MT BALDY

MT BALDY IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS IS ONE OF THE MOST SACRED MOUNTAIN TOPS TO THE APACHE INDIANS. CALLED MT BALDY BECAUSE AT 11,904 FEET THE TOP IS ABOVE THE TREE LINE GIVING THE SUMMIT A BALD LOOK. THE SUMMIT IS ON THE APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION AND YOU MUST HAVE A WRITTEN HIKING PASS TO CLIMB TO THE TOP.

WE HAD THE SCOOTER OUT TO REACH THE TRAILHEAD.

THE 25 MILES THRU THE APACHE-SITEGRAVES NATIONAL FOREST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR AND 77 DEGREES TODAY WAS MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE THAN ON TUESDAY AT 52 DEGREES AND RACING THE RAIN AT 75 MILES AN HOUR.

WE ONLY HIKED IN ABOUT A MILE, AT 9200 FEET IN THE PARKING AREA WE WERE BOTH HUFFING AND PUFFING IN JUST A MILE AND RETURNED TO SCOOTER RIDE INSTEAD OF HIKE.

PRETTY MOUNTAIN MEADOW WILDFLOWER.

WE DID 92 MILES ON THE DAY, AND HOPEFULLY OUR BUTTS ARE GETTING IN SHAPE. HAD THE SCOOTER OUT YESTERDAY AS WELL, BUT THAT WAS JUST AN AFTERNOON TAVERN RUN DOWTOWN SHOW LOW.

HERE COMES A BUSY WEEK-END WITH SHOW LOW DAYS, HAMFEST, AND COCKTAILS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

  “SUNNY & 80”