We were having quite the busy February. Before I had to go back to work, we had to fit a few things in. Grandpa Tom had visited and then we had traveled up to Salt Lake City. We didn't get out for a hike but did visit with family. We also got to drive back through a snowstorm. Then we were home for a week and then we went down to Boulder City. My dad and Laura, better known to the kids as Popo and Momo, rented a house down in Boulder City, Nevada to enjoy the desert sun. They were spending over a month out in the Southwest.
They had come up to visit for a day, but we were finally making our way down to visit them. We bundled the visit together with a chance to go see Jackson Browne at the Rio in Las Vegas which was only a 20 minute drive away. We really enjoyed the concert. We also were able to get out for a day during the trip. Jacqueline, Laura, and the kids stayed back at the house while Dad and I went to go hike Fortification Hill. The only issue for the blog is that both of us forgot a camera which leads to a blog full of words without pictures. The hike was out near Hoover Dam. It was up to the top of a butte that stood like a fortress overlooking Lake Mead. We had to travel on some dirt roads to get to the trailhead. We had an excellent route description that Dad had pulled up on his brand new iPad. It took us to the bottom of the mountain where there was a trail that we were able to follow.
There was one difficult spot on the entire hike where we had to do a bit of third class scrambling. Other than that it was just hiking with 1500 feet in elevation gain over 2 miles. We did not see other people hiking, but did see many helicopters flying over. See, this was Valentine's Day and what better way to spend Valentine's Day then taking a helicopter ride. There were literally 15 helicopters all in a line flying the same route over us while we were hiking up. They didn't bother us much, though. When we reached the summit, I had cellphone service, so I took a picture with my phone and sent it to Jacqueline. Maybe not the best picture, but at least I can prove I was there. Then it was turn around and come down. The hike was a mere four miles, but it occupied our morning and we were able to get out in the area. A nice hike that I would definitely recommend and would do again.
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I think that was actually Popo's phone. Someone told me later that most of those helicopters were doing tours that would include the daring, super-adventurous GRAND CANYON SKYWALK.
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