Monday, August 13, 2012

More Camping/Kayaking/Hiking...with stargazing this time!

We took yet another break from the heat this last weekend and headed back up to Northern AZ where it's about 15-20°F cooler, and about 30°F cooler at night (6250ft in elevation, compared to PHX at ~1500ft)!  This time we camped with some friends at Jack's Canyon (a climbing area that recently had a fire caused by lightning).  We got a fresh start in the morning and headed to Winslow to East Clear Creek (much like we did a couple weeks back).  We were in the water at 9am and didn't get back to the truck until about 4:30pm!  It was an AWESOME day on the water, and we got TONS of climbing in.  One was about a 35' jump from a small shrub...had to do this one a couple of times!!! :)
We camped at Jacks again and did some stargazing and meteor shower watching.  The Perseids did not disappoint.  We watched some really strong ones and  some even had streaking trails that hung around for a while...really fun!  Rohan was super excited and even fell asleep in his chair watching the skies...it was awesomely adorable...:)



Rohan's Jump:

Highest jump of the day: 

The Syrings Jump: 


Captain Rohan explaining Thor's powers: 

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