Today we went up Mt. Lemmon, it's to the northeast of Tucson, up the Catalina Parkway near the northern end of Houghton Road. There are gorgeous rocky formations, towering columns of rock that looked as if they were teetering and ready to fall any time. The mountain is 8000 feet, and the top had snow at the sides of the road.
The geological formations are very pretty, and the differing colors of the rock, pink and copper sometimes, other times horizontal stripes, are very pretty indeed. There are lots of different trees right up to the mountaintop, which surprised us both a lot. Luckily there are tons of viewpoints so you can stop the car and have a good look at the vistas. Part of the mountaintop has been burned, and lots of trees show the marks of old fires, too. Fire up there must be terrifying.
At the top we had a bowl of chile, and a delicious coffee and shared a huge cookie at the Cookie Cabin.
The weather was bright and sunny, with very little wind thankfully, as we were dressed more for Tucson's temps than the top of mountains.
The posted speed is quite low as the road is very twisty and turny, and that way you can easily look at the lovely scenery.
Tucson goes there to ski in the winter.
This afternoon we had Chris and Joe B over for Happy Hour to say good bye, and thank them for telling us about this park. It has been super here for a month.
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