Bouldering and Hiking Around Tucson

Today Kirsten made us Raspberry waffles for brunch, hmm, hmm, good. Then Cline and I went bouldering at Cline's favorite bouldering site, while Dave and Kirsten hiked on the David Yetman trail not far from where we were bouldering. Cline showed me some great problems to work on and it didn't take us long to get tuckered out. In the mean time, Kirsten showed Dave how to do a proper five point landing, tripping on the trail and landing on hands, knees and face. They showed up where Cline and I were bouldering, Kirsten with scrapes on hands, knees and a big bump on her forehead. Fortunately, I think the biggest thing that got hurt was her pride. She was telling us how she used to kind of snicker at others who fell and now that she has joined the club, she will feel more sympathy for them. I told her not to feel bad. It happens to the best of us every once in a while. We were just glad she didn't get hurt worse.

01 LA Bouldering Cline's Problem

We got back to the truck and headed to the Saguaro West Visitor center. they have a great nature display there that gave us a cutaway view of the nesting sites for different critters such as, birds in cactus, and rats, scorpions, and tarantulas in the ground.

02 Getting My Climbing Sense Back

Next, we headed over to King Canyon, not far from the visitor center, and hiked along this trail where there were numerous petroglyph's. Then it was back to the RV park for "Dirty Rice" and "Little Miss Sunshine." A very funny movie!

03 Ferns in the Desert

04 Barrel Cactus in a Rock Wall

05 Petroglyphs