Over the past year I have fallen in love, with hiking. I'm not hard core or willing to climb crazy rocks [yet] but I do enjoy a leisure hike to the top of a moderately sized mountain. I really enjoy the trail by my house because it's a nice steady incline. Not too hard... Not too easy... Just right!
My friend Melissa got me into hiking, I'm surprised she got me to go. At first I was NOT excited to be stomping around in nature [bugs, birds, rocks, snakes, and who knows what else - scary!]. After the first time we went - I was HOOKED!
If you haven't ever been on a hike or anything like that before I think you should try it! I don't know if it's because I'm artistic but my personal feelings of the world and Phoenix have changed a lot, because of hiking. It's like an entire different world up there, plus you're getting a work out too! Personally, before my hike adventures I didn't even notice all of the mountains around town. I just saw Phoenix as this flat desert with a few palm trees with rock landscape instead of grass, boy was I wrong. Looking around there is a mountain almost ever couple of miles and always in looking distance. It's really quite beautiful.
I think the one of the best things about hiking in Phoenix would be the photo ops. I have taken so many photos on my hiking adventures that it is just crazy. I have even woken up at 6am [and I'm not a morning person at ALL!] just to be sure to get a hike in my day. A hike a day keeps the laziness away?? Is that the saying? haha!
