Mt. Lemmon is absolutely gorgeous! In my jeans and hiking boots, with my layered shirts and sweatshirt, traipsing about in Nature at 9000 feet elevation, I was in my happy place. I almost feel as if I've missed my calling...
Not my photo -- I didn't have time to take any of decent quality -- this is just part of the mountain road, near Hoodoo Vista [elevation ~6600 feet], an absolute stunning array of geology in action. The woods were just as spectacular. (Also not my photo, but we did walk through forest like this at Middle Bear, elevation ~5000(?) feet, and again at the summit, ~9000 feet.)
The students were great, the chaperones super helpful, the staff wonderfully knowledgeable, kind, and enthusiastic. The bus driver was heroic (would you want to drive a tour bus up there?!). The only slight disappointment were the cloud cover and extreme winds last night, but we still got a telescope demonstration which was very cool.
Perhaps the only significant downside to all this is that I didn't sleep well at all, and am thoroughly exhausted now even more than usual. Post-hike exhaustion is very similar to the excellently-tired feeling I get after being at the beach all day, maybe that's just the sun burn. The only real down side now is that I don't want to go back to work tomorrow!
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