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our next destination was about three hours drive away, still in arizona. we reached chiricahua national monument about an hour before sunset. wind and freezing nights seemed to be back with us. but there was an added bonus, heated bathrooms! ah, it’s the small pleasures in life, right? we drove to the summit that night at sunset to snap some pictures and boy was it windy and cold. this gave us a good idea of how to prepare for the next days hiking.

we got up early and made it to the visitors center to catch a shuttle bus that takes hikers to the summit. this is the cheaters way to see the good stuff, get driven up and then just hike down into the valley back to the visitors center. we hiked around 8 miles and with the whipping wind and cold, it was not an easy task. but the balanced rock structures were so amazing i don’t think we cared much. i have so many pictures to look through and edit from this hike… so more to come in the gallery.