Powells take it to the mountains!

John and I decided that we were not going to sit and spend our entire Saturday inside. Instead we ventured outdoors and up to Mt. Lemmon. John and His dad have decided to train to hike to Base Camp at Mount Everest so this was a beginners trail!
Above 8,000 feet our endurance was a little more challenged then it would have been hiking in Las Vegas. We both were huffing and puffing a bit. The weather was beautiful and the scenery was picture perfect!

We had to keep things a little silly...

It was like something out of Jerassic Park! We kept thinking maybe some raptors would be coming out of the ferns.

Oh and yes John is really wearing a Head Band. Apparently his hair is long and it will get all sweaty in his face. He keeps things very stylish! :)

Overall our hike deserves a double thumbs up! There was a small waterfall that we passed hiking down. It was beautiful. We were able to make it back to our car right before the afternoon monsoon started.