Fun Christmas Day

 

          

This cartoon speaks to the day we had with daughter Janine, Colin, Magnus & Zach - nothing fancy, just in the moment! 

First, we hiked on Silly Mountain* just east of Apache Junction. Found a couple of geocaches along our routes. The trails are typical of this area, rocky and rubbly, but everyone scrambled up and down without a stumble. The elevation of the mountain is 652 meters (2,139 ft), and the prominence is 109 meters (358 ft).

                        

Many areas along the trails were just rock - no granular material like here

The grey hairs in the group watched as the the family clambered up the trail to reach the top. Unfortunately, the trail ended before the summit and attempting to summit would have been too dangerous (especialy on the descent) for everyone.

  Snack break on a hewn stone bench

The g'boys relaxed from the hike by using up their remaining screen time for the day! The rest of us enjoyed adult bevvies and chatted.

Trying out a new Christmas game "Zombie Kittens" 

 (part of the Exploding Kittens franchise)

The day wasn't over - we then enjoyed a pasta meal and a stroll through our Park to check out some Christmas lights.

* Why is it called Silly Mountain?

Simply put, when Pinal County decided to create and pave "Silly Mountain" Road, a local landowner (and county employee) requested, and was granted permisssion, to name the new road; it's not clear how he decided to use that name!