middle of nowhere.

Bob petting a cactus.

Trip to Phoenix via Oak Creek Canyon and Sedona

I went to Phoenix to visit my Aunt Janet. I decided to take the scenic route to check out the canyon and red rocks of Sedona. It was 80 degrees when I arrived in Phoenix. While visiting Mayo Clinic, I got to see 4 javelinas, the meanest hog creatures ever.

Black Canyon Canoe Trip

I went on another adventure with 25 complete strangers. We did a 3 day, 15 mile canoe trip down the Colorado River putting in at the base of the Hoover Dam. It was an unforgettable weekend.

Hoover Dam from the Canoe




Female Big Horn Sheep - Look in the middle of the picture, click to zoom in

Gold Strike Canyon - Many hot springs around 100 degrees each




Panorama of the Colorado from the peak above our camp


Looking down on camp

We now have riverfront property - Rained all day Saturday making a new tributary into the river

Cruising down the Colorado

Emerald Cave

Snow Storm 2010

Hey everyone,
We made it through the awesome snowstorm that hit Flagstaff. We had about 5-6 feet of snow with 7-9 feet up on the mountain. Yes, I did get to go snowboarding in the glorious fresh powder. Here are a few pics of my place, my roommate shoveling the roof and general snow.



My car roof was flush with the snow bank by the end of the snows.

My snow angel on the back porch.

My view from Arizona Snow Bowl. The most amazing mountain ever, right out my back door.