Peralta Trail - Saturday 5/14

Saturday morning Pam and I left at 4:30 in the morning and drove about 30 minutes to the superstition mountains.  Our goal was to conquer the Peralta trail.  We have always heard the peralta trail was a fun hike,  it turned out to be amazing.  Before we started Pam was concerned that we were totally unprepared.  I informed Pam that the hike is only 1 1/2 hours each way,  we had plenty of water and that Mountain Lions and Bob Cats are scared of humans.  We were the first ones on the trail.  It was quiet, peaceful and a great escape from the hustle and bustle of city life.  It is hard to believe you can be in another world  just a few miles out of the city.  The superstition mountains are beautiful.    Our goal now is to go hiking every weekend, or, maybe it was every other weekend,   now that I think of it, it was once a month,   a year?  In any event

we will be going again.   We  have a book that is called "60 hikes within 60 miles of phoenix",  we have conquered 1

After 1 1/2 hour of hiking we reached freemont Saddle with a Great view of Weavers Needle in the background.  

Can you spot the Eagle?

Dead type bushual

Saguaro Cactus are the coolest

Sunrise

          The most wicked plant in the world on the right .  Keep your distance!!  I think all who have hiked or been in the desert have had encounters with this little devil.   Ouch!          

This tree was all by itself on the top of the trail.

 

Halfway there looking back

Start of the trail