We drove to Mt Charleston on Saturday morning for a day out in the Spring Mountains. The girls LOVED it. We loved it. I was anticipating something akin to Mt Lemmon in Tucson, but we found it to be different in a few ways. There are a lot more houses (do you call it a house when it appears to be at least 3000 sq ft and the average sales price is over a million dollars?), and a lot fewer commercial establishments.
We found a trail to a waterfall and started walking. Next time we will bring the backpack for Claire, as she spent half the time begging to be carried. Both girls loved walking on the rocks, balancing on the fallen trees, and exploring in general. We loved being in the fresh air, the smell of the pines, the bright colors of the aspen trees and the cool weather (it was about 63* and rained off and on)! We are seriously considering going camping up there in the next two weeks. I am a little concerned that we are deluding ourselves into thinking that this will be a good time, but we'll probably try it anyway. How hard could camping be with two toddlers? Ha.
After our "hike", we headed to the restaurant for lunch. We didn't have pie, but the food was good, and as expensive (or more so) as the Mt Lemmon Cafe's nosh, and there was a lot more seating.
On Sunday evening, Tim and the girls made vanilla ice cream. Claire enjoyed it tremendously.
3 comments:
These pictures are just amazing. I had no idea Las Vegas had anything like this. How far away was it? You must have felt at home there, with the temperature and rain and, you know, evidence of a change of season.
That looks like a fun day! I love the leaves changing color. God I miss fall.
35 minutes from here! EASY stuff. We are so going as often as possible. Because I miss fall, too. And winter and spring.
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