Sunday, September 12, 2010

Sunday Adventures...

So again we went to the mountains for a little Sunday family time (no hiking this time).
We found some strange things along the way...right by our campsite hidden in the brush Jada thought she saw a turtle shell looking rock and when she touched it she immediately jumped away....it was just a very large strange looking mushroom.

Then as she was playing on a nearby hill she discovered a "lucky" horseshoe. so we nailed it to the tree but later had to hide it away, Jada didn't want anyone taking it...
Jada and I decided to try and make up some games to play. She came up with pinecone golf...


And i built a ski ball sort of rock tossing game out of a pile of rocks we found...

Then we climbed trees and walked around all the campgrounds exploring...

When we came upon the Mt Graham red squirrel. These are ONLY found on this mountain range and they are on the endangered list. Arizona was even going to install covered squirrel bridges over all the roads to protect the species, but ran out of funding. These little guys were not afraid of people one came in arms reach of Jada and I as we walked and rubbed his face in a leaf.

And finally on the way home a tiny tiny little glimpse of a rainbow appeared. It was a bit bigger than this but by the time I climbed to the back of the truck and got my camera it grew smaller. After I snapped this it disappeared altogether...what i thought was odd are the beams of light coming down because the sun was actually setting behind us, unless it reflected up and then down off a white cloud...it just didn't make sense to see beams over here.

Next week we decided to go fishing for the first time, depending on how much a fishing license will be. Till then...

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