Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Oh yes I DID! Finally went to the top of the A.B. Young Trail

Oh yes I DID!  Finally went to the top of the A.B. Young Trail!!!  Here are some pics...
 The trail boasts a strenuous 1800+ incline in just 2 1/2 miles...making a good aerobic workout,
however I was just blowing off steam and hoping to get some good pics...









 Highway 89a below that little road with those little dots are cars...



 Down there is Slide rock park where all those dots are that look like buildings...





 I did stop between huffing and puffing to shoot a few flower pics...

 I don't look that winded...pufff*



 The adjacent view on the other side of the Canyon...and I still wasn't to the top yet...


 The summit isn't far now!


 Burnt lightning struck tree stump at the top..


 Delightful yellow flower...looks like my goldenrod colored sweatshirt...maybe it's goldenrod?  Well I'm no botanist...
yet...



Video clip


Saturday, April 13, 2013

Morning balloon o gram...



What I woke up to while camping out*

So much for privacy...they were so close I could see them waving...this is a common site in the Verde Valley in the mornings...