SIGHTS AT USERY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL PARK

Saturday, March 4 – Sunday is our last day at Usery Mountain Regional Park. We have loved every minute of our visit. One activity Marsha loves to do is take photos of the saguaro. They all seem to have their own personality.

This one makes a great house for many of the birds.

Beautiful veins.

After a very long life, this is all that is left.

We saw many hummingbird feeders out, so we decided to put ours up. We haven’t seen one hummingbird, but we attracted this beauty.

We took a sightseeing drive around the park. We had no idea that there are two playgrounds and an outdoor gym.

Kids’ playground.

The arms on this mountain lion are slides.

There are 12 different machines in the outdoor gym.

Phainopepla or “The Black Cardinal”

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HIKING IN USERY MOUNTAINS

Friday, March 3 - We sure are enjoying our stay at Usery Mountain Regional Park just outside of Phoenix, AZ. There are numerous trails throughout the park. Today we choose the Blevins Trail for an enjoyable hike. The complete loop is approximately 3.25 miles of relatively flat desert hiking. It is one of the most popular trails in the park so an early start is recommended to beat the crowds.

We hiked the trail in a clockwise direction and might consider a counterclockwise if we would hike it again. The direction we took involved a gradual uphill hike for the entire last mile on the trail. The elevation change was minor, but we still did some huffing and puffing during that last uphill stretch.

We crossed several washes.

There are many opportunities to connect with intersecting trails if one wishes to lengthen their hike. All the trails are well marked, and a map is available at the gatehouse. Many of these trails are great for mountain bike riding as well.

The desert is slowly coming alive with the beauty of Spring. Unfortunately, we will miss the big show.

We enjoyed this morning's hike and plan additional hikes in the future, so check back and see what we find.

Bella just loves the desert. We have been taking her on her daily walk. Who ever thought a cat would love walking the desert floor. Oh by the way…she must always be the leader…lol.

The desert sky never fails to amaze us.

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USERY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL PARK….AWESOME!

Wednesday, March 1 – All systems were GO for our departure from Sedona this morning. The truck seemed to operate very smoothly after our recent repair. Surprising the number of friends that informed us that they had their vehicles serviced or repaired at that same dealer. Must be those Sedona vortex causing problems.... :-)

It was a smooth trip down the mountains to Phoenix. Pretty much down hill the entire way.

We said our good byes to the snow-capped mountains.

We are at Usery Mountain Regional Park in Maricopa County.

We have a beautiful site, #32, with 50 amp electric and water. There is a dump station available which we used on our way into the park. We had no where to dump in Sedona so we brought our…“stuff” with us. The sites are gravel and very widely spaced. Very private with grills, picnic tables and huge backyards. The streets are paved and wide enough to make backing the 5^th wheel into our site relatively easy.

Looking right.

Looking left.

We are here to mostly relax and do a little hiking. There are an abundance of hiking trails in the area. We intend to give them some use. We also hope to do some easy mountain bike riding too!

Marsha had a wonderful time watching the sunset and took numerous pictures. She loves the quite and peaceful environment and so does Bella. Neither one of them wanted to come inside tonight. Guess we'll have to get some firewood and have a campfire in the near future.

Do you see the plane on the right side of the photo?

The moon and Venus.

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