48.02 Arizona: Gila Mountains. Jester's Peak, Yuma...no joke, no laughs but plenty of excitement.
"Atta, Girl." Jen has one helluva day, third false peak before top. One proud boy watches her feat or was it feet? (Actually both, with trepidation.) Every now and again, fortunately quite often for us, comes along a hike, an experience really, that is memorable in a number of ways. This was another of those. It had desert beauty, surrounding mountains, steep and challenging climbs, narrow outside edges most of the way and an element of danger that kept us on our toes. It was an experience that will linger. Fortunately, there are a couple of pictures from the day that have special meaning for us, particularly of Jenni in various stages of the climb. On the negative (tiny), and that's only to provide balance, the views lacked lakes or dams which would have made it near perfect. Although Yuma experienced rain these past few days, it is not something that occurs frequently, certainly insufficient to support a dam. However, the Colorado River, our favorite, flows through...