Would you believe quaky trees exist in a desert? Turns out 45 min. from our house there are actual mountains. With actual pine and quaky trees. It was my birthday wish to go for a hike in the mountains, and we were pleasantly surprised at our discovery of Mt. Charleston. It felt pretty much just like hiking in Utah.
We invited another couple to come with us, and it turned out to be a great hike.
Let's hit the road :-) It was 98 degrees in Henderson when we took off. In Mt. Charleston it dropped to 65 degrees - jacket weather.
Two happy hikers
Get a load of those colors!
Drum roll please . . . SNOW capped mountains!! In the desert!
We had a fantastic view of this mountain the whole hike.
Climb every mountain . . .
Hmm. I wonder if there is a trail to the top of that peak . . .
What did we find at the top? A waterfall . . .
and SNOW!
That's my boy James :-) Mr. Outdoors. He was eating it up.
A pair of mountain goats
James takes a snooze on the way back down.
Time for a birthday picnic!
The kiddos were ready to eat!
A birthday cake of sorts . . . Bean Dip!
We stuck it out for as long as we could, but at 49 degrees, it wasn't exactly shorts weather. We were FREEZING!!
We had to resume the festivities at our house due to our frozen digits. One of my friends dropped this cake off to me earlier that day, so Chad didn't even have to make one!
Chad making some wise crack about me being 30. Grrr.
I opened a box of Red Ruby slippers for my Dorthy costume.
James, serious about wheels . . . and cake! Notice which hand he is using??? Yep. He is a lefty like Chad. Poor kid!
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