Happy Wednesday! I finally went back out this past Sunday and did a short hike – about 1 1/2 miles – at a place that is about 3 minutes away from my home.
Now, the good thing is Spook Hill (also known as Brown Road Mountain – but it’s NOT a mountain, and I just like the old name of “Spook Hill” better; conjures up thoughts of ghost stories! 😉 ) is that a hike that gets my heart rate going, but it’s short enough that I don’t feel as if I’m going to die before I get to the top. And that’s VERY important when I have to hike at 5am! Why am I hiking at 5am on a Sunday morning? Because I live in the Sonoran Desert, and our summer temps this time of the year range around 106 degrees! Can you guess how many bottles of water I took with me up that hill?
View from the top of Spook Hill, facing west towards Phoenix
View facing east towards the Superstition Mountains
Our temperatures this coming weekend are supposed to be 114 degrees – so I’m not sure I’ll be hiking this weekend (even at 5am). It may just be the local gym for me!
Happy Health to you!
Along the way with Julia 