Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness - Boynton Canyon Trail

Annie believed Jean and Skip when they said this trail was easy, so we wrapped our feet up in hikers and headed out. Those guys got flute music, but we met a friendly and generous soul who invited us to use a lock-out unit of her timeshare. We win!

Thanks, Pat! The hot tub is especially tempting!

We met when I thought she was a bear. I got over it.

It's waxing gibbous.
Yes it's waxing, and don't call me Gibbous.

Ducks on the rocks

Yesterday was Oak Creek Canyon and Chapel of the Holy Cross. So spontaneous!

Cholla 

The House. A guide said he has a Starbucks in there, and invites the neighbors. It would take more than that.

Oak Creek Canyon from the overlook.

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Maybe some hair of the dog?

Hope you're all recovering from your long Earth Day weekend. This holiday is typically a no-holds-barred kind of hard-partying kind of let-it-all-out kind of rock-and-roll revelry, and now might be a good time to think about a detox.

I did pick up a bag of garbage around our site before I realized that that's what everyone was doing, so I threw it all back down again.

We really did festivate on Sunday with the family, and (uh oh) we happened to take a camera (hoo boy) and there happened to be a baby there (here it comes) so brace yourselves for the cute. You're going to have to detox anyway, so let's make it count.

Looking pretty gangsta despite conventional hat-donning. His lovely chaperone is Cindy.

...and a deep, cleansing breath...

OH man, this one hurts a little, right in the old liver.

Ponderosa pines smell like butterscotch, vanilla, or chocolate. Chocolate is rare, and you're in detox anyway.
All the pines sampled here in Oak Creek Canyon (n=5) smelled like butterscotch.

Our faces did freeze like that.

...and breathe in...

...and out...

...hold it...

...and release.

Maddox has a whole slew of very attractive relatives, including a beautiful mom and a handsome dad, and I hope they all understand that THERE WAS A BABY THERE.

It's our anniversary week. On Wednesday we will have been together thirteen years.

Breathe normally.

On Friday, it was our one-year full-timing anniversary. Wow, how the milliseconds fly.

A new boondocking network is forming at Boondockers Welcome. The goal is to increase opportunities to visit parts of the country/continent that are underrepresented in traditional boondocking. Please do check it out. Couch-surfing for boondockers! It's free to join, for now.