A hike, a ride, the big blow! A WOW Day overall!

WOW! What a day, where do I begin....

Finally this morning I got my wireless router problems resolved, thanks to David Reid of REMAX, Gravenhurst. Dave is not only the best Real Estate Agent in Gravenhurst, he is also a computer guru...

When we woke up at 7:00 this morning it was already 16 Degrees C. Enjoyed breakfast and coffee, and then decided to take a hike out back of the RV Park, in the desert.

It is like walking in a cactus flower garden. Could not believe it. A great 1 hour hike. Here are some pics of the hike.

Yes this is pink!


Gonna have to look up the names of these plants.


There are lots of these saguaro cactus's around, they are kind of the symbol for Arizona and are found mainly in the Tucson area and can actually obtain 200 years of age!


Apparently the picture below is what happens when they get to be 201 years old.... :-((


I just had to take this picture....

After the hike we had some lunch and the laundry had to be dealt with, but by 2:30 or so, we were able to head out for a bike trip. Had to stop and fuel the machines up, and this picture was taken believe it or not, at the gas station just a mile or so from our camp ground. Note the pink cactus in the background behind me... it was cool...

Our destination this afternoon, was Tucson Mountains State Park, I did a bit of internet research and this place is only 2 miles from our RV Resort. This picture of Judy is just entering the park. It turned out beautiful this afternoon, around 23 degrees, but a bit of a wind.

Just after you enter the park from the east side, you run into Old Tucson Studios, which is a theme type park. You pay to get in and it is a full day of movies, gun fights, cattle rustling, just about everything from the wild west. They make western theme movies here still.

There is a large mountain range right inside the park, hence the name. There is a pass cut through the mountains, which was financed for $1,000.00 back a long time ago by a guy named Gates, and so it is the Gates Pass. It is incredible, and I recommend anyone to come and see it. We could not believe it, and spent 2 hours exploring this pass and the park. The pictures do not tell the storey. It is very dramatic scenery.... you have to be there!

When we got to the top of the pass, there was a pull off, and we climbed up a bit of the mountain to a small little "fort" they had built up there...

This is the little fort we climbed up to... it was quite a climb...

The view was incredible from up where we were, and we had a blast...

I took this picture from inside the little fort, looking out...the little building you see at the parking lot level is washrooms...

This is the actual top of the pass...

Driving the 3 to 4 miles of the pass road, was some of the best roads we have driven our bikes on yet....period! You have to be there..... so, come on down to Arizona!

We drove up the road a bit to a Desert Museum, and Judy had to stop and take a picture of this sign, as our Daughter, Kristina, just love weird signs.... so don't feed the coyotes!

After we drove through the park, it was time to head back to the RV and on the road back, I had to stop and snap this pic of the sun going down behind a mountain.... the sunsets and rises here are terrific!

All in all a great day of touring around. We did get a big wind today for a few hours, but by 5:00 it calmed down, and is nice tonight.

We met lots of great folks today, that love to tell you their storey.

Looks like we might start heading to Yuma tomorrow.... we will see.

Got the map below updated, so take a look at it, and thanks for reading!