7 MILES!!

Jan 16th

Today was a simple yet rough day. We went up to the Seguaro National Park and got ready for our hike.
We drove up to a small area, past the Desert Museum, and went to the parks main area. We stretched, looked at the small exhibits, and watched a short video on AZ plant/wild life. Not too long after that we started to get ready for the hike.
We filled up our water bottles and drove up to a small parking area for hikers only. We walked up a little path and then had 2 choices...we could take the advanced Or the easier route. For Whatever reason, idk, I took the advanced. The walk was Difficult, a total of 7 miles, and the not stopping part didnt help. The only good thing about it was we got to see some Really nice views/sites. And once we were up at the top of Mnt Wesson (¿sp?), there was All of what you saw coming up but pieced together for one Amazing view.
At the top, we caught up on food and drinks. During the time up there, 2 men came up and joined us. Before they left the top they asked if they could have a picture..sure and Joe took their picture. It was great b.c Right after that, the one guy said "You know we are not gay or anything. He is my guide...we arent really together." We didnt really care either way but it was funny the way he twinked out.
The walk down didnt seem as bad and we were also able to catch up with Dahl. He didnt make it to the top but should be Very proud of himself for making it as far as he did :)
The actual hike didnt seem that bad till we got back to the beginning strip of the hike...That seemed longer this time, Significantly longer.
The other group took a bit to get back to the cars, it was Ok with me b.c I was able to relax :P Once all back we headed to a gas station to get some Cold drinks and a bathroom break. Unfortunately, there was only one bathroom ssoo we all had to stand in line a bit :(
We all got our drinks and back to the motel where FOOD! We crapped around then all of, but Mark and I, left. We really couldnt go anyway b.c no room in the SUV...Oh well, didnt want to head out anyway. It wasnt till about 7/7:30 that D.A came back and we went out to eat. Just as we were about to head out, the other group came back. We just went to Subway and back. The rest of the night was packing/getting ready for Kuiper Peak.