10.30 Granite Mountain in Prescott, Arizona
Jenni comfortable near summit of Granite Mountain (Click to enlarge, remain as is for text and captions) Not called Granite Mountain for nothing Sunrise in Prescott. Is that a 'burning bush?' We have always wanted to try out the City of Prescott so instead, we ended up in Prescott Valley, less than ten miles down the road, another city with the same name (almost). Although we have been in this area before, it surprised us how large it is. When we passed along Highway 69, we could have been in any large US city—every store is represented. We prefer the smaller places although not those that are so small that they close for the winter—an experience we had in Torrey recently. Jenni was particularly pleased to notice Trader Joe’s. Enough with the housekeeping. The first false peak Thumb Butte below As is our tradition, we always like to be active on Thanksgiving Day. With this in mind, we undertook the 8.5 miles roundtrip to the peak of Granite Mountain, an eleva...