Snapshots: Mount Lemmon, AZ

Looking down on Tucson from somewhere near Windy Point.
Photograph by Chuck Bolte.

Journeys: Carr Peak + Miller Peak + Sunburn = Great Hike

On Saturday night (May 2nd) a friend of mine and I decided that we would set out to hike both Carr Peak and Miller Peak in the Huachucas early the next morning. Hopefully, this trip would go without the blizzard-like weather that Mom, Lewis, and I encountered a few weekend ago. On Sunday morning we drove to the Reef Townsite Campground Trailhead and set out at 0700. With no snow and no ominous clouds, we were offered awesome vistas of southern Arizona, looking down on Sierra Vista and Mexico from both peaks. For some reason I decided it would be a good idea to take my shirt off for part of the hike, which turned out to be a terrible idea when my skin turned bright pink and blistered on Monday morning. It was not a fun week of skin suffering, but it was worth the pictures.

Miller Peak from Carr Peak.
Photograph by Chuck Bolte.

Carr Peak from Miller Peak.

Photograph by Chuck Bolte.