We have been in Mesa two days now. We like Usery Mountain, especially the site we have, which we knew about from our previous trips here last year.
Surprisingly, it is a county park, not a national forest or state park.
There are practical matters that have to be attended to on a road trip.
Yesterday, for example, we got an oil change and washed our clothes at a laundromat.
We had our dinner at Serannos, and I got to reminisce about the many times I had been there with my children, my parents, and with Vicky.
We were going to ride our bikes again today, but again today it was very windy, so we decided to try one of the hikes here. We weren't expecting much (what can one expect from a county park?), but were put into our place with a very nice hike. 7.5 miles with 1100 elevation gain, and some beautiful views. The hike is on the Pass Mountain Trail, which is inside Usery Mountain Regional Park in Mesa, AZ. Some of the trail goes into the Tonto National Forest.
On Roadtrip 2.0, since we left home early in September, we have hiked almost 170 miles and climbed 5000 feet more than the height of Mt. Everest.
Mt. Everest is some 29,000+ feet, and we have climbed over 34,000. We are frankly puzzled about the big deal about Everest, and wonder why no national magazines want to do stories about us.
We are going dancing again this evening.
Hike Report: Pass Mountain Trail #282 AZ
(Note that the elevation gain changes a bit when one disables the elevation correction. Note also that, as is typical with both my hiking and biking Garmins, elevation gain does not equal elevation loss, even though we always start and stop in the same exact location; I basically take an average of all of these figures to arrive at what I believe to be the best estimate of elevation gain. It is probably accurate to within 50 feet or so, which is pretty good. Usually it is within a few feet of elevation gains provided on the occasional trail map that reports elevation gains of hikes, which makes us feel confident in what we estimate when this information is not provided by trail maps.)
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